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Jakedakat:
I am getting ready to mount my contols finally and had a couple questions. I am not the greatest carpenter ;) which is why I took a shortcut and bought a Slik Stik Quad blank. I am gonna be using carriage bolts to mount the joysticks, what I was wondering is should I drill from the top of the panel or the bottom? The panel is covered with a Formica laminate. Also any special kind of drill bit I should use? Any advice would be great thanks!

Rob

SNAAAKE:
You drill from the TOP !

JAMMA Guy:
You can drill from the bottom as long as you sandwich the laminate between another piece of wood ... this way is won't leave a rough hole when the drill bit breaks on through the laminate.

Hoagie_one:
sandwich, and clamp it

SideShow Rob:
Drill from the top.

Use a 1/8" (3mm) wood drill bit for a pilot hole first, and then use the correct size wood drill bit for the hole proper.

Take your time and go slow, and you should get excellent results.

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