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3D Printed Atari Yoke Triggers?
RubberB:
As a longer time lurker making his first post, I should like to first say thanks so much to all on this forum. I've learnt so much.
I've bought an incomplete Atari Star Wars yoke to restore. It's missing a bunch of parts, including all four triggers (thumb triggers and finger triggers)! I occurs to me that someone, somewhere, might offer 3D printed repros of those parts, but I haven't seen anything. I know that you can buy 3D printed 14T gears (which I also need) via ebay, but I've not seen any triggers.
Do you know of any? PS I'm in the UK.
ChadTower:
Does anyone have any idea how that plastic stands up to wear? We have been waiting YEARS for 3D printed parts to become viable for arcade use.
Generic Eric:
UPS has a list of locations with 3D printers. It is a uPrint SE Plus
http://www.theupsstore.com/small-business-solutions/Pages/3d-printing-locations.aspx
Although the press release is from yesterday. So they may not be up to speed. I'm emailing my local one to get an idea of when the unit will be online.
DeLuSioNal29:
First of all, welcome to the forums! :) We'll do our best to provide feedback in this great hobby.
As far as reproducing the buttons: Don't they need to be scanned in 3D first, output to a file and then printed in 3D? Don't quote me here as I'm not that familiar with the exact process. Would UPS have the capability to scan something in? Also, I'm not sure that would be available in the U.K. (Although I'm sure someone here could get it printed and send over to the UK for you).
I'm wondering if Ben Heck (find him on Youtube) would be able to provide some insight. He seems to print stuff all the time in his videos.
DeLuSioNaL29
ChadTower:
No, someone could model it in CAD a lot easier than finding a 3D scanner.