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# Assembly and Tips
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Just some miscellaneous notes for any dear reader, or more likely, my own forgetful self.
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## Putting a BSS Stick Together
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Assembly of a stick is pretty straightforward, but there are some choices that can make it easier or harder. The
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following is the most consistent way I've found to put one together. This is assuming a v4.2 or beyond stick, with two
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panels to make a long standard stick, and the frame made of pieces.
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1. Prepare the frame top pieces --- `frame-piece-top-left-or-right`: this is your best shot to get auxillary buttons,
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panel connectors, and the like installed, so do it now, and give them a good tighten. You shouldn't need to adjust
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these again, so finish their installation while the pieces are free.
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1. This of course includes decorative plates --- e.g. `misc-decorative-plate-aux-control-three-button-cluster` ---
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you may choose to use. These are held to the top pieces by the buttons or component mounting screws.
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2. Start the top panels --- `top-panel-(inset|overhang)-*`: you want both to get the components installed now
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when it's easy, and to make sure that the overall assembly works with your components, so again get your buttons,
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lever, etc., in place. You can secure them at this point.
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1. If you are using a button decorative plate that spans two panels --- e.g.
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`src/misc-decorative-plate-dir_arc-plus-w-30mm-and-sega-2p-plus-one` --- take care to align the two panels as
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tightly as possible, and accurately, as they will be hard to adjust once everything is secured and in the frame.
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2. If using a lever, don't forget the lever mount spacer --- `src/misc-lever-mount-sanwa-seimitsu` --- if you want
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it, and tighten those mounting bolts now as well.
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3. Create the frame box by combining your `frame-piece-*` parts together. This will be relatively stable just via
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friction fit.
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4. Rest the frame top-up on a desk, and put the standoffs through the holes. This will probably be tight, and you may
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even need a rubber mallet or similar to drive the standoffs through the holes.
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5. Insert the top panels into the frame.
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6. Insert the bolts for the top panels, make any last adjustments, and tighten them.
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7. At this point you have an open box with access to all your components. Do all of your wiring.
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1. Tighten the buttons and etc. if you didn't in step 2.
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8. Insert the bottom panels into the frame.
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9. Insert the bottom bolts for the bottom panels, and tighten them.
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In the end, this should be extremely sturdy. None of the frame or panels should be loose at all, and you should be able
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to move, flip, gently toss, etc. the stick without anything moving or feeling loose.
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## Removing Inset Panels
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As of v4.1 (or in v3), the top and bottom inset panels both insert into the frame, inside the frame "lip", meaning that
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when everything is put together, they create a flush surface (more or less). This can make them hard to get out, as you
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can't grab anything to get any leverage, and especially with v4.1, the plastic posts to aid the friction fit make it
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even harder to muscle out --- in fact, even if you could get an edge and start yanking, you'd probably just break some
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of the plastic.
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You can instead use the reverse side and the hex standoffs to push a panel out, as so:
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1. Loosen, or completely remove, the hex bolts for the panel you would like to remove.
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2. Flip the stick over, and remove the hex bolts on the opposite side.
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3. Screw in longer bolts, or anything else that'll fit into the hole without going flush against the panel.
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4. Push the long bolts in, thus pushing the standoffs, thus pushing the desired panel out from within.
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5. You may have to even get a mallet and tap on a bolt, occasionally, as everything can be *pretty* tight.
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