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Building a Star wars yoke from scratch
Tiger-Heli:
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--- 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.
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There's a very high-res one here:
http://www.arcadecollecting.com/caga/unclean/
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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.
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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!
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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...
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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/