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Mounting trackball (PS2 paradisearcadeshop trackball)

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emb:
Too late. I already purchased the trackball before posting.

eds1275:
If it were me, I'd get a piece of metal, either square or circle, paint it black, and mount the trackball to that and then put it under the acrylic so it goes with the black surrounds you have around the joysticks. Of course you'd need to route the top of your cp down the thickness of the metal but I'd feel safer than routing the wood down to 1/8.

AGarv:

--- Quote from: emb on May 08, 2012, 06:06:15 pm ---Too late. I already purchased the trackball before posting.

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--- Quote from: eds1275 on May 08, 2012, 07:38:54 pm ---If it were me, I'd get a piece of metal, either square or circle, paint it black, and mount the trackball to that and then put it under the acrylic so it goes with the black surrounds you have around the joysticks. Of course you'd need to route the top of your cp down the thickness of the metal but I'd feel safer than routing the wood down to 1/8.

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I think eds1275 has it right - on the plus side the trackball you have is very compact, so the mouting plate should be pretty small, you may even be able to closely match the dimensons/feel of the joystick plates.  Put it on the "red" rgb setting and it could still look very nice.

emb:

--- Quote from: eds1275 on May 08, 2012, 07:38:54 pm ---If it were me, I'd get a piece of metal, either square or circle, paint it black, and mount the trackball to that and then put it under the acrylic so it goes with the black surrounds you have around the joysticks. Of course you'd need to route the top of your cp down the thickness of the metal but I'd feel safer than routing the wood down to 1/8.

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I think I will route underside. That requires too much precision and work to route it from the top.

I will try a sample piece of wood, route it down to 1/8", strap it in, and see how stable it is.

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emb:

--- Quote from: AGarv on May 08, 2012, 10:54:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: emb on May 08, 2012, 06:06:15 pm ---Too late. I already purchased the trackball before posting.

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--- Quote from: eds1275 on May 08, 2012, 07:38:54 pm ---If it were me, I'd get a piece of metal, either square or circle, paint it black, and mount the trackball to that and then put it under the acrylic so it goes with the black surrounds you have around the joysticks. Of course you'd need to route the top of your cp down the thickness of the metal but I'd feel safer than routing the wood down to 1/8.

--- End quote ---

I think eds1275 has it right - on the plus side the trackball you have is very compact, so the mouting plate should be pretty small, you may even be able to closely match the dimensons/feel of the joystick plates.  Put it on the "red" rgb setting and it could still look very nice.

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Are you familiar with this trackball? Is there some switch on the unit? From looking at the PCB, It looks like I will have to resolder the LEDs.


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