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Happ Super - to Recess or not to Recess?
DanteBK:
I tried using the message board search but it doesn't seem to be working -- so my question: When mounting a Happ Super joystick from beneath the control panel, should I recess or not? Advantages? Disadvantages?
Mostly I want to hear from people who have not recessed: have you been happy with it? Unhappy?
Thanks in advance!
Sasquatch!:
How thick is the wood of your CP? You could always go with like 5/8" instead of 3/4", and that would buy you an additional 1/8" right there.
My first cabinet had non-recessed Supers in a 3/4" control panel, and while they were a little short, I thought they felt fine. I think you might be happier if you recessed them though...
Minwah:
Yes - recess for sure.
big daddy:
well I have 3/4 in control panel and I went to mount them this weekend and I can't even see how you could NOT recess it with 3/4 in CP. If I follow the instructions that came with the joystick, then I literally have like 1 inch of the joystick protruding through the top of the CP! I'd have to leave out some parts to be able to mount it without recessing :)
But what sucks is I'm following the project arcade book for assembly and I have some blocks that I attached to velcro my CP top down and those blocks are prohibitting me from using the router to recess the joystick. And I've already glued those blocks down so I don't know how I can get them out without tearing up my CP. >:(
Bgnome:
if your cp is mdf, you can get in there with a chisel around the border of your recess. then you can kind of dig out the recess layer by layer.