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| ToplessZ:
Ive seen some excellent control panels on this site lately. You guys are really pushing the edge on stream line setups. The only question I have is why do most people have bolt heads showing around their joysticks? These can be easily hidden using inserts that you can hide under your artwork or cover over with wood filler? I can understand if you have a metal control panel, but wood gives you the option.. Is it just something overlooked, or do the bolt heads add to the style and look? Here is a link for an example of the inserts im talking about...(Im not picking on him its just the easiest link I could get.. http://www.alvarezeninternet.com/battlebox/interior.jpg There are 6 of them here that he is using to attach the bottom of his box together. |
| leapinlew:
--- Quote from: ToplessZ on August 15, 2008, 08:26:14 am ---Ive seen some excellent control panels on this site lately. You guys are really pushing the edge on stream line setups. The only question I have is why do most people have bolt heads showing around their joysticks? These can be easily hidden using inserts that you can hide under your artwork or cover over with wood filler? I can understand if you have a metal control panel, but wood gives you the option.. Is it just something overlooked, or do the bolt heads add to the style and look? Here is a link for an example of the inserts im talking about...(Im not picking on him its just the easiest link I could get.. http://www.alvarezeninternet.com/battlebox/interior.jpg There are 6 of them here that he is using to attach the bottom of his box together. --- End quote --- If you use a metal control panel, you don't have a choice. Can't really hide those. Some people don't mind the look of the carriage bolts and seek out black carriage bolts with no writing on top. Sometimes people do it because they are thinking about maintenance and it's much easier to change out a joystick when you can access the carriage bolts easily. |
| Ginsu Victim:
Having grown up with classic games and metal panels, I don't mind them showing on my wood panel. They don't get in the way, and to me, they look right. (And mine aren't even carriage bolts. I just have bolts with screw heads.) |
| Turnarcades:
I don't think it's much of an issue as long as any part of the bolt above the panel surface isn't sharp/rusty/ too high. Most aren't, and I always played on machines with longer joysticks so my knuckles never fouled on the surface anyway. At Turnarcades we counter-sink screw-headed threaded bolts but leave them unfilled on the surface. This so people can easily change or experiment with different joysticks without digging out filler and ruining the surface. Once they're set on keeping a joystick they can easily be filled. A few people requested it this way so we stuck with it as it feels comfortable enough like that. |
| Jack Burton:
I like the carriage bolt look as crazy as that seems. I also like the tactile sense of being able to feel the heads of the bolts whenever I move the joystick. |
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