write down a thing to try if I ever get time

README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Files for 3D printing an arcade stick.
 
 ![An example of stick components displayed in OpenSCAD](docs/two-panel-example-v3.png)
 
+[OpenSCAD-based illustration of how the components for an overhang panel-based stick fit together.]
+
+![A photo of a completed stick](docs/finished-v3.1.jpg)
+
+[Photo of a completed inset panel-based stick.]
+
 Originally an attempt to make a couple customized STL files for the [OpenStickCommunity Fightstick
 Case](https://github.com/OpenStickCommunity/Hardware/tree/main/Fightstick%20Case), the changes ballooned to fit my
 design and became incompatible with that project's components. This should be considered a different project with some
@@ -31,7 +37,11 @@ What you'll need beyond these objects:
     * 4 M3 8mm hex bolts to secure the PCB to a panel
 * Per frame and plate combo:
     * 4 40mm M4 hex brass standoffs (or equivalent)
-    * 8 12-16mm M4 countersunk hex bolts
+    * 8 M4 countersunk hex bolts
+        * Overhang plates should use 12-16mm length bolts since they are taller
+        * Inset plates should probably use 8-12mm bolts --- some standoffs aren't threaded the whole way, making 16mm
+          too long to go flush
+        * If making the 40mm standoffs from multiple smaller ones, make sure they have enough length to take your bolts!
 * Per frame connection point:
     * 8 16mm M4 bolts
     * 8 M4 flange nuts
@@ -50,8 +60,8 @@ This is a rough estimate of the cost to produce one of these sticks, assuming a
 Filament masses from Bambu Studio estimates, using Bambu PLA Basic.
 
 * Left and right frame: **$7.08 USD** (141.84g each, as of 2023-09-12)
-* Left and right top panels: **~$6.74 USD** (~135g each, as of 2023-09-12)
+* Left and right (overhang) top panels: **~$6.74 USD** (~135g each, as of 2023-09-12)
-* Left and right bottom panels: **$5.90 USD** (118.16g each, as of 2023-09-12)
+* Left and right (overhang) bottom panels: **$5.90 USD** (118.16g each, as of 2023-09-12)
 * Miscellaneous mounting plates, decorative plates, etc.: **~$1.00 USD** (~40g, as of 2023-09-12)
 * 8 16mm M4 bolts to connect the frames: **$0.72 USD** (you can get a pack of 100 on Amazon for $9, as of 2023-09-12)
 * 8 M4 flange nuts to connect the frames: **$0.68 USD** (you can get a pack of 100 on Amazon for $8.50, as of 2023-09-12)
@@ -68,9 +78,6 @@ Filament masses from Bambu Studio estimates, using Bambu PLA Basic.
 * 8 16mm M4 bolts to connect top plates to frames: **$0.72 USD** (you can get a pack of 100 on Amazon for $9, as of
 * 8 12mm M4 bolts to connect bottom plates to frames: **$0.72 USD** (you can get a pack of 100 on Amazon for $9, as of
   2023-09-12)
-    * You may be tempted to use 16mm M4 bolts for both the top and bottom, but the spacers I have aren't threaded all
-      the way through the shaft, and 16mm bolts won't make it all the way on the bottom panel, but do on the top panel
-      (which is 5mm thicker); be careful I guess
 
 With an enclosure coming in around $26, depending on your choices --- say, ~$30 for TheTrain's RP2040 Advanced Breakout
 Board, ~$60 for Sanwa buttons and a lever, and ~$20 for miscellaneous connectors and wiring --- you can put a

TODO.md

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ Notes for "next time".
 * Try making it so top plates are bolted in from the side of the frame rather than the top
     * I'm thinking of abandoning this, because it makes the frame more complicated to have a portion of a column rather
       than the full column, but I'll keep it here for a bit longer
+* Try making frames out of four pieces connected at joints on the hex posts, rather than one large piece?