Spinner Idea

[purplemonkey]

Ok, here's what I was thinking.  I don't have a huge control panel, and I don't play alot of spinner games.  But I like a few, and would occasionally like to play them the way they were meant to be played.   So my plan is, I'd like to have a removable spinner that can be be easily added when needed.  I also don't want it be noticable on my nice control panel when not installed.  So I what I'm thinking is a spinner on a shaft that can be pulled out of the control panel.  The panel would just have a small hole, barely noticable, when not connected.  

But I don't know how to design this.  The shaft would somehow have to connect and disconnect from the wheel, and if i did it, it would have to be stable and reliable.   Anyone think they could design something like this?

[SirPoonga]

It would take some custom fabrication but it would be possible.
See attached pic.
The pin would have to go into the spinner shaft a little ways so even a slight pulling up on the spinner wowuld still spin the disc.

[papaschtroumpf]

or use a square shaft that fits into a square hole in the wheel.

[SirPoonga]

A square tube would work too.  You'd have to square out the bottom of a round tube.  A little tough to get to work.  But probably more reliable.

[purplemonkey]

OK, now my question is, how hard would this be to do with one of Oscar's spinners?  I've never seen one so I don't know how they asssemble.  Would it be fairly easy to rig one like this, or would I be better off making my own with a mouse hack?

[Lilwolf]

Talk to oscar about it.  I think it would be easier to start with a thicker center shaft...  He might have thought about it.... and might have some ideas..

I think adding a modular hotswap control panel might be more appropriate (if not a full hotswappable).

There are some great examples around of modular control panels.