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Frobozz:
Ok, another thing on this.  I see you went with the Hi ball as well, and I'm considering it over the standard.

As far as mounting goes, I see two mounting peices on Happ's site.  One is a "Mounting Kit", which appears to be a plate set you mount the trackball to, cut out a large swuare opening on your control panel, and drop the whole thing in.

The other appears to be just a cover plate for the top of the panel that fits around the ball.

Do I need both?  What did you order?  

Nailz:
I have the Happ 3" and it's great.  I went with the mounting kit on my 3/4" control panel and it went in nice and easy.

Donor:
Another option you may want to check out is the imperial 3" trackball for $79. This ball is ps/2 which is perfect for mame cab, and it's cheaper than a haps.
Here's  the link.
http://http://www.betson.com/search_results.asp?search=&find_deptId=&find_PrtName=trackball&Pagecount=1
If you want to see a pic of a imperial go here.(Not ps/2 version but this is basically the same unit)
http://http://www.geocities.com/gatorcade/

Donor:
Sorry for the screw up on the last post. This is the link for the trackball.
http://www.betson.com/search_results.asp?search=&find_deptId=&find_PrtName=trackball&Pagecount=1

Warlocke:
This is the part I ordered:

55-1103-00   3" TRACKBALL (HIGH BALL) MNTG KIT BLACK WITH HARDWARE  

This is everything you need to mount the trackball to a wooden panel, including the screws, nuts, etc.

The plate is 7.5" per side and your wood cutout will be a 6" on side square. Plus four screw holes for the plate bolts.

The plate drops down on top of the panel and bolts underneath. There are 4 mounting posts on the plate that the track ball mounts to. When mounted, the trackball will be nicely flush against the plate and the maximum amount of ball surface area will be exposed.

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