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Making your own dust washer out of plexiglass?
javeryh:
Does anyone have any tips on how to do this? I'm thinking of replacing the cheap black plastic dust washer that goes around the shaft of the joystick with one made out of plexiglass. I want to paint the bottom of the plexiglass pink and then attach a thin layer of felt or something so it won't scratch the surface. I know a few people have done this... any tips? I'm especially curious as to:
1. How to cut out a perfect circle (roughly 2.5" in diameter);
2. How to polish the edge of the plexiglass once cut;
3. What type of paint to use (I assume any type is fine)
Thanks!
steveh:
i have never done it before, but i would guess if you used a circular drill bit, like what you would use to cut a hole in a door for a door knob. that should work great to do it. not only would it be a perfect circle, but it would also have a centered hole in the middle. you would just need to re-drill it big enough for the joystick shaft to fit threw.
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someone please correct me if i am wrong
AcidArmitage:
you could try a hole saw... the drill bit in the middle of it wouldn't matter because it needs a hole in the middle anyway
Senator:
Not to mess with your game plan but one of the best tips I read on this board, I think it was a LeapinLew thing, is that the dust washer should really be BELOW the CPO. I got a Golden Tee overlay off of eBay, its made of a real nice plastic/vinyl kind of deal. I routed out an area of the control panel around my joystick hole for the washer, then put my CPO and plexi over that. Turned out real nice. You could do the same thing with your custom washers. I'll get some pics up once I figure out how to shrink them to a reasonble size.
BTW, I agree with the hole saw idea, get the doorknob size or even smaller, run it in reverse with light pressure, it should work perfectly.
AcidArmitage:
i disagree with the dust washer on the bottom because i remember one tekken cab that had one dust washer missing... I was playing it and the joystick shaft pinched the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out of my hand in the hole. hated that damn machine ever since