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U-Trak review with pics and vids ***UPDATED WITH FINAL RESULTS***
KapnKerfuffle:
Great review and helped me a lot. Sorry for the necropost, but I thought many people would find this thread when they mount their u-trak.
One problem with the u-trak diameter is that the hole you must cut to mount it with the bezel is 3-3/8". There is no hole saw that is 3 3/8" (at least not anywhere I've seen). The directions recommend using a 3 1/2" hole saw. But the bezel will still be loose after this and need to be glued down. This is not a big deal, but my thinking was that I might want to redo my panel someday and I didn't want to glue the bezel down. I got an exact perfect fit with a fly cutter. It seems a bit brutal and clunky at first glance, but it did the job extremely well. The trim bezel fit so snug, I didn't even need to glue it.
blind_dado:
Glad to see someone is getting some use out of my review! I never did post a follow-up with the final results, so here is how things turned out with actually mounting the U-Trak. I used 5/8" inch MDF with 1/8" plexi and 1/8" routered out of the bottom to make the overall thickness for the U-Track 5/8". I'm very happy with the results and it works great.
Here is what the 1/8" routered spot looks like on the underside:
Here you can see how I needed to use several washers to make the supplied bolts not extend past the nut inserts (see my review above describing this issue):
And here are the final results from above:
This shows the artwork a bit better, which is based on the movie poster for 2001: A Space Odyssey:
edge10:
I just stumbled upon this thread.
Thanks for the review. I really like how the 2001 themed panel came out.
DashRendar:
Great review! :notworthy:
Wrong forum. :hissy:
Yohan:
Could someone do a small write up on how you wire in the mouse buttons? I have looked at the Ultimarc page but a picture or small write up would really help me out.