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joystick dust washers - adding felt on the bottom? (or something similar)

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SirPeale:

I should write a tutorial the way I did it.  I did it almost the way Oscar did it, except I routed an area for squares of plexi over the joystick area, instead of a sheet of plexi on the entire CP.

As for  real control panels, I have a Mortal Kombat CP I should take a picture of.  It's got 3/4" wood/MDF, and the dust washers are mounted right under a sheet of metal that's on top, and the area underneath has been routed out.  I don't know if it covers the entire top or not, though.

FractalWalk:


--- Quote from: Minwah on January 26, 2005, 04:34:23 pm --- He (& I) do not want to use plexi...so wood is certainly not ideal for under panel washer mounting.
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Shape D.:

I'm guessing because its easier to find a thin sheet of metal than plexi.

Minwah:


--- Quote from: Shape D. on January 26, 2005, 06:23:33 pm ---I'm guessing because its easier to find a thin sheet of metal than plexi.

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Actually I was thinking more that I could mount a stick directly to metal, but couldn't to plexi.  Also Oscar used T-nuts, but I was planning to just use carriage bolts (they probably would crack the plexi or just not hold as well as in metal).

My only other concern is that I'm not too keen on working with plexi...but that's my problem  :D

I'm not sure what I will do when it comes to it...I might try the metal idea just to see if it works & looks OK.

Peale:  I'd be interested in seeing your MK panel if you can get any pics - sounds like pretty much what I was thinking.  I would probably just use small plates of metal for the sticks sunk into the wood.

FractalWalk:


--- Quote from: Minwah on January 26, 2005, 07:37:01 pm ---Actually I was thinking more that I could mount a stick directly to metal, but couldn't to plexi.
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