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| vidmouse:
can you separate the plastic overlay from the (wood) with the 1-1/8 hole? If so, consider: 1) Printing a joystick template with a button superimposed on top (most joystick templates don't have a center crosshairs for the 1-1/8 hole, so I superimpose a button to give you one) Print it on a transparancy sheet if possible, preferably one wider than the width of your panel. 2) Affix the transparency sheet of the back of the plastic and line up the up/down/left right directions with the footprint of the template by edges along the length. Use only a little tape/glue The 1-1/8 hole should also be centered 3) Attach your (wood) control panel so that the transparency is sandwiched between the plastic and wood 4) Attach the transparency to the wood by edges along the width. Hold it in place and separate the wood and transparency from the plastic (if you used only a little glue as in step 2 this should separate easily). The transparency should now be in the correct spot on your panel for drlling, albeit from the top of the wood. 5) Drill smaller pilot holes through the top of the wood, then shoot through with your final screws/bolts from the bottom, or however you planned to affix the joysticks. I've never tried this procedure before, but just thinking it out, it seems like it should work... Good luck |
| Ummon:
I would try a template approach, if possible. I've eye-balled and been off enough that the stick shaft ran along a part of the hole. (That was before I modded my P360s to have a shorter throw.) |
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