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miles2912:

The easiest solution is carriage bolts.  Some people do not want to see bolts on their cp but IMHO it looks great.  Bob Robers sells black ones that look good.. you will have a hard time finding these locally.


Don

acevedor2:

Thanks Don.  I am struggling with that because I really don't want them showing and ruining the CP.  In the end, I might not have a choice.  That is why I am hoping some of the brilliant arcade builders on this site can give me some advice!  Thanks again.
Cheers.

miles2912:

Ok got to get creative here.   What you will need is a very short bolt the same diameter as the hole in your joystick ( take the stick to hardware store) and a nut to fit the bolt.  The bolt needs to be able to go through the joystick hole and the nut and then just a bit further. 

Test this out on a piece of scrap first.  Drill a hole in the wood so the nut barely fits and is a bit recessed.  Make sure none of it sticks out.  SMall pieces of tape - and tape over the nut holes ( lol- he said nut holes) we don't want any epoxy fouling the holes.  Epoxy the nut in place making sure it is in the correct position.  Use just the bare minimum to hold the nut.  Let it cure and then attach the joystick.  Give it some good shakes to see if it will come loose.  If not then you have a winner.

Don

tranq:

Yeah, I remember as a kid seeing panels with bolts and thinking they looked cheap an ugly.  As for the special idea, I was thinking of something similar for my plastic panel design, though I was thinking thread inserts....which, a nut is basically that.

acevedor2:

Tranq,

I think I am going to end up trying to find a longer shaft for joys and mounting them straight to the bottom (no recess) with the insert nuts.  I picked the insert nuts and bolts up yesterday.  They look really simple to use.   Just like some of that Sauder put together furniture.  Only problem is, as we discussed, you really can't recess the joy AND use the nuts.  Just not enough thickness.  I'll let you kow how it turns out.

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