ultimarc trackball and mounting plate

[Nefesis]

do you need to buy the mounting plate for the ultimarc trackball if you buy the trackball?

[mahuti]

If you don't have a metal CP, YES.

If you have a metal CP and can cut a whole in it, then no.

[Nefesis]

i'll have a wood cp, so i guess i'll have to buy it. more things to spend money on.

[patrickl]

Can't you:
- take off the top part of the trackball case
- route out a hole in a wood CP (to match the top)
- bolt the bottom part of the case to the CP

[mahuti]

If you did that you'd really have to spend a lot of time and effort rigging it up correctly, from what I can tell by looking at mine.

I would say it is worth the $14 that it takes to buy the mounting plate... in time alone. Plus, I think the results would turn out MUCH nicer.

[patrickl]

It would probably be more work than the mounting plate yes. On the looks, I'd say it looks pretty good in the Mini-Multi-Williams hybrid.

I also like to get the ball up a bit higher (so more of it sticks out on top of the CP) than it is inside the case.

Anyway, I still need to try this out once. Perhaps I'll fail miserably, but I'll try it anyway