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| Hoagie_one:
Gamedork did some custom work for me with swappable panels, maybe he can help you out. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,33417.0.html |
| Fat_Trucker:
TBH mate I have an Ultimarc 2.25 trackball which just about fits the bill for gaming sizewise.......just. I think a 1.5" would be too small to be practical. |
| evlbeaver:
whammoed: They are the nine inch panels. Hoagie_one: Those metal panels look very promising. I will have to give that some thought. It might work with a metal base frame and a rectangular removable plate that had the controls mounted. The panels could be drilled and tapped and you could use those PC case thumb screws to secure the panel. I just need to do some measurements to see if it would work out. |
| evlbeaver:
Well my kids just made up my decision for me. I hooked up the trackball in a standalone enclosure and added a few trackball games to the cabinets menu. My kids love the bowling and shuffleboard games. The lack of any panel depth to speak off would make these games very difficult to play (possibly painful.) I think my only viable option now is to mount the trackball on the fourth side of the cabinet. I will mount it high enough so that when sweeping the ball you hand will pass over the top of the table. I may still consider a smaller trackball in a removable panel for the vertical trackball games. But for the time being I will have to settle for playing it from the horizontal orientation. |
| tmasman:
You could always BYO-TB... Take one of the logitech Trackman Marbles (1.5" ball) & find a way to mount it (custom mounting plate). Even getting your hands on an older 2.25" trackball (desktop model) & making your own mounting plate. I'm actually building a separate enclosure for my trackball too (for my upright cab)... But it's one of those "to each his own". |
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