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| tylerwerrin:
Hi guys, My CP has 90's style Bat tops -- I like the style more than the ball tops, yet I love how the ball tops light up and generally just look awesome with an LED wiz. Anyways i started searching around on the net, and discovered that only one guy has ever made an illuminated bat top -- it was a prototype in which he cast a mold, dyed resin and installed joystick shafts. His looked awesome, so I figured I'd give it a try. The one catch I have found is finding low cost joysticks which are hollow to allow for the wire to be threaded inside. Anyways, I'll get to that in a minute. Here's what I did (sorry for no pictures during the build... i'll get some if you are interested!) 1) Bought OOMOO 30 Silicone Molding compound and mixed it 1:1 in a mixing cup. 2) Using a Happ competition joystick as my mold template, I inserted the joystick with the bat top facing down in my drill press and lowered it into my Silicone. The next morning, my mold had hardened. I popped the joystick out, leaving a nice cavern for which I would cast my resin into. 3) i used 1 drop of Castn' Craft white pigment with about 5 ounces of resin. It turned a nice milky white. This would be what I would cast with. 4) I had purchased some 1/4" steel tube at a local auto parts store and cut it to the length of my bat top, plus half an inch. I then threaded one end of the hollow tube with 1/4-20 thread. 5) I then screwed on a 1/4-20 brass wood insert. 6) I put this arrangement, with the threaded end & insert DOWN into my mold, and got it directly in the middle. I then filled the mold with my resin mixture. 7) I let the thing cure for a couple days in the sun just to be sure. I popped the newly cast bat top out of the mold and then using the force of the chuck on the hollow tube i was able to unscrew the tube from the newly cast top! I now have a handle (which looks comparable to a normal joystick shaft.. it could look better, and will, after I chrome it -- the stainless steel finish isn't the best). I will thread an RGB LED easily down the shaft of the hollow tube -- with any luck it will light up just fine! I'll keep you guys posted... |
| Slippyblade:
I, too, prefer bat tops to ball tops. I'll be following this thread closely. :applaud: |
| Brutick:
I would love to see some pictures of this! I'm curious how the bat top looks currently. :D |
| Mr_Numbers:
Very cool and gives me some idea's for myself. Lets see some pictures! :) |
| PL1:
This might be a great way to make rubber padded octagonal LS-30 style handles for the Happ Mechanical Rotary Joystick like mytymaus007 was looking for here. WARNING: Linked thread contains content by "gamuhar". (a Driverman alternate identity) Not responsible for any loss of I.Q. resulting from reading his posts -- you have been warned. WARNING :laugh2: Scott |
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