Mounting a BU0836X in a project box?

[Scarecrow]

So you cant use motherboard standoffs, I know that now :music_whistling:

 

Any advice as to how to secure this thing?

 

Any help will be much appreciated.:)

[Night]

Duct tape? :pilotfly:

[airdog]

Condoms....highly reccomended when mounting anything new.

[Grommet67]

Classic answer, awesome. :lol::lol::lol::lol:

[BIGNEWY]

I used a small screws to mount one of my bodnar boards once with no problems, although at the moment they are hanging randomly from wires after a pit rework lol

[Grommet67]

Hi Scarecrow,

 

I have a Bu0836x board and mounted it by enlarging the 4 mounting holes to 3mm and using the finer thread motherboard mounts on a piece of PVC. Worked fine.

 

[zaelu]

I used poxipol :)

[Scarecrow]

Condoms....highly reccomended when mounting anything new.

 

I can't, I feel its reduces sensitivity (I need maximum sensitivity for hot pick ups) and it ruins the spontaneity of the whole thing;)

 

Now for super cereal, nobody has come across this problem before? So the rest of you just shove this thing in a box, devil may care, and never worry about it slipping and sliding around in there?

 

I need this thing to be portable so I can just whip it out at lan parties and impress people with its professional look.

 

P.S. At no point in this post am I referring to my genitalia, even though it may sound that way:P

[Scarecrow]

Hi Scarecrow,

 

I have a Bu0836x board and mounted it by enlarging the 4 mounting holes to 3mm and using the finer thread motherboard mounts on a piece of PVC. Worked fine.

 

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How did you enlarge them, drill them out?

[zaelu]

poxipol is a A+B type glue... I thought it is international :). Also you may use a plastic glue gun.

 

you can see it here in action. under my BU0836 you can see a bit at the corner holes. But a lot of it can be seen at the wires that come out the back of my G940 base.

 

[Scarecrow]

Think I might just go with widening the screw holes a tad, that'll be safe enough won't it?

Just go really slow with a file until I can get a screw through it?

 

That's some damn nice work there Zaelu, I'm modding my G940 throttle in this project, I like your solution to the problem and the addition off the trims on the throttle too.

If only Logitech had taken the time to ask a flight simmer they would have realised how utterly useless it was to have trims on the stick base:doh:

[Grommet67]

How did you enlarge them, drill them out?

 

I just used a hand held battery drill with a 3mm bit and ran it through each hole. There is nothing on the back of the board near the holes. The drill wont take off much of the material, just be careful about what size drill as you don't want it to blow out the side.

Edited July 18, 2013 by Grommet67

[Scarecrow]

I just used a hand held battery drill with a 3mm bit and ran it through each hole.

 

Nice one sir, I'll give it a go:thumbup:

[mulishaknight]

Plastic wording box like the ones hanging off your house outside

[mulishaknight]

Stupid tablet elec. Box

[BigfootMSR]

You could just get some PCB standoffs like these... http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=367

 

They work nicely.

[zaelu]

@Scarecrow

 

my trimmers are now digital encoders. they go click click click when I turn them advancing incremental and I can reset them by only pressing on top of the knob. and I can remap them as other buttons whenever I need it. For me are the best trimmers ever.