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Homemade Spinner
Kremmit:
Even Manhattan must have regular old hardware stores somewhere. Smaller stores that don't have a whole aisle for carpets, followed by a a three-aisle wide area showcasing kitchen cabinets- those little stores are the places to go for things like screws and bolts.
sWampy:
I made a modified one of these http://arcadecontrols.com/files/Miscellaneous/spinner.pdf , got a guy to spotweld the bearing to the plates, instead of trying to use the wierd 3 nut holding, and used the extra encoders from a betson trackball I upgraded with ggg's encoders, and a trackball optical board I ordered from somewhere for $6, can't seem to find them now. But all in all, it worked pretty good, and didn't cost but around $45, with $10 of that being the upgraded encoder wheels that made my trackball work a ton better, and a ggg trackball/spinner usb interface.
Capthowdy:
--- Quote from: Kremmit on April 24, 2006, 04:25:08 pm ---Even Manhattan must have regular old hardware stores somewhere. Smaller stores that don't have a whole aisle for carpets, followed by a a three-aisle wide area showcasing kitchen cabinets- those little stores are the places to go for things like screws and bolts.
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I don't live in Manhattan...I only work there. and unfortunately on days that I work I never have the time to shop around for parts.
The 80s Man:
I made mine from a VCR Tape Head, those things spin like crazy with very little resistance.