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BYO Rotary Joystick
Trimoor:
This should be posted on the news page as well, but for anyone who didn't see it, (or wants to respond to me but not through email) I will post it here.
I created a nice guide on how to build a rotary add-on for joysticks. See it here:
http://www.trimoor.com/rotary_joystick/index.htm
Feel free to post comments, complaints, suggestions, or death threats.
_Trimoor
danny_galaga:
that is great!! ive toyed with the idea but couldnt quite imagine how i was going to go about it. i didnt realise there was that type of mouse around. was going to use an optical...one question though- why is there a block of wood in there? i'm guessing that's not an original joystick part ;)
good one!!
(tiny critisism- i think the o-ring you refer to is usually called a grommet)
Minwah:
Excellent :)
I wonder if I could do it on my J-Stik...
I also wonder where to get such a mouse, although the rotary sensor may be similar to the non-optic type of device used in some scroll wheels (some revisions of Intellimouse).
Hoagie_one:
im confused on how the twisting does anything. Can you explain the mechanics of how it works?
NoOne=NBA=:
It works by MAGIC, can't you see that?
Basically the nail piece prevents the rotary sensor from spinning with the handle.
When you turn the handle on the joystick, it turns the rotary sensor.