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Push / Pull spinner from VCR parts
krutknut:
I've now soldered the cables to the board from the mouse, an extremely easy task that anyone can do without skill or practice.
The annoying thing now is that I have a simpler design on my drawing board. What to do, what to do...
ratzz:
Good work :applaud:
I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. keep it up!
Ratzz :cheers:
krutknut:
This is starting to look a bit like a frankenspinner, but I've got to put the electronics somewhere.... I suppose I could later make it a bit more compact.
Now, I again have executed my poor soldering skills. It was impractical to position the entire board so that the optics are aligned with the encoder wheel. Instead, I crudely cut the optics off the board, and soldered new connections from the optics to the board.
The push / pull buttons work, now the question is whether the optics will also work during a push / pull. If not, then I might just try the new design that I have drawn instead.
krutknut:
The spinner works - but the encoding wheel is a bit bent / wobbly which makes the move a bit uneven. I have to replace it with one that is perfectly flat. The push/pull action works as well.
krutknut:
This is the really interesting part, to see if this design can be fine-tuned to work well.
But I also have an alternative design, if it doesn't go well. This design has two shafts. The alternative design instead has two bearings. That design seems a bit less complicated to fine-tune.
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