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Joystick Mounting -- flush mounted carriage bolts?

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sofakng:
Are those the correct sizes even for a 5/8" MDF board?  (and as mentioned I'll be using 1/8" plexiglass to cover it)

FractalWalk:
The T-nuts go under the plexiglass, so that is irrelevant to the length of the bolts.

You want the screw to stop short of poking out the T-nut hole, so 5/8" plus the width of the joystick base (1/4" ??)  is the maximum length you can want.  I think 3/4" would work just fine.

But if you are unsure just take your joystick and a small drilled piece of MDF to the hardware store. Put it together right there and you decide the proper length.



In the attached image, the T-nuts are the green images and the bolts are the purple. The Plexigalss is the blue layer that sits on top of the T-nuts.

RayB:
Have you all considered durability and joystick "abuse"?  ;D  It's nice to mount it so you don't see carriage bolt heads on top, but there's a reason "real" arcade cabs have used that choice of mounting...

NoOne=NBA=:
Yes, simplicity.

It's alot easier to drill 4 holes than to countersink, etc... for the T-nuts.

sofakng:
Can anybody verify the 3/4" forstner bit needed to drill the recessesd holes?  Can I use anything else, or should I use that?

Also, if I understand this now, I will drill a recessed hole (for the t-nut) and then another hole in the middle of that hole for the bolt... right?

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