Main > Main Forum

1/2" control panel...?

Pages: (1/4) > >>

fixedpigs:

hi...

is there any significant reason not to make a control panel out of 1/2" plywood instead of 3/4"...?

i noticed that even a 3/4" panel is supposed to get routed out 1/4" for joysticks being mounted and such...
 
so the chance of 'ripping' out a joystick through the wood should be the exact same...

                                                             thanks...!


Farmboy90:

There is no way to possibly pull a joystick through a control panel of any width like that. 

Personally I went with 5/8" MDF and put 1/8 plexi on top.

The underneath routing is simply a personal thing.  If you like short sticks then you might not need to router at all.  Like them tall?  Then router or top mount them.

Mark70:

You'd have to have one serious A-hole buddy over to rip the joystick out through the top.  If you're putting it out for quarters in a pizza joint or something then go as tough as you can.

Ideally  your CP should be 5/8 with an 1/8 acrylic on top.  Then the t molding will cover the edge of both materials and your CP edge will be the same thickness as  your side panels.

I used 3/4" for my CP and just pushed the t moulding up 1/16 and used thinner acrylic.  You see a little black edge under the t-molding but it's not noticable.

I have Happ Super joysticks and you can arrange the spacer so that there's plenty of length out the top without routing.  You do have to drill a larger hole to make the joystick taller though so it doesn't bang on the edges of the hole.  I set my joys short and just drilled a 1 1/8" hole.  they don't hit the edges and I like them.

eccs19:

I built my control panel with 1/2" MDF.  Main reason that I did it this way, was I had the wood there, and it was free.  The biggest issue would be installing your T-molding.  I never put any on, but I wasn't that worried about it either.

mahuti:

Acrylic isn't necessary.

Pages: (1/4) > >>

Go to full version