What is a Grommet?

[Hawk Daddy]

I saw that ponyboy had some for sale and was just wondering what they were.

Hawk

[shardian]

A grommet is the rubber support in a wico leafswitch joystick that returns the shaft to a centered position.

[markrvp]

A grommet is the rubber support in a wico leafswitch joystick that returns the shaft to a centered position.

Not just Wico joysticks - grommets were used in many joysticks.

[Kevin Mullins]

Not just Wico joysticks - grommets were used in many joysticks.

Atari sticks..... Battlezone, Food Fight, Red Baron, etc.

But a grommet could also be considered the rubber "doughnut" that wires are fed through on say a metal panel to prevent chaffing the wires.   

I'm not sure which "grommets" Ponyboy actually has...... never looked to be honest.
If he's calling them "centering Grommets", then they are joystick related.

[Clu]

I thought that was Wallace's dog.

[SavannahLion]

I thought that was Wallace's dog.

That's Gromit.

[fjl]

 

[missioncontrol]

I thought that was Wallace's dog.

That's Gromit.

well then, who's that purple thing that hangs with Ronald McDonald?

[shardian]

Ponyboy is selling wico grommets, thus why I said wico stick. I bought two off of him a while back, they will make a crappy old stick come back to life for sure.

[horseboy]

I thought that was Wallace's dog.

That's Gromit.

well then, who's that purple thing that hangs with Ronald McDonald?

That's Grimace.

[(+_+)]

These are also grommets. You'll see these on desks. They prevent wires from fraying against roughly cut wood edges.