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javeryh:

Anyone?  Is this tough to do?  I want to make the top of my CP out of birch plywood and stain it and then put a 1/8" sheet of plexiglass/lexan on top.  If I top mount it with the mounting plate there's no artwork or anything that will cover it up...   :cheers:

Avrus:


--- Quote from: javeryh on January 28, 2008, 12:36:20 pm ---Anyone?  Is this tough to do?  I want to make the top of my CP out of birch plywood and stain it and then put a 1/8" sheet of plexiglass/lexan on top.  If I top mount it with the mounting plate there's no artwork or anything that will cover it up...   :cheers:

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Incorrect on the mounting plate.  You simply route out 3/32" on the top and the mounting plate sits flush.  When I have a CPO, it's going to cover all three mounting plates and all you will see is trackball.

javeryh:


--- Quote from: Avrus on January 28, 2008, 01:30:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on January 28, 2008, 12:36:20 pm ---Anyone?  Is this tough to do?  I want to make the top of my CP out of birch plywood and stain it and then put a 1/8" sheet of plexiglass/lexan on top.  If I top mount it with the mounting plate there's no artwork or anything that will cover it up...   :cheers:

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Incorrect on the mounting plate.  You simply route out 3/32" on the top and the mounting plate sits flush.  When I have a CPO, it's going to cover all three mounting plates and all you will see is trackball.

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I'm not sure I understand - if you route out for the plate you have to cover it with something.  I want the top to be stained birch plywood and I can't do that if I top mount it... I'm not using a CPO or any artwork.

shardian:

You could use a veneer finish.

Neverending Project:

Couldn't you flush mount the trackball from the top, then place the plywood on top of that? Basically, the plywood would be your CPO.

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