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Mounting a 3" TB from underneath CP without a mounting plate - any ideas?

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javeryh:

--- Quote from: gryhnd on April 06, 2010, 12:23:46 pm ---I used metal strapping. Hasn't budged:




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Did you route out the area that the TB sits in?  I have a high-lip TB so I can leave either 1/16" of material (so the plexi will sit flush with the lip - this scares me because it's so thin) or 3/16" of material which will cause the plexi to sit above the lip (so I'd have to use a chamfer bit around the plexiglass hole to make the transition look nice.

javeryh:

--- Quote from: markronz on April 06, 2010, 12:40:02 pm ---The "Super High Trackball Install Kit" from GGG is also an option:
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74&products_id=315

Just bought one myself, but haven't gotten to install it yet.  It appears that it's bottom mounted, with just that little ring around the trackball and that's it.

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From the pic it looks like there would be visible screws showing from the top as well as the ring sitting above the CP top by 1/8" or whatever the thickness is - unless I'm not looking at it properly...

gryhnd:

--- Quote from: javeryh on April 06, 2010, 12:43:29 pm ---Did you route out the area that the TB sits in?

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I did, and the cutout for the lip is exact, so it is nice and tight.  Especially after a couple coats of Helmsman Spar:


javeryh:

--- Quote from: gryhnd on April 06, 2010, 12:55:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on April 06, 2010, 12:43:29 pm ---Did you route out the area that the TB sits in?

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I did, and the cutout for the lip is exact, so it is nice and tight.  Especially after a couple coats of Helmsman Spar:


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Awesome - thanks for the pics.  How did you cut out the hole?  I have a holesaw but I'm afraid it won't be that precise.  Your edges are nice and crisp.  Setting up the router for something like that seems tricky too.  I am going for the exact finish you achieved only with some 1/8" plexi on top of the poly finish.   :cheers:

EDIT: Also, is that metal strap the only thing holding it in place? 

DashRendar:

--- Quote from: gryhnd on April 06, 2010, 12:55:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on April 06, 2010, 12:43:29 pm ---Did you route out the area that the TB sits in?

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I did, and the cutout for the lip is exact, so it is nice and tight.  Especially after a couple coats of Helmsman Spar:




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I just gotta say Gryhnd, that's a gorgeous cocktail cab you built.   :applaud:

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