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To route or not to route: trackball mounting plate
mccoy178:
I also have a particular problem with an exposed mounting plate. I don't care what it's going on, you should never see that. I would mount from the bottom if necessary, but the plate on top, no matter how shiney black it is, is still a mounting bracket and not a cosmetic piece.
juggle50:
Well, I don't know if I tottally agree with you Mccoy. The plate is textured and the mounting screws are hidden, it's not just a piece of sheet metal with exposed rivetts. Don't get me wrong, it's not as pleasing as blending the trackball with the surface but depending on the situation not a hideous eyesore. And at this point, I don't see a ton of options if I'm going to do what I'm trying to do.
Again, I would be interested and would rather mount it at the bottom, I've just searched a ton and can't find a good tutorial on how to do this. I'm using a half sheet of plywood. Any suggestions.
markrvp:
Don't worry about us. Go ahead and use the trackball plate on top. That is the easiest way to do it.
juggle50:
Thanks Markvp,
It's easy to second guess myself as I value the opinions of everybody on the site. Please let me know if you find any examples of the method you were talking about. Cheers :)
mccoy178:
I've been thinking about it since I saw this post last night. If I have any thing creative, non-redneckish ideas come up, I'll post them. I've just never seen one that I thought looked okay. Then again, I'm not a fan of seeing carriage bolts on top of any byoacp. I guess I'm an artwork guy(even if the artwork is bad) ;D.