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Who is the guy to get carriage bolts from?
Havok:
--- Quote from: spystyle on December 11, 2006, 10:35:39 pm ---I just ordered 100 black carriage bolts from my local "Fastenal" for $8 (IIR)
http://www.fastenal.com/
Cheers,
Craig
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Looks like they only have galvanized, plain or zinc. Divemaster has black, and I have some from him - they look great...
rdowdy95:
Thanks guys I will PM DiveMaster!
One more question. What do you guys think is better. Mouting the joystick base to where it is more vertical or more horizontal. You know what I mean? Like make the bolts longer up and down, or the sideways action. Or does it just depend on your own control panel spacing.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: rdowdy95 on December 12, 2006, 11:43:12 am ---Thanks guys I will PM DiveMaster!
One more question. What do you guys think is better. Mouting the joystick base to where it is more vertical or more horizontal. You know what I mean? Like make the bolts longer up and down, or the sideways action. Or does it just depend on your own control panel spacing.
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Doesn't matter... Just don't mount them diagnonal
shardian:
If you are working from scratch, do what works for you. You'll wire the switches appropiately either way.
quarterback:
It doesn't matter which orientation you mount the joystick UNLESS you have one like a 49-way or a perfect 360 (and maybe others). In those cases, it can still be mounted in any orientation, but you'll have to adjust which wire goes where because it's 'set' as to what direction is 'up' 'down' 'right' and 'left'
In any case, it's not a big deal. I mounted the perfect 360s in my cocktail cab 'sideways'. I just had to figure out which terminals to attach which wires to since the R, L, U, D markings were no longer correct.