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| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Brax on March 18, 2004, 05:58:16 pm --- --- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on March 18, 2004, 04:24:59 pm --- --- Quote from: froggerman on March 18, 2004, 03:34:59 pm ---Thanks wj2k3. That is the Star Wars yoke overlay. I was looking for the Return of the Jedi yoke overlay that is shown on the yoke earlier in this thread. --- End quote --- There's a very high-res one here: http://www.arcadecollecting.com/caga/unclean/ --- End quote --- Hmmm, it didn't seem to upload. But, yes thats where I found it quite some time ago. I was trying to post it to the non-vector category, hoping someone might vectorize it. :) It was there before Brax posted his, though, I'm pretty sure. --- Quote --- --- End quote --- --- End quote --- Just some more details - The link works for me http://www.arcadecollecting.com/caga/unclean/ Once there, click on RotJ-yoke-overlay.zip It should download however - 4.8M zip file, 6.2M image. Image itself is 850x2538 pixels and is a .psd (photoshop) file (can be read by Qucktime, Gimp, and PaintShop Pro.) |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: generic_eric on March 19, 2004, 01:54:01 am ---Menace Do you have an estimate on the materials (not including "prototyping cost) to make a yoke based on your design? I know that you said not any part over $10. Good Stuff! --- End quote --- I could rough it out for you - Dual Strike - (E-bay $10.00 ????) Sheetmetal ($2.00 - ??) Screws and cotter pins and washers, L-brackets ($8.00, approx) LampRod and nuts (approx $8.00) 2 Spinning light thing-a-majigs (approx $4.00) Wood (roughly $5.00 ???) Lazy Susan bearing (couldn't find a small one, but a 5" one was about $5.00) Pair of Leaf swithces ($6.00 from bobroberts ($4.50 if you use Radio Shack buttons 4 Gears - (I'm gonna guess $10.00) I saw a similar set at a model train show for $1.99 a pair, but don't know if they're identical Project Board ($3.00 ??) Plate Hangers ($5.00) Pots ($6.00, based on #271-1714) Wire ($3.00) Paint ($6.00) TOTAL - $73.00, give or take probably $10 either way. This assumes you don't have ANY of these parts lying around somewhere. Not bad, especially given the end result, but it does add up . . . |
| menace:
Here's what I spent: $0 means I had it on hand dual strike $5.00 (got 2 for $10.00 on ebay) leaf springs $0 screws, cotter pins etc $0 lamp rod and nuts $7.50 (CDN) gears $0 3" lazy susan bearing $2.99 (CDN-home depot) project board $1.99 (CDN) pots $2 ($5.00 for metal ones --what I should have used) (CDN) plate hanger $3.00 Rona (CDN building box place) spinning light things $1.50 ea. CDN Zellers (walmart wanna be store) wire $0 taken from same tv as case material wood $0 sheet metal $0--spare furnace duct total for me was about 30-40$ CDN--In my particular case I had alot of stuff laying around that was begging to be used as a yoke-but from scratch it could be a bit more. I would scavenge your basement/attic for parts before buying anything as some parts could be substituted for something you have on hand. |
| Stormy151:
So how many people are building SW yokes based on this tutorial right now? I know I am. :D Here's an idea- someone should figure out how to add a set of pedals to this, so it could double as a steering wheel... |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Stormy151 on March 22, 2004, 11:38:14 pm ---So how many people are building SW yokes based on this tutorial right now? I know I am. :D Here's an idea- someone should figure out how to add a set of pedals to this, so it could double as a steering wheel... --- End quote --- Problem - yoke is limited to 60 degrees of travel - most steering wheels have 270 - but it it possible. Can't do that with a Dual Strike, as a dual strike only supports two pots. You could interface the yoke and a set of pedals to the gameport (if your PC still has one) and not use the dual strike. You could separately interface the pedals using a second dual strike and MAME analog plus. You could interface both the yoke and pedals to daveb's interface (when available) instead of using dualstrikes - http://dave.bit2000.com/ |
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