Author Topic: WTB: edit Black or Green 4" Ball top handles (Read 1959 times)

Sapper · « **on:** April 30, 2004, 03:54:36 pm »

I'm looking for long-shaft -4 inch- balltop joystick handles--must have black or green ball...

thanks

NoBonus · « **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2004, 05:08:59 pm »

There are green ball handles? I would like to see a picture of one of those!

Sapper · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2004, 07:07:55 pm »

I know that green ball-tops exist, here is a pic of a box of joys that contain green balltops...

I really hope someone out there has got some of these.!

bdsjake · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2004, 10:09:46 pm »

Check out the green balltops here:

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=9573;start=msg73200

too bad Tom no longer makes these (he made both translucent and solid in many colors). Someone really needs to get his molds and pick up the business!

eli curtz · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2004, 11:03:59 pm »

You can get both black and green replacement ball tops for the T-Stick Plus from Ultimarc.

Ultimarc

spidermonkey · « **Reply #5 on:** May 02, 2004, 08:05:35 pm »

Yeah Tom made some wild stuff. Just before he closed his doors I got a pair of translucent GREEN Tron handles. Just like the ones that came on the very early Astron Belt cabs. 99% of the Astron Belt cabs had just the plain old black triggerstick handles

. Dammit why did he ever close his doors ? WHY WHY !

NoBonus · « **Reply #6 on:** May 03, 2004, 12:53:39 pm »

Quote from: spidermonkey on May 02, 2004, 08:05:35 pm

Yeah Tom made some wild stuff. Just before he closed his doors I got a pair of translucent GREEN Tron handles. Just like the ones that came on the very early Astron Belt cabs. 99% of the Astron Belt cabs had just the plain old black triggerstick handles . Dammit why did he ever close his doors ? WHY WHY !

I want to know the same. I wonder how difficult it would be to start a business like that. What would one need? A mold, a machine to melt the plastic and pour it into the mold, something to cut the rods... what else?

NoBonus · « **Reply #7 on:** May 03, 2004, 02:17:53 pm »

Here's a green top stick. I don't know if it is exactly what you are after though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13718&item=3286859661&tc=photo

NoBonus

NoBonus · « **Reply #8 on:** May 03, 2004, 02:18:47 pm »

And here is a green bat style stick.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3287335436&ssPageName=MERC_VI

Sapper · « **Reply #9 on:** May 04, 2004, 06:56:40 pm »

I took a peek at those two links...the paddle is awful, and the ball-top isn't quite right. I'm looking for replacement handles for p-360 sticks...it was mentioned in the main forum that Robotron style ball tops fit perfectly.

What I really want to find are black or green ball-top handles that would work in a p360 with a 3/4" wood cab (mounted underneath).

Thanks!

spidermonkey · « **Reply #10 on:** May 04, 2004, 11:54:13 pm »

Robotron sticks are nothing more then just regular Wico leaf switch joysticks so if you ever see green Wico balltops on Ebay you should be able to use the shafts from them for your P-360'S.

bigmoe · « **Reply #11 on:** May 05, 2004, 01:10:03 pm »

Quote from: spidermonkey on May 04, 2004, 11:54:13 pm

Robotron sticks are nothing more then just regular Wico leaf switch joysticks so if you ever see green Wico balltops on Ebay you should be able to use the shafts from them for your P-360'S.

Does it matter with the P360's if the shafts are long (4") or short (3.5")?

Sapper · « **Reply #12 on:** July 13, 2004, 11:50:56 am »

Hi all...still looking to buy a pair of ball-top stick handles with black or green handles. Preferably, these would be the long Robotron shafts...four inch variety...to replace the black bats in my p360s.

Cheers.

Goz · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2004, 01:42:10 pm »

You'll want to ask them about the legnth, but you can find some cheap green ball tops Here

Maybe you can reuse the shaft or the ball.

-Goz

I might have some black ball tops at home. I'll check when I get there.

-Goz

Sapper · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2004, 02:03:15 pm »

Thanks for the tip Goz...

The sticks in the ebay link appear way too short for a 3/4 inch CP...and I'm not a fan of the ball top with the strange lip on the bottom .

Cheers for now.

Goz · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2004, 09:56:09 pm »

The black balltops that I thought I had at home turned out to be 3.5" shafts black ball top. For the life of me, I don't recall what joys they came off of.

-Goz

maraxle · « **Reply #16 on:** July 14, 2004, 09:31:31 am »

Quote from: spidermonkey on May 04, 2004, 11:54:13 pm

Robotron sticks are nothing more then just regular Wico leaf switch joysticks so if you ever see green Wico balltops on Ebay you should be able to use the shafts from them for your P-360'S.

I have two black ball-top Wicos and one green one that I got the other day. I found them in a box of parts I picked up. They need some cleaning up, but they work. I have 4 bases that fit these - two leaf style and two microswitch. I also have yellow, red, blue, orange, and purple ball-tops that fit these same sticks. If you just need the tops, I might be willing to part with a couple of them. PM me. I can measure them and post pics to make sure they're exactly what you need.

jcoleman · « **Reply #17 on:** July 14, 2004, 02:39:29 pm »

Pictures please! I'm always in the market for Wico balltops. I have some sort of weird fascination with them.

Thanks!

Coleman

maraxle · « **Reply #18 on:** July 14, 2004, 03:38:38 pm »

When I get home tonight, I'll take pics of all of them.

maraxle · « **Reply #19 on:** July 14, 2004, 10:49:05 pm »

OK. Here's some pictures. Unfortunately, I measured them and they're the 3.5" kind.

maraxle · « **Reply #20 on:** July 14, 2004, 10:50:18 pm »

And the other pic:

Kremmit · « **Reply #21 on:** July 19, 2004, 01:14:30 pm »

Quote from: NoBonus on May 03, 2004, 12:53:39 pm

Quote from: spidermonkey on May 02, 2004, 08:05:35 pm
Yeah Tom made some wild stuff. Just before he closed his doors I got a pair of translucent GREEN Tron handles. Just like the ones that came on the very early Astron Belt cabs. 99% of the Astron Belt cabs had just the plain old black triggerstick handles . Dammit why did he ever close his doors ? WHY WHY !

I want to know the same. I wonder how difficult it would be to start a business like that. What would one need? A mold, a machine to melt the plastic and pour it into the mold, something to cut the rods... what else?

Looks like Tom's back:
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=22088

Sapper · « **Reply #22 on:** July 20, 2004, 02:36:41 pm »

I thought about this quite a bit, and did some detailed measurement, and I realized that I cannot use 3.5" shafts for the CP. I really must hold out to see if 4-inch black or green ball top sticks exist....

Sapper

jcoleman · « **Reply #23 on:** July 20, 2004, 03:39:37 pm »

If those existed we'd surely have seen them around here by now...if you top-mount the bases, 3.5" shafts will work just fine. I have an extra blue 4" shaft if you really need one. Plastic spraypaint might stick...haven't tried.

Coleman

Kremmit · « **Reply #24 on:** July 20, 2004, 11:43:57 pm »

I can hook you up with green, but only in the shorter length. If you give up on the tall ones, let me know

maxstang · « **Reply #25 on:** August 04, 2004, 07:48:47 pm »

I'm looking for blue ball top joysticks. I'd be interested in buying yours. -Malcolm


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Author Topic: WTB: **edit** Black or Green 4" Ball top handles (Read 1959 times)

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