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| deadkenndys1105:
I have my screw on the under side of my CP so there not showing at all. You have to use some kinda of short and really wide screw though. I used the screws for mounting a PC fan because there very wide and really short. They have came loose one or twice but thats because I forgot to put the washer there. Honestly if you do it right you can literately hit the joystick with a hammer for the side and the joystick will brake before the screws rip out. You should see some people play pacman on the thing and I start yelling. |
| danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: patrickl on January 07, 2007, 06:11:15 pm --- People using wood filler would probably be using t-nuts. These are mounted on the top, countersunk and woodfilled and all. You then screw the bolts for the sticks in from underneath. Replacable and no screws visible. --- End quote --- my thoughts too. if i wanted the bolts to be hidden, the first thing that comes to mind is t nuts |
| Turnarcades:
I'm in England and I use Suzo joysticks for all of my control panels. Because of their design they are meant for metal control panels, as they have a 'flared' base on the shaft of the joystick and require fairly close mounting to the surface of the panel. However, as these joysticks (with a short lever throw) were found on loads of generic cabinets due to how hard-wearing they are, I love to use them as they feel great to use. Counter-sinking the bolt holes as you would any screw holes works just as well on the joysticks, and can be filled if this is what you prefer. If you have a perspex (plexi-glass, if you prefer!) control panel they can still be sunk into the wood before applying the top plastic, though you wont get the extra 'pinning' force around the base of your joystick on the perspex, so it may lift a little if not secured down properly. Personally, I don't use perspex covers or carriage bolts at all, I use paint-finished control panels, routed out underneath to sit the joystick base into, then counter-sunk holes with screw-headed bolts to get the tightest fit possible, before filling the surface with a flexible wood filler. The flexible wood filler sands down flat and can be painted over, but is still soft enough under the surface to be 'dug-out' if the bolts ever need to be removed. |
| Chris:
--- Quote from: acevedor2 on January 07, 2007, 05:46:14 pm ---than it would be to remove the buttons so you could remove the lexan so that you could remove/ruin the CPO, so you could remove the carriage bolts, so you could replace the joy in the other widely acceptable method. --- End quote --- Why would you do all this as opposed to, say, just taking the nuts off the bottom of the bolts and sliding the joystick off? |
| acevedor2:
Not possible if you recess the joys and mount from the top. |
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