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Anybody here ever make a Major Havoc controller?
ChadTower:
Until the friction wears down the rubber wheel even a fraction of an inch and it no longer makes solid contact with that second axle.
PetitMorte:
Well, that's assuming that the wheel's axle is fixed in place.
If you let the axel of the wheel "float" up and down a bit, that wouldn't happen... like a trackball sitting on the rollers. Trackballs get worn down by friction, but since they basically just sit on the rollers anyway, they're pretty much always in contact. ... you couldn't let the roller float... that might pull the optical wheel out of the sensor.
And the wear on the wheel itself is going to be relatively minimal. Compare the abuse that the wheel would get on a control panel to the abuse it would get supporting a 150lb kid as he rolls over asphalt and concrete. They might just not expect to have enough wear on the wheelto have it disconnect from the roller.
The pics from the auction show the optical wheel off to the side of the control wheel, right about where a roller would contact the control wheel. Unless there's some gearing being done inside the housing that we can't see, the track-ball thing is still the simplest set-up.
ahofle:
Looks like you could use a roll of clear packing tape for the roller part. :P
Witchboard:
--- Quote from: ahofle on January 13, 2006, 06:54:37 pm ---Looks like you could use a roll of clear packing tape for the roller part.
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pogo:
Here's the exploded assembly detail from the manual. Might help you figure out how to make one.