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RandyT:

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--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on February 28, 2006, 10:13:43 am ---Seriously - go to www.mcmaster.com - Search on knobs - Click Control Knobs - Click Control Knobs again - Click Comfort Grip Control Knobs - Look at Knob Number 5 - Looks like a good Arkanoid replacement.

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I did the exact same thing yesterday. I would have mentioned it, but I figured it would have been the first place Randy checked too. Maybe not.

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Thanks for the suggestion, guys.  But that's where these come from :).  I have one of the small "comfort grip" knobs, but they still seem too big in diameter.  They look nice, but the ideal 1.25" grip just isn't there (it's amazing what a quarter inch does to the feel of a control)

On another note, I finished the first knob design and it has been sent to the machinist.  I'll do a nice rendering and post it here for the usual "I think it sucks / when can I get one"  :)


--- Quote from: mahuti on February 28, 2006, 11:08:30 am ---RandyT, I have an oscar DOT spinner that you could borrow for a while if it'd help. Otherwise, I can just relate its mechanics and take photos. 

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Thanks mahuti.  Another user was kind enough to forward a link to some pretty good pictures of the original unit, so I think I have some decent info.  Well, at least enough to know that I never want to use the design of the original ;)  But I did see that the throw of the up/down isn't very far.

I already have a few ideas on the kit.   At this point, I really think it's possible to this with a handful of the right hardware and a couple of switches.  Finding the right hardware seems to be the challenge currently.

RandyT

markrvp:

--- Quote from: RandyT on February 28, 2006, 11:32:43 am ---I'll do a nice rendering and post it here for the usual "I think it sucks / when can I get one"  :)

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Ha Ha  ;D  Ha Ha  ;D  Ha Ha  ;D  Ha Ha  ;D  Ha Ha

Isn't that the damn truth?
RandyT:

Ok, I just whipped up a rendering of the design I sent to the machinist.  Here it is:



This was my cool surprise.  The center of the knob will accept your favorite .984 diameter tokens like the ones Santoro is selling.  I purchased a bunch of these with this in mind so long ago, it isn't even funny.  I think the design on token shows the age.

As long as Saint and Santoro don't mind, I will be able to include a token in them.  But if anyone associated with them has objections, You will need to epoxy one in yourselves.

So....opinions?

RandyT

pointdablame:
Very cool idea!  You could potentially swap in different tokens whenever you want if you offered a non-epoxied version.

Are the rings on the side rubberized, or just a design of the aluminum (or whatever it's made of)??
RandyT:

--- Quote from: pointdablame on February 28, 2006, 08:58:42 pm ---Very cool idea!  You could potentially swap in different tokens whenever you want if you offered a non-epoxied version.

Are the rings on the side rubberized, or just a design of the aluminum (or whatever it's made of)??

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Thanks.  And yes, one could use some thin temporary doublesticky to hold it in.

The rings are the material of the spinner.  If a user wanted to place some thin o-tings in the grooves between, that would be up to them.

RandyT
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