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Making your own dust washer out of plexiglass?
Franco B:
The shafts of the Sanwa JLW/U360 is 9mm. You want a hole in the washer approx 9.5mm for clearance when actuating the stick.
The Sanwa JLW comes with a 1.5" (38mm) washer and the U360 comes with a 2.5" (63.5mm) washer.
Martijn:
little but offtopic, but does anyone know why the washers of the u360 don't stay flat when you move the joystick? it tilts a little when you move the stick to a way, no restrictor applied btw
and what is the little metal ring for that came with the washers?
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Franco B:
It tilts the washer as there is not enough clearance between the shaft and the washer when the joystick is actuated. The stock washers have a clearance of 0.35mm which is why I suggested 0.5mm clearance. Thats what diameter bore I made my stainless ones.
As for the metal ring, i'm not sure which part you mean?
Martijn:
is the tilt gone with circular restrictor? or should i make it more wide, or let it be..
this ring came with it, it has almost the same hole size as the washer hole
RandyT:
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I just wanted to mention that we've been supplying acrylic dust washers for the VersaBall shafts to our vendor customers for a while now. The laser makes some nice edge work, so if anyone wants clear in ~1/16" thick acrylic, I can do a run of them. Just give me the dimensions you need them in. They'll cost a couple of bucks each.
I'll add the standard size to the store if anyone is interested in those.
RandyT