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Title: Wico joysticks and wood control panels
Post by: jcroach on June 20, 2005, 11:34:47 am
Hello,  I just purchased a Wico leaf joystick, but it hasn't arrived yet.  I understand these were origionally designed for metal control panels. 

I'm designing a wood control panel.  Most likely from 1/2" or 3/4" MDF.  I don't have a router readily available.  Will it be essential that I route out my control panel to set this joystick closer to the surface? What's the maximum percentage of the width of the control panel that I can take out and it still be structurally sound? 1/4? 1/3? 1/2?

I've also seen some longer joystick shafts.  Who makes these?  Anyone have any advice on venders? What length shaft wuld I get for a control panel made out of 1/2" wood? How about 3/4" wood?

Any advice you all could give me would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Wico joysticks and wood control panels
Post by: Goz on June 20, 2005, 11:47:41 am
You can try ponyboy he has a BUY/SELL/TRADE thread for new WICO balltops and I beliee had some 4" long shafts instead of the std 3.5" shafts.

-Goz
Title: Re: Wico joysticks and wood control panels
Post by: quarterback on June 20, 2005, 11:48:49 am
Hello,
Title: Re: Wico joysticks and wood control panels
Post by: jcroach on June 20, 2005, 11:57:17 am
Are you saying you understand that the specific joystick you've purchased was designed for a metal cp or are you saying you understand that ALL Wico leaf joysticks were designed for meatl cps?

If it's the latter, then you are not correct.
Title: Re: Wico joysticks and wood control panels
Post by: RayB on June 20, 2005, 12:06:46 pm
It's not that bad using them as short sticks. You might have to make the hole on your CP a big bigger, but so what.
Title: Re: Wico joysticks and wood control panels
Post by: quarterback on June 20, 2005, 12:12:32 pm
I think I'll wait till it gets ina nd see how it feels.
Title: Re: Wico joysticks and wood control panels
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on June 20, 2005, 12:52:42 pm
I usually rout my 3-1/2" ones in 3/8" on a 3/4" CP.
That leaves them 1/8" shy of where a set of Robotron sticks would be; but leaves them with a slightly shorter throw--as measured by overall travel of the balltop itself.

If you mount the 3-1/2" ones directly to the bottom of a 1/2" CP, you'll be 1/4" shy of where they would be on a Robotron.

The sticks mounted in metal panels always seemed a little too tall to me.