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Carriage Bolts On your CP: Tacky, or Tasteful?

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--- Quote from: Avrus on January 26, 2008, 04:11:24 pm ---I recently looked at some older style cabinets, and they all had carriage bolts showing over the CPO.

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They most likely had metal Control Panels.  Try looking at control panels made of wood like Robotron or Donkey Kong.

brock.sampson:
Not of a fan of bolts or exposed trackball plates.  I'm concerned t-nuts would work themselves loose over time.  I'm going to try to get some elevator bolts for the cabinet I'm building right now.   Should not have to recess them nearly as far as a standard carriage bolt.

Sir Auros:
I remember almost every arcade game that got a lot of playtime from me having the carriage bolts on the outside, so I feel like they should be out there. I feel the same about joystick dust washers.

patrickl:

--- Quote from: brock.sampson on January 27, 2008, 01:09:07 am ---I'm concerned t-nuts would work themselves loose over time.
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How is a t-nut going to work itself loose over time?

Franco B:

--- Quote from: patrickl on January 27, 2008, 04:00:22 am ---
--- Quote from: brock.sampson on January 27, 2008, 01:09:07 am ---I'm concerned t-nuts would work themselves loose over time.
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How is a t-nut going to work itself loose over time?

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They can become loose quite easily if you don't install them properly.  If the hole is too big and you don't use glue etc, all that is holding them in is the prongs which don't take much effort to work loose.

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