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DOT/Xenophobe to Tron Joystick conversion

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Encryptor:
Which 8 way stick do you have? There are many different ones.


Encryptor

TheShanMan:
Encryptor, I recently bought a complete tron panel on ebay and I'm in the process of cleaning up/restoring the stick and spinner. I have the restrictor out and all cleaned up, and I'm wondering if I might want to replace it with one of yours. It's in good shape considering age (it didn't have the rust pitting that yours had - my stick was relatively rust free), but it is quite hard, and I wonder if it is supposed to be this hard. I have to use a fair amount of force to squeeze it at the corner spots with my fingers (i.e. up/down/left/right). If I push with my thumb on the diagonal spots, it doesn't budge at all. The impression I got was that it was somewhat stiff, but I figured it would have more movement than that.

Although maybe it's because I'm doing this with my hands and the restrictor out, as opposed to doing it with the fully assembled stick.

Thoughts?

Encryptor:
I'm sure being 20+ years old that the urethane has stiffened a good bit but even the repros I make are fairly stiff. They do give a little but not much. I imagine with the force of the stick pushing on it you may see more difference in the stiffness.


Encryptor

TheShanMan:
I just reassembled the stick after cleaning it all up, and that restrictor might as well be metal - the movement is so minute that it's for all intents and purposes nonexistent. If you were to estimate how much it moves using "normal" force, how much would it be? 1/8"? More? Less? I'm maybe getting 1/32".

Encryptor:
I don't know how much movement there is and my Tron stick isn't together right now. The purpose of the restrictor was to make it more difficult to hit the diagonals but not impossible. If you can hit the diagonals that's all that matters.

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