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On a scale of 1-10, how hard is it to mount trackball flush on CP?
shmokes:
If you have a router and a mounting plate I would rate the difficulty at about a 2. It's SOOO easy. You can be totally sloppy because you're going to cover it up with artwork or something. You can just trace the mounting plate onto the surface and freehand it. And you don't have to worry about compromising the structural integrity because you're just shaving off a 16th of an inch or so.
So easy. And setting the depth of the bit is a cinch. You don't even have to measure anything.
mahuti:
You can get some cool artwork at localarcade.com
markrvp:
--- Quote from: Jabba on April 15, 2005, 05:02:21 pm ---Nice work markrvp. Nice clean and crisp look. I also like the graphics you have there ...
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Thank you very much!
--- Quote ---WHO CAN DO SOME OF THIS AWESOME ARTWORK FOR ME!?!?!?
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Like Mahuti said, Local Arcade
daveg2000:
I already have lexan laid on my blank control panel...
Am I going to F it up if I router out a square through this,
or is there a way to get a clean cut so it doesnt look like poo?
And to those of you who laid artwork on top....
How the heck do you put that large of a 'sticker' (if you will)
on so strait, smooth and with out any bubbling?
markrvp:
You definitely don't want to router a square in your Lexan. TAKE IT OFF RIGHT NOW! The mounting plate goes directly in the wood. Then you only cut a hole the EXACT SAME SIZE as the hole in your mounting plate. You do this using a "Laminate Trim Bit" in your router. This bit has a guide wheel on bottom that travels against the mounting plate and cuts the Lexan flush with it (similar to a flush trim bit which has the guide roller on top). If you have a 3/8" Laminate trim bit, you drill a 3/8" hole in the Lexan and then put it back on top of your panel. Clamp it down tight. Then stick the trim bit through the hole and use the mounting plate hole as a guide for a perfect circle cut.
My artwork went on the wood below the Lexan. Either way, you spray 3M #77 spray adhesive on it and then lay it on top of the panel. Use a roller (rolling pin like) to roll it flat. Use a very sharp utility knife to trim the edges and the holes.
By the way, I will be building a new panel next week with a trackball. If you can hold off that long, I will document the whole process with extensive pictures on the tools setup and how the router bits are set and used (if that would help).
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