So this is how the project looks today. I have been practicing with routing out an area on a scrap piece of wood (1/4" out of 5/8" MDF) for the underside of the control panel for the joystick. I am concerned about the strength of mounting the joystick with only about 1/4" of MDF left. I think I am going to also get some metal strips and mount then under the joystick and screw them into the full thickness of the wood. It seems like it will work. Also, I ordered one of the Oscar Controls Vortex Spinners that showed up on Ebay this week. I got it two days ago. Great product. I was impressed with the quality. If you are looking for the Vortex Spinner the ones on Ebay are the real deal. Last I looked there were 4 left. From Happ, I ordered the High Lipp trackball and special mounting plate. I'll pr active routing out a surface for the mounting plate on a scrap piece of MDF. Also on order is the Hagstrom ME4 optical encoder and now that Ultimarc has the Ball Top J-stik, I plan on making a large order this week for the ArcadeVGA, J-stik, and Ipac4. If anyone has any questions or wants to see some more photos that I took along the way, just let me know. Hopefully this will all be of some help to others.