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Solutions for getting encoder wheels
OSCAR:
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1UP:
The encoder wheel doesn't necessarily need to have actual holes in it. I've seen encoders printed on transparencies and wrapped around a clear plastic drum, like the clear cap off a hair mousse can or a throat spray bottle.
Seems if you needed a really big encoder wheel, you could use a CD labeler program to print one on sticky transparency film, and stick it on one of the clear protective discs that come on top of a CD-R stack. You could probably get away with just printing radiating stripes in a band around the outside, to save ink.
SirPoonga:
--- Quote ---I have a ton of things to hack and haven't had the time.
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Lilwolf:
Thanks everyone. I think I'm going to get some from Oscar (since they are cheaper then the transparencies).
THANKS OSCAR!