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| Jedirampage:
If your going to order the plate still but don't want it to show heres a tip that i used. I top mounted my trackball, and I used a flush trim router bit to make the mounting plate flush with the rest of the panel. No screws showed and my artwork fit perfectly over everything. |
| ARTIFACT:
excellent... I will do that I *just* ordered it from Divemaster127 woooow :) |
| Lakersfan:
--- Quote from: ARTIFACT on August 15, 2007, 10:32:59 am ---I plan to order an adhesive-backed CPO from mamemarquees.com and add a plexiglass sheet on top. --- End quote --- This is what I plan on doing. However, recently I read that you need to Bondo out the surface of the CP (OVER the mount) before you put the adhesive CPO on and the plexi on top. Otherwise you'll see every bump or pebble grain from the mounting plate. Is this your plan as well? PS- sorry if this question is too much of a hi-jack. :p It was regarding a trackball mount so hopefully it'll fit in. |
| ARTIFACT:
no worries!! ;) this is something I also read while searching BYOAC ... very interesting. I'll use Wood Fill (already got that, and am used to it) then. I assume that the mount plate gets inset even more than just flush to the top then ... to have some area to fill with bondo/woodfill? (then sand smooth) |
| Lakersfan:
I would think so. But then again, if you put the mount deeper into the control panel, where would the lip of the trackball lay in relation to your plexi? I imagine that ideally you would want the lip over the top of your plexi... |
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