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A Mouse Spinner Hack just about anyone can make.
Generic Eric:
omigosh. can't believe I missed this thread. good show folks. Another trip to the hardware store for parts I guess. ...And another hole in the control panel.
z:
Sorry I missed this when it first veered into home made spinners with optical mice. Pardon the old html but here is a look at three different spinners using optical mice I built over the past decade (blurry teaser photos below):
http://www.theidolsofthetribe.com/jim/pages/spinners.html
The hard drive unit packed in the old VHS-C case is about as goofy BYOAC as you can get.
While any optical mouse will work I have had good luck on later versions with the Microsoft 500 compact mouse.
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Compact-Optical-Mouse-500/dp/B00080DSEM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315887123&sr=8-1
Like I mention on the page I liked the experience of building them but in the end I picked up a real spinner from Randy at GroovyGameGear. Home made is good for Omega Race but the Turbo Twist 2 feels better for Tempest.
vidmouse:
This is really great. I already have two mouse hacks done
but this gives me some ideas for another cab...
Great work!
psychotech:
Not an optical but a ball mouse spinner hack I made a few years ago using an obsolete hard disk mechanism..
Could/should be pretty easily adaptable to optical mouse hacks too?
Absolutely no friction problems and it's pretty easy to fabricate and fine tune. Works nicely with Tempest etc. :)
Info & more pics starting @ http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=61679.msg662703#msg662703
leapinlew:
This is using a version of mame I'm using on my tempest cabinet modified to use the spinner. Only works for certain games but you can see the fixed speed isn't an issue.
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