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| javeryh:
--- Quote from: gryhnd on April 06, 2010, 12:23:46 pm ---I used metal strapping. Hasn't budged: --- End quote --- Did you route out the area that the TB sits in? I have a high-lip TB so I can leave either 1/16" of material (so the plexi will sit flush with the lip - this scares me because it's so thin) or 3/16" of material which will cause the plexi to sit above the lip (so I'd have to use a chamfer bit around the plexiglass hole to make the transition look nice. |
| javeryh:
--- Quote from: markronz on April 06, 2010, 12:40:02 pm ---The "Super High Trackball Install Kit" from GGG is also an option: http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74&products_id=315 Just bought one myself, but haven't gotten to install it yet. It appears that it's bottom mounted, with just that little ring around the trackball and that's it. --- End quote --- From the pic it looks like there would be visible screws showing from the top as well as the ring sitting above the CP top by 1/8" or whatever the thickness is - unless I'm not looking at it properly... |
| gryhnd:
--- Quote from: javeryh on April 06, 2010, 12:43:29 pm ---Did you route out the area that the TB sits in? --- End quote --- I did, and the cutout for the lip is exact, so it is nice and tight. Especially after a couple coats of Helmsman Spar: |
| javeryh:
--- Quote from: gryhnd on April 06, 2010, 12:55:38 pm --- --- Quote from: javeryh on April 06, 2010, 12:43:29 pm ---Did you route out the area that the TB sits in? --- End quote --- I did, and the cutout for the lip is exact, so it is nice and tight. Especially after a couple coats of Helmsman Spar: --- End quote --- Awesome - thanks for the pics. How did you cut out the hole? I have a holesaw but I'm afraid it won't be that precise. Your edges are nice and crisp. Setting up the router for something like that seems tricky too. I am going for the exact finish you achieved only with some 1/8" plexi on top of the poly finish. :cheers: EDIT: Also, is that metal strap the only thing holding it in place? |
| DashRendar:
--- Quote from: gryhnd on April 06, 2010, 12:55:38 pm --- --- Quote from: javeryh on April 06, 2010, 12:43:29 pm ---Did you route out the area that the TB sits in? --- End quote --- I did, and the cutout for the lip is exact, so it is nice and tight. Especially after a couple coats of Helmsman Spar: --- End quote --- I just gotta say Gryhnd, that's a gorgeous cocktail cab you built. :applaud: |
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