OMNI-Stik PRODIGY (TM) - New Product Announcement

[Grasshopper]

Would it be possible to see one of the replacement handles on its own i.e. not attached to a joystick base? I'm curious to see how it's designed.

Unless there is something weird about the design that I don't know about then it should be possible to make the handles height adjustable simply by cutting an extra groove for the c-clip and supplying a plastic spacer.

Also, are the ball tops intechangeable with the ones that are fitted to Sanwa and Seimitsu sticks?

[RandyT]

Would it be possible to see one of the replacement handles on its own i.e. not attached to a joystick base? I'm curious to see how it's designed.

Should I post the KeyWiz source code too while I am at it?  

Unless there is something weird about the design that I don't know about then it should be possible to make the handles height adjustable simply by cutting an extra groove for the c-clip and supplying a plastic spacer.

It works differently than you are envisioning.  The shaft is a continuous piece of CNC turned polished stainless steel.  No plastic.  No spacers.

It could be done the way you are talking about, but it would likely sacrifice the clean look it has when used with a mounting plate and require 4-6 additional grooves and a pretty precise spacer.  Stainless steel is sold and machined by the inch, and the shaft has an additional feature that would have been more costly to implement (and I'm not ready to talk about that one yet )

If there is sufficient demand, I will make an adjustable replacement stick that is designed specifically to be used with a wooden panel from below.  But I wouldn't expect that to happen for a little while due to the initial investment required for this type of project.  

Also, are the ball tops intechangeable with the ones that are fitted to Sanwa and Seimitsu sticks?

Unlikely.

RandyT

[ElectricMayhem]

Are these still coming?  I have been waiting but This Friday came and went a while ago.  

I am finishing up my cabinet and I need to order joysticks and i want the ball tops.  If it will still be a while, that's cool.  I'll order the ultimarc ones for this cabinet and try yours next time.   Thanks!

~EM

I've got all my parts picked out, but before I place my orders I need to settle on joysticks.  Are the steel shaft joysticks close to being sold?  The above pictures are not listed on the website and I was wondering if it's gonna be any day now.

First of all, I want to thank everyone for being so patient on this one.  I'm in constant contact with the company making the parts for me (for this and other stuff in the works).

The latest date is this coming Friday, but there may be a few days shipping time depending on where he is getting them (3rd party).  But barring any unforseen additional delays, I'm estimating availability to be either this weekend or mid next week.

I will definitely keep everyone updated.

P.S.  I'll use a credit card if required, but do you accept PayPal, Randy?  Wasn't ready to order and didn't wanna create an account just to get to the next page to see the payment options.

At the moment we only take credit cards as payment.  Special arrangements may be made for Paypal payments in extreme circumstances and only from Paypal balances.  Payment via credit card can be made via our secure order pages at the site.

Thanks for the continued interest,
RandyT

[RandyT]

Are these still coming?  I have been waiting but This Friday came and went a while ago.  

I have to apologize for this one.  As these types of parts are new for us, we had to find a vendor to supply them.  This meant using a new (to us) vendor.  The parts are custom machined from stainless steel and he quoted a very good price.  Parts of this quality have proven to cost considerably more from other vendors, so we obviously needed to give him a chance in order to keep this affordable.

While he was very quick to get us the high quality sample you see in the picture above, he was unfortunately not so quick in delivering the actual order due to unexpected illness and other similar difficulties.

I've been on the phone with him every day for the past week and finally will have enough parts for 11 units tomorrow.  These will be made available for sale as soon as I do the incoming QC on them to make sure everything is as it should be.  

If anyone is interested in getting one of these, I suggest you stay alert .  While I have a number more on order with this vendor, I have no idea when or if he will deliver the remainder.  I hope this isn't the case, but these could be a very limited edition.

Again, my sincerest apologies for this taking so long.  In the future I'll keep this stuff under wraps until I actually have the parts in hand.

RandyT
(who is wondering what to do with $100+ worth of balls if he doesn't deliver the rest.... )

[Magnet_Eye]

yes.. when can we expect to buy the sticks with the ball tops?

i am interested in these.

[RandyT]

yes.. when can we expect to buy the sticks with the ball tops?

i am interested in these.

Sorry, should have posted here when these went live at the store.  

They have been available for purchase for the last couple of days.  Just go to the "controllers" section of the store and it will be first on the list.  Be sure to select which style of ball top you would like when ordering.  I'll be working on getting some better pictures shortly.

Again, the supply is limited until we get more parts in, but the machinist still appears to be commited to filling the order.  But I can say without reservation that he does good work.  There's nothing quite as nice as a shiny piece of stainless steel .

Also, for any who might be interested, we now carry true 4-way and 8-way model "tulip style" top fire joysticks.  We already have a good selection of connectors, buttons, etc.. but we will be adding more items shortly, such as panel clamp sets, wire, tools, and other things we hope the community will find useful.

Thanks,
RandyT

[Edgedamage]

Woah thank you my cocktail cab is in the planing stage. And I had started to plan for dual joys one for 4 and one for 8. Now it looks like my panels will have the single joy and dual buttons. Hope they work as good as they look.