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SirPoonga:


--- Quote from: RandyT on February 27, 2006, 10:25:18 am ---I'm afraid the knobs are the best I could do for the money I had allotted for them in the price.  Consider them a "freebie" knob as the other option, I'm afraid, was not to include one.  They feel and work great for gameplay, but they aren't the prettiest.  You wouldn't believe how difficult it is to find a decent knob for an application like this without making your own ($$) or paying for a custom run ($$$).  I probably spent $100 on different knobs for testing before settling on this one. :)

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Do you use the same shaft size at slikstik?  Then one would have a choice of many different styles and colors for knobs.

RandyT:


--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on February 27, 2006, 01:52:24 pm --- However... the question is... How it the encoder wheel centered?

 Are you having them laser cut?   As if the center hole is off by just a tiny bit,  it may greatly mess up the tracking from the resulting wobble motion.   

 Also, if someone were to loosen the screw..  and then re-tighten it... would the allignment still be perfect?   Meaning...  Is there any  'play'   between  the
encoder hole  and  the screw shaft?   

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The encoder wheels are made from multiple materials and are the result of a 10-step process.  They are very securely attached and 100% properly aligned.

There is never any reason to disassemble the unit, so the questions aren't really relevant.

RandyT

brandon:


--- Quote from: screaming on February 27, 2006, 01:41:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: markrvp on February 27, 2006, 11:51:23 am ---1up did the up/down hack:

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  Yes yes. that's who it was. I had it saved somewhere in my grand pile o' links..

  Anyway, I wonder how hackable the GGG spinner is? I'm hoping to at least get "push" functionality. Anyone who has a GGG spinner willing to comment on the possibility after taking a look at 1up's great work?



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I dont own the GGG spinner but I could think of a few ways that it and the SS spinner could be push/pull.   You do it similar to what 1up did having the spinner "samwiched" between springs... but instead of two on the spinner shaft you could use eight.  One pair of springs for each mounting bolt.   Then you could use the same type switch actuators to tell when the spinner moves up and down.. i dunno.. it could work..   Here's what I'm thinking..

screaming:


--- Quote from: brandon on February 27, 2006, 02:31:09 pm ---I dont own the GGG spinner but I could think of a few ways that it and the SS spinner could be push/pull.   You do it similar to what 1up did having the spinner "samwiched" between springs... but instead of two on the spinner shaft you could use eight.  One pair of springs for each mounting bolt.   Then you could use the same type switch actuators to tell when the spinner moves up and down.. i dunno.. it could work..   Here's what I'm thinking..

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  Good idea.. that way the spinner mechanics don't even come into the equation.  I'll file this idea away until I'm ready to implement it. Great idea!

brandon:


--- Quote from: screaming on February 27, 2006, 02:35:09 pm ---  Good idea.. that way the spinner mechanics don't even come into the equation.  I'll file this idea away until I'm ready to implement it. Great idea!

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yeah that's what I was thinking.. because the "axle" of the spinner wouldn't be effected at all so it should spin just like normal.  Perhaps GGG or SS could incorporate this into a future model by having the springs and all preassembled to a nice mounting plate instead of to the control panel as in my drawing.  Perhaps they could also send me a freebie for giving them my idea royalty-free  :P ;D

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