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Joystick Mounting -- flush mounted carriage bolts?
NoOne=NBA=:
Sorry, I meant to include that link in my original post, but my wife distracted me.
vputz:
I actually wound up just screwing into the particleboard from the bottom, and it seems to be working just fine. If I could do it over, I would have used T-nuts, but unfortunately I was hasty and glued the laminate on before understanding how T-nuts worked (lol).
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sofakng:
Ooohhh, ok.. I think I can understand now...
So, the NUT gets recessed into the top of the control panel, and then the bolt gets threaded through the bottom, into the t-nut on the top.
Is there a certain size t-nut I should be using? What kind of bolt would I need?
(btw, those pictures from Oscar are showing the TOP of the control panel, right?)
vputz:
Sofakng--
Yes, that bit about "OH, the T-nuts go in the TOP of the CP if you are bolting from the bottom!" is the vital bit of information my brain hadn't absorbed before laminating the top of my CP (all the while wondering "gee, I don't know, won't the T-nuts just pull out?"--lol).
So yes, you would drill holes all the way through, hammer the T-nuts into the TOP of the CP board, then laminate, whatever. You now have holes from the bottom that end in these nice metal T-nuts that won't pull through.
As for sizes, it doesn't much matter as long as the bolt heads will hold in your joysticks, I wouldn't think.
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Nannuu:
Use #10 t-nuts and 10-24 bolts 3/4" long. If I remember right the correct bit to recess the t-nut is a 3/4" forstener bit. I recommend that you recess with the forstener bit first then drill through there rest of the panel, that way the tip of the forstener bit will mark the recess to line up the small drill bit. To assure that it is recessed far enough drill some then place the t-nut upside down in the recess to check if it is flush. You can drill further if you like but i prefer flush myself. Once you have the small hole drilled you can hammer the t-nut in. If you made it flush and then hammer the nut in you will notice that it is not flush, don't worry about it, once you tighten the bolt underneath it will suck it down flush again. I am anal about this because I glue my graphics down and if it isn't flush it typically will suck into the recess.
Hope this helps.
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