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sam_van:
On my controller, I also used the crystal ball. I cut a hole SLIGHTLY bigger than the ball, covered the top playing surface with contact paper (tucking edges into the trackball hole), and then tapped a ring cut from PVC pipe into the hole until it was flush with the playing surface.
I ended up just taking the ball with me to Home Depot & finding the pipe that was just barely too small for the ball. I cut a ring about 3/16" thick (with a hacksaw), and bevelled the inside (for the lower part of it). This has worked great so far, and looks good. Oh, and it was super cheap.
darkmanx:
thanks for all the feedback. 1up, i really dont want to cut a big part of my cp out..i thought about it but i have decided against that. FX and sam, could you show me or give a link to a picture of what you did? i would like to see how both of those look. basicly what i was looking for was a plastic ring similar to what is used on alot of trackballs to hold the ball in. as for a mounting plate, i dont really want anything above the rest of the cp. i have thought about routing into the top of the cp so a plate would mount flush, but its too much work and too much room for error. i just want something to cover up the hole and keep the ball from being able to be pulled out.
darkmanx:
on second thought...my cp is too thick to just put a hole in it and have the trackball show through :-/
i really really dont want to chomp a big square out of the panel. im concerned though that routing underneath would weaken that part of the panel too much. this part is really annoying me as i cant think of a really good way to mount it. all of my function buttons will be placed after the trackball so this is really holding me up. ???
Carsten Carlos:
Forgive me to ask, but why don't make it like on http://www.arcadecontrols.speedhost.com/arcade_voodoo.html descriped?
He routed only the two wheels out, and it seems that it worked perfectly for him! I'm after that ring he mentioned, too. I haven't found them on my electronics-dealer (who has some halogen-lamps also), but I hope to find them somewhere.
Carsten Carlos:
But don't try to mail him, his email-adress doesn't seem to work :(
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