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Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: willhs on June 23, 2008, 08:26:28 pm

Title: Anyone able to cut down a trackball mounting plate?
Post by: willhs on June 23, 2008, 08:26:28 pm

So, I'm putting the finishing touches on my CP, and the brackets solution I tried to hold my trackball didn't work as expected.  I only have about 6 1/4 inch of space to mount the trackball, so a normal mounting plate wouldn't work.  Does anyone have the capability to cut a highball trackball plate down to that width, and put in new holes for the screws?  Strange request, I know.

If you want to see a poorly taken picture of my CP as it is now, here's the link.  I've fit everything into the width of a pinball machine so the pinball sims have a solid feel to them (I'm going to put lockdown bar corners on the corners).  The big sacrifice I had to make was in giving the trackball less space for mounting.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=81272.msg847740#msg847740

Thanks!
Will

Title: Re: Anyone able to cut down a trackball mounting plate?
Post by: Franco B on June 24, 2008, 02:49:08 am

If you are willing to post it to the UK and don't mind just paying return postage then I can do it for you no problem.

Title: Re: Anyone able to cut down a trackball mounting plate?
Post by: Blanka on June 24, 2008, 07:09:32 am

I did just like your picture, and only put a hole in the CPO sheet (3mm aluminium in my case, but lexan will do too). I just mounted the mechanism in the bottom side of the wood panel by bending an aluminium strip in a hat-shape to press it against the aluminium sheet. No bolts visible. Just a fantastic trackball mount. Its pretty solid, you can even hit it. The mech itself will break before the mounting does I guess.

Title: Re: Anyone able to cut down a trackball mounting plate?
Post by: willhs on June 25, 2008, 06:13:03 pm

Thanks, guys.

@Franco:  I really appreciate the offer, but the shipping would unfortunately kill me.  With costs rising so much all around, I'm trying to keep the cost of the CP down.  Thanks a lot for offering, though.

@Blanka:  That's a really slick idea... I'm going to have to take a look at that.

Hopefully I'll have pictures to post soon.

Title: Re: Anyone able to cut down a trackball mounting plate?
Post by: Havok on June 26, 2008, 02:15:59 am

Perhaps this is what you're looking for?

http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74&products_id=315 (http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74&products_id=315)

Title: Re: Anyone able to cut down a trackball mounting plate?
Post by: willhs on June 26, 2008, 10:06:45 pm

That would have been the ideal way to do it, had I planned ahead for it... I already cut a hole for the trackball that wouldn't work with that... but perhaps if I can borrow a router from a friend I'll re-do the whole CP... assuming the bracket method doesn't work out.

Thanks for pointing that one out.