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| BadMouth:
--- Quote from: 404 on September 25, 2013, 11:49:31 am ---Not sure if you sorted out the rotary mounting issue but you should just be able to get a small piece of metal or plexi to mount your rotary encoder in place. Simply remove the encoder from the small plastic base and create a small L bracket piece that can fit on the side of your restrictor plate. There are two dimpled areas on your stock plate that you can drill into (see attachment) where you may be able to get away with mounting it there. Although i admit, the shaft travel may be a challenge. btw, where did you get that round restrictor plate? :o --- End quote --- The issue is that there is nothing to keep the optical disc centered in the encoder housing itself. It is designed to be mounted to a surface that the shaft stays stationary in relation to. It has no internal bearings, guides, or anything else. The encoder disc can move around and scrape against stuff if the housing does not stay stationary in relation to the shaft. It's possible that US Digital has a model with bearings that would work better, but I'm not willing to drop the money on it. I picked these up off ebay for $27 for the pair. I'll find some use for them. I bought the restrictors from lizardlick, but they aren't around anymore. The center part is available from www.godlikecontrols.com (mine came with the clear part also) www.focusattack.com now sells the same one as www.paradisearcadeshop.com (link is not working for me. not sure what is going on) Out of all the available restrictors, I like the circular ones the best. When I change directions in a 4-way game, I don't get that "damn that's a deep corner and this is the wrong joystick for this game" feeling that I get with the square restrictor. I used the octagons for a while and felt like they were a good training aid in allowing me to feel exactly where the primary and corners were (and how sloppy I was in hitting them). But eventually I got tired of the bumps when doing circular movements and moved on. |
| 404:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on September 25, 2013, 12:16:49 pm --- The issue is that there is nothing to keep the optical disc centered in the encoder housing itself. It is designed to be mounted to a surface that the shaft stays stationary in relation to. It has no internal bearings, guides, or anything else. The encoder disc can move around and scrape against stuff if the housing does not stay stationary in relation to the shaft. It's possible that US Digital has a model with bearings that would work better, but I'm not willing to drop the money on it. I picked these up off ebay for $27 for the pair. I'll find some use for them. I bought the restrictors from lizardlick, but they aren't around anymore. The center part is available from www.godlikecontrols.com (mine came with the clear part also) www.focusattack.com now sells the same one as www.paradisearcadeshop.com (link is not working for me. not sure what is going on) Out of all the available restrictors, I like the circular ones the best. When I change directions in a 4-way game, I don't get that "damn that's a deep corner and this is the wrong joystick for this game" feeling that I get with the square restrictor. I used the octagons for a while and felt like they were a good training aid in allowing me to feel exactly where the primary and corners were (and how sloppy I was in hitting them). But eventually I got tired of the bumps when doing circular movements and moved on. --- End quote --- its a little tricky to understand without seeing an example but i do think i know what you mean with the rotary encoder. It's a shame really. I recently tried to buy just the octagonal insert from paradise and it wouldn't load for me either. I have two sticks at the moment using the square restrictor insert and the diagonals are just awful. :( |
| PL1:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on September 25, 2013, 12:16:49 pm ---(link is not working for me. not sure what is going on) --- End quote --- Is the link from the old website? When Bryan moved to the new site/servers he reorganized things which pretty much broke all the old links to specific products. :badmood: (So much for the free advertisements. :dunno) Scott |
| blueznl:
I might have missed it, but how do you make sure the while control panel won't slide during an overenthousiastic two player battle? |
| 404:
--- Quote from: PL1 on September 25, 2013, 08:51:59 pm --- --- Quote from: BadMouth on September 25, 2013, 12:16:49 pm ---(link is not working for me. not sure what is going on) --- End quote --- Is the link from the old website? When Bryan moved to the new site/servers he reorganized things which pretty much broke all the old links to specific products. :badmood: (So much for the free advertisements. :dunno) Scott --- End quote --- It worked late last night when i came back to the forums to read your response to this thread. I told myself i would order first thing in the morning. Woke up, paradise is down again. :embarassed: Just going to find another place to get the octagonal restrictor for now. Want to see if these sticks aren't total crap before i dump more money into them on an even better restrictor. |
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