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Mounting joysticks from the bottom?
TheManuel:
My old prototype was particle board and used it for a year even under the relentless beating of a friend of mine who plays Samurai Shodown against me frequently and due to his lack of manual dexterity would move this whole arm to perform every move.
Anyway, the joysticks were screwed to the bottom surface of the panel and held like like a vise.
I say, do it if you like it like that because if they fail, you can always drill through them and install bolts from the top.
Installing from the top does not have to look bad if you countersink the head of the bolt so that it does not protrude from the surface. You can then cover these holes with CP art.
Good luck.
jakejake28:
i decided to mount my j-stick from the top, but found the flattest screws i could and covered it with some of that stuff oscar found in previous thred
skirge66:
I mounted my sticks from the bottom in 3/4" MDF. Here is what I did: I routered in a recess of 1/4" into the back of the panel ( slightly larger than the joystick mounting footprint), drilled my mounting holes all the way through the remaining 1/2" and tapped in 1/4" threaded inserts ( the package tells you what size to drill the holes) can be found at Home Depot in the nuts and bolts area. the inserts are 1/2" long so once in place they come flush to the surface of my cp. I used countertop laminate to cover the surface so none of the holes show once complete.
armad1ll0:
It's actually what I do, even on MDF. You just can't keep on screwing it in and out or you'll chew up your MDF.