Second, my powder coating guy has been moving shop and is taking ages to get my plates done.
So finally I said "screw it" and decided to just paint the darn thing. So a few coats of primer, a few coats of flat black and a few coats of clear coat. Good enough I say. (The other plate is a teaser of my next project

Now I can get back to work.
Thought I'd take a picture of this cause the color scheme looks pretty cool.
Here it is all put together sans touch pad. Everything is clipped and lubed.
I feel pretty cool right now.