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| lettuce:
What is the rule of thumb thickness you should leave if you are routing areas for joysticks to fit into? As i dont want to route too deep, and then have the CP splinter and crack when playing as there is not enough thickness in the MDF?? |
| Fozzy The Bear:
If you're using 3/4" MDF then just route to the depth of yout joystick mounting plate and it should be fine.... If it seems too thin and weak then glue a plywood backing piece under the bottom surface of the panel or mount a metal strengthening plate under the bottom of the panel. Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear) |
| DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: lettuce on May 29, 2006, 06:24:13 am ---What is the rule of thumb thickness you should leave if you are routing areas for joysticks to fit into? As i dont want to route too deep, and then have the CP splinter and crack when playing as there is not enough thickness in the MDF?? --- End quote --- Leave half an inch. Fozzy's tip should give you that thickness. Thinner than that, and you're risking someone's kid hanging on it like it's a handhold on a rock climbing wall and pulling everything out, or at least damaging something that'll be quite hard to repair. |
| RayB:
Fozzy and Lettuce, you guys need to specify if you're talking about routing on TOP or BOTTOM. I got the impression he meant BOTTOM. |
| lettuce:
Yeah i meant routing from under the CP. Ive left 1/4" and that seems to be sturdy with no visable movement of the MDF around the routing areas. Have no plans to have kids playing on it so all should be well. |
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