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Title: Bolts for trackball mounting?
Post by: megashock5 on January 21, 2005, 08:43:27 am

Okay, I'm using an old trackball out of a Centipede machine and a basic Atari mounting plate.

The holes in the plate are square, which makes me think it's supposed to use carriage bolts. However, I've checked every place I can think of and the smallest diameter carriage bolts I can find are 1/4" which is too big to fit in the holes.

Has anyone come across any smaller than that? I'm not sure what to use now.

Title: Re: Bolts for trackball mounting?
Post by: Ken Layton on January 21, 2005, 10:58:33 am

You must not have any good hardware stores around your locality. You want the 3/16" (a.k.a. 10-24 threads) diameter carriage bolts. IIRC, they were 3" long. I think Bob Roberts sells these.

Title: Re: Bolts for trackball mounting?
Post by: Minwah on January 21, 2005, 11:18:24 am

Quote from: Ken Layton on January 21, 2005, 10:58:33 am

I think Bob Roberts sells these.

Yep, he does :)