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pmc:

--- Quote from: Jabba on November 27, 2005, 08:33:52 am ---I used carriage bolts to secure my joysticks.

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Me too. Drill through the wood and then drop the bolts in through the top. Use a lock washer and nut on the bottom to secure it. Easy to remove and there's no way that it can be accidentally ripped off. Pressure is either sideways on the bolt shafts, or downward on the broad horizontal surface area under the bolt-head. And you can replace or swap joysticks very easily.

Counter-sink the holes if you don't want the bolt heads showing (you can cover them up with art or vinyl).

I wouldn't normally partially screw from the bottom like BrokenBones has. Particularly with MDF. It might work for you (and him), but I would be concerned that downward pressure on the stick could eventually tear the screws out. I've never had good luck mounting things that way without glue. But if it works for you (and you can stress-test it to find out), go for it. The main benefit is that you don't have to disturb the top surface of the CP in any way.

-pmc

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