Competition Joystick help...

[scoddie007]

I ordered 2 Competition Joysticks but have not received them yet and just wanted to get a jump on the know how and hole drilling, Ive found alot of info of the buttons, 1 1/8" spade bit for the buttons, but never seen what size hole for the joysticks and another thing to mount them do i need to disassemble them. I so ancy to get my stuff to start piecing it together. One last thing how far from the joystick should the buttons be I'm looking for a street fighter style 6 button config. and buttons spacing iv got the consensus 1 1/2" center to center.

thanks,
Scott.

[fixedpigs]

on a similar note...

do joysticks come with paper templates...?

if they don't...they should...

[Arcade82]

You can use the same hole 1.125" (err 1 1/8" if my math is wrong) for a joystick.

No paper templates.

What you're gonna do is take off the E ring, take out the shaft, undermount the black part that has all the microswitches, reinsert the shaft through the hole from the top, put the actuator back on then fasten the E clip.. Very simple.

[markrvp]

I personally don't like the buttons 1-1/2" center to center.  There's too much gap between buttons.  I like it so that the buttons are as close together as possible.  Just my personal preference.

[NiteWalker]

Here's a drilling template. Just print without scaling and ignore the button center points if you're not using the classic 6 button layout.