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Install trackball on wooden panel WITHOUT mounting plate or carriage bolts
Marsupial:
According to the joystick manufacturers, the dust washers are to be placed under the metal panel, but over the wood panel.
Arcades with wood panels sometimes had carriage bolts but often had bolts inserts.
I don't see why you're being offended by people trying to help others.
Mike A:
I am not offended.
I am just pointing out the correct way to do things.
Trackballs in a wood CP are mounted with a plate that sits in a pocket to make it flush with the top.
Gnawing out a space underneath and screwing in wood blocks is not nearly as stable and is more difficult.
You can do it how you want, but this is a public forum and sometimes people may disagree with you.
Marsupial:
--- Quote from: Mike A on June 21, 2021, 02:30:40 pm ---I am not offended.
I am just pointing out the correct way to do things.
Trackballs in a wood CP are mounted with a plate that sits in a pocket to make it flush with the top.
Gnawing out a space underneath and screwing in wood blocks is not nearly as stable and is more difficult.
You can do it how you want, but this is a public forum and sometimes people may disagree with you.
--- End quote ---
Have you read the title of the thread?
Nobody is claiming it can't be done using a mounting plate. Everybody knows how to use a mounting plate, it has been covered long and large.
But people may prefer not to.
That is what this thread is all about....
If that isn't what you're after, then you may be in the wrong thread.
Mike A:
You seem to be very confused that someone doesn't agree with you.
It is okay. It happens.
--- Quote ---This may look silly, but I've been searching for a while for a good way to mount the trackball without hiding the graphics on the topside.
--- End quote ---
--- Quote ---having the plate ruins the overlay design intended for the panel
--- End quote ---
This quote is from your link.
Your thread is a bit misleading. The way you are wording things it makes it seem like the mounting plate would be on top of the artwork.
The mounting plate sits underneath the artwork, flush with the cp. It does not hide the artwork.
Marsupial:
--- Quote from: Mike A on June 21, 2021, 03:53:53 pm ---You seem to be very confused that someone doesn't agree with you.
It is okay. It happens.
--- Quote ---This may look silly, but I've been searching for a while for a good way to mount the trackball without hiding the graphics on the topside.
--- End quote ---
--- Quote ---having the plate ruins the overlay design intended for the panel
--- End quote ---
This quote is from your link.
Your thread is a bit misleading. The way you are wording things it makes it seem like the mounting plate would be on top of the artwork.
The mounting plate sits underneath the artwork, flush with the cp. It does not hide the artwork.
--- End quote ---
The issue is that the metal/wood seam is always visible trough the artwork.
Again, some people may want to spare the mounting plate, which isn't wrong, why does it bother you so much?
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