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HELP! What screws/bolts do I buy to mount everything?

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CheffoJeffo:


--- Quote from: Sir Auros on December 29, 2007, 11:19:21 am ---Anyway, if you really want the heads to be black, just poke some holes in a piece of cardboard, put the bolts through so only the heads are exposed, and spraypaint them all black.

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I do this all the time, but at some point I am going to try pr0k's technique (because I am tired of repainting scraped bold heads):

http://www.rgvac.com/restoration.asp?projid=17



DeLuSioNal29:

I contacted the guy that was building my pre-cut empty panel and here's what he said:

"Your blank panel comes with the trackball mounting kit which has it's own hardware to mount your trackball from underneath. It's just 4 thin small machine screws and washers. Be very careful to only hand tightne and not use a drill with a screw bit as the screws are of soft steel and I have stripped off the heads using a drill driver.
 
We  install the joystick bases from underneath the panel by first drilling a shallow pilot hole smaller than the sctual screw. We use 1" long zinc plated wood screws from Home depot or Lowes at about $4 per 100.
The size is #10. The box would then be marked 10 X 1.
 
The screw does not come through the top of the 3/4" panel as the joystick base is thick enough. We use only the outside corners of the joystick bases for the screws. You can test on a piece of scrap wood to feel confident about using that size."

So there it is... I'm glad he gave me this info.  Off to Home Depot I go!

~ DeLuSioNaL

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