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nostrebor:
Fairly short stick. I would route the top side of my CP for that one. Assuming it is like a T-stick, you'll have to make a hole in the CP big enough for the body of the stick to fit in, and recess the mounting plate into the wood flush. I had to disassemble a T-stick to get the shape and the hole locations for the mounting plate, for the recess. Cut the recess first, the make the hole for the guts of the stick. You can use machine screws thru the mounting plate with nuts/washers underneath or wood screws if you don't just hammer on your sticks during play. I'm pretty rough on my sticks and they are just mounted using wood screws, but that is into 13 ply plywood, not MDF.

Of course this advice assumes that the j-stick and t-stick are very similar, and that you are covering the CP with art/plexi.

Banacek:

--- Quote from: nostrebor on July 27, 2006, 02:25:36 pm ---Fairly short stick. I would route the top side of my CP for that one. Assuming it is like a T-stick, you'll have to make a hole in the CP big enough for the body of the stick to fit in, and recess the mounting plate into the wood flush. I had to disassemble a T-stick to get the shape and the hole locations for the mounting plate, for the recess. Cut the recess first, the make the hole for the guts of the stick. You can use machine screws thru the mounting plate with nuts/washers underneath or wood screws if you don't just hammer on your sticks during play. I'm pretty rough on my sticks and they are just mounted using wood screws, but that is into 13 ply plywood, not MDF.

Of course this advice assumes that the j-stick and t-stick are very similar, and that you are covering the CP with art/plexi.

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Yeah, I'm covering the CP with plexi. To be honest, I don't want to make the joystick groove too deep, because I'm only using 5/8th MDF. There's also the fack that if the joystick is mounted on the top of the CP, I have no way to cover that up (cosmetically).

I'm thinking of giving the Betson Space Invaders joystick a try. Other threads have mentioned that it should be long enough.

nostrebor:
Your artwork goes over the mounting plate of the stick, then plexi over that if your using it. The only thing you see is the hole that the stick comes through. With wicos there is a recess so you can put the dust washer under the artwork, thus hiding it as well. Now if you are not using artwork... my suggestion is not so good.

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