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| Generic Eric:
good info! |
| Khenemet Heru:
--- Quote from: Gamecab on March 18, 2004, 11:41:57 pm ---Try the Alumilite, the started kit cost me about $70 and It really is easy to learn. Be advidsed, if you are going to mold a set of tron grips you will need about 5LBS or #2 Latex ($100) and just cross your fingers that you do not get air bubbles. --- End quote --- would setting the liquid on a jogger or vibrator-pad help to settle all the bubbles out before pouring the mold? |
| mp2526:
--- Quote from: ShdoHawk on March 19, 2004, 09:49:06 am --- --- Quote from: Gamecab on March 18, 2004, 11:41:57 pm ---Try the Alumilite, the started kit cost me about $70 and It really is easy to learn. Be advidsed, if you are going to mold a set of tron grips you will need about 5LBS or #2 Latex ($100) and just cross your fingers that you do not get air bubbles. --- End quote --- would setting the liquid on a jogger or vibrator-pad help to settle all the bubbles out before pouring the mold? --- End quote --- Might take too long. I'm not sure what the pot life on the #2 Latex mentioned above, but waiting to shake out all the bubbles may take too long. The best way would be to use a vacuum chamber to suck the bubbles out, or a pressure pot (similar to what painters use) to compress all the bubbles out. |
| Xiaou2:
Ive tried Alumilite. A shape as thin as the handles on the trigger stick wouldnt hold up. The stuff isnt very strong - and cracks into pieces if dropped. The molding material is super expensive too. I used the rtv rubber i believe. with 1 mistake in the mold could cost you 40 to 50$ a pop. I spent like $400+ to make a tron spinner... and unfortunately learned that the final part was impossible to make.. The encoder wheel was too thin for the plastic.. and cracked with the slightest pressure. Way too frail to be usefull. Im sure theres more professional plastics out there... but even so... its gona take a good chunk of change to get to the final result... that and a lot of effort and skill. As for the comment about having a tron handle to fit on a happs super for instance: - a super or simular isnt strong enough for the added force that a longer shaft stick can produce. The move leverage you have... the more strength you need to meet it. also... the springs wont return the stick to center properly because they are too weak. they arnt meant to hold the extra weight of the enclosure + longer thicker shafts. (i noticed this on my stick mod) and finally... happs should dwelve into the home/mame market. if they dont... they might just vanish as so many arcades are vanishing. if they do vanish - theres a lot of things that we currently can get hold of that may stop being availble or produced... while we may be able to get these from other places... they may be getting them from happs at a discount price... or... a factory that makes them for happs may not get large enough orders (from happs), so may be forced to stop producing them because its cheaper to make them in mass quantities. |
| 1UP:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on March 19, 2004, 07:09:01 pm --- As for the comment about having a tron handle to fit on a happs super for instance: - a super or simular isnt strong enough for the added force that a longer shaft stick can produce. The move leverage you have... the more strength you need to meet it. also... the springs wont return the stick to center properly because they are too weak. they arnt meant to hold the extra weight of the enclosure + longer thicker shafts. (i noticed this on my stick mod) --- End quote --- I haven't had any trouble with my Tron sticks being on Supers as far as strength goes. In other words, I haven't broken them. They actually return to center properly too, though they do feel pretty loose due to the extra leverage and weight. SlikStik carries heavier springs, and I have gotten a pair from them which I have yet to try out. The easier way would be to modify my hack to work with a set of Competitions (easy to do), since they can be shipped with heavy duty springs in the first place. Also, there is no need to modify the mold of the Tron grips to get them to fit. All you need is a shaft made to hold them on. You also need to modify your stick base to keep them from rotating. I am looking into a solution for this so that I can include the sticks on my cabinets when I start production. |
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