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| boardjunkie:
Hallowed be thy joystick..... |
| Paul Olson:
Just wanted to let everyone know that these are available now. Mine showed up today. A long search is finally over. |
| armi0024:
I need to talk to Wolfeel about his plans. I will probably be doing hollow Wico shafts soon. However, on a VERY interesting side note. I took one of these ball tops and put it on a JLW Bat top shaft and it was 4 way heaven.... I know that JLW's are leafs, but it basically made a perfect Ms Pac/Galage replacement stick... I'll take pictures later. |
| mrclean:
This got me thinking... It amazes me that no one reproduced the wico leaf switches for the actual joysticks... The shafts can be cleaned by putting the shaft into the chuck of a drill, but in terms of the metal leafs on joysticks once they bend / get weak it's curtains. Before and after cleaning: before: After: So my suggestion would be for your next reproduction someones gotta make the leafs ! And I know that the cheap chinese knock off ones that bob sells but they don't seem to fit / work well with original wicos. but kuddos to you for remaking the 4'' shafts since those are much more difficult to find for Robotron 2084 etc.. Alot of people don't realize despite the fact that they might have 30+ year old crap on it, they can look like new again with minimal effort. However I do understand some are beyond repair I.E. Cigg burns / cuts etc.. but if you have a cruddy joystick clean it ! |
| D_Harris:
--- Quote from: mrclean on May 12, 2011, 12:55:42 am --- if you have a cruddy joystick clean it ! --- End quote --- What do you use to clean yours? Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. |
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