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Game Gauntlet - DONE!... well mostly.
Mark70:
Are those pinholes around your supers for a restrictor plate?
Damn I love the look of the illuminated translucent trackballs, but man what a price.
I have my mouse (trackball) buttons above it. What do you think about trackball button location?
vader:
Mark,
I think those are just bolts and not restrictor pinholes. Looks like he just went with the top mounted option.
The translucent balls are really nice and they can be had for 80.00
on ebay or cheaper, thats where I got mine. Here's a link
http://cgi.ebay.com/3-Happ-Trackball-Red-Blue-Green-Black-USB-PS-2-plugs_W0QQitemZ6217711179QQcategoryZ13718QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
On the trackball buttons, just wire them up to your player one buttons since you will only use those buttons in Windows anyhow, will cut down on your clutter, just a idea.
Tim
TOK:
Thats correct... Those are black allen bolts with rounded tops. Wanted a really solid feeling panel, so I used 3/4" MDF. Top mounting worked out best. I routed out the panel for the mounting plates, but at the time I built it I wasn't aware that I should have routed it deep enough for the dust washers too. :P
The picture doesn't do the Happ ball justice. It's lit with 3 red LED's and glows fiery red. The downside to the red translucent is that it looks pukey orange unlit.
Mark70:
Unfortunately I've already purchased my trackball, and secondly, $80 US is about $110 - $120 Canadian, for me plus any tarifs/duty for bringing it across the border. It probably works out to about the same as the CAN$150 to buy them locally.
Mark70:
Ok,
So I just finished accurately laying out the