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javeryh:
It's decision time...  Anyone have any preferences?

I will be installing this using the mounting plate which will be covered by 1/8" thick plexiglass AND 1/8" thick wood veneer (instead of art which has a negligible thickness).  I'd just get the standard one but I'm afraid the extra 1/8" veneer will make the trackball seem a little low...

Thoughts?   :cheers:

ahofle:
I prefer the highball even without the extra 1/8" you are talking about adding over the plate.  I find I have much more control with more of my hand in contact with the ball.

javeryh:
I'll be playing mainly Golden Tee and Bowling though... will it hold up?

scotthh:
u_rebelscum says the highlip trackball's lip is 3/16"
Lip and ball height.
More pictures.
The thread on this topic.

You have 1/8"+1/8"=2/8" =4/16" of material on the top of your CP. Let's assume you use the highlip trackball (3/16" lip) and router a space for the trackball mounting plate to sit flush with the CP.  The lip would extend 3/16" less the 1/16" mounting plate, or 1/8" above the CP. The top of your lip would be 2/16" below the top of your plexi and the ball would be pretty close to GT ball height. I think this is the way to go vs. a highball which would give you 0.4" extra ball above the lip vs. the highlip. Plus the highball has only 1/8" of lip, so the lip would be even further below the plexi. some guys have chamfered their plexi so they don't injure themselves during particularly aggressive GT swings.

Edited for math error. Re-edited to account for mounting plate.

Green Giant:

--- Quote from: scotthh on August 29, 2007, 04:09:27 pm ---u_rebelscum says the highlip trackball's lip is 3/16"
Lip and ball height.
More pictures.
The thread on this topic.

You have 1/4" of material above the top of your CP. If you use the highlip trackball and router a space for the trackball mounting plate to sit flush with the CP, you'd still have 1/16" of lip protruding from the top of your plexi and pretty much same-as-GT ball height. I think this is the way to go vs. a highball which would give you 0.4" extra ball above the lip vs. the highlip. Plus the highball has only 1/8" of lip, so the lip would be below the plexi. some guys have chamfered their plexi so they don't injure themselves during particularly aggressive GT swings.



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I second the high-lip trackball.  It is nice cause it comes with a spacer if you don't have plexi, which I currently don't, but if I choose to add some, it will still feel nice by removing the spacer.

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