Author Topic: BYO "Nasty-Spinner" UPDATE.... (Read 41382 times)

Thenasty · « **Reply #40 on:** October 01, 2004, 01:03:22 pm »

Quote from: stew_bidasso on September 28, 2004, 02:20:59 pm

actually, it may be a seagate now that I think about it. At any rate, will any old hard drive work?

Only WD works because the bottom part has a HOLE ready for you to put the Wheel Encoder into. The rest if the HD I opened did not have this hole. Also some newer WD, did not have this hole,

melarky · « **Reply #41 on:** October 01, 2004, 04:10:26 pm »

thanks for the reply, nice to know before I go ripping apart my hard drive.

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #42 on:** October 13, 2004, 10:52:43 am »

Just ripped apart 3 old hard drives...old as in 400 MB hard drives and all 3 had the hole on one side and the threaded hole on the other.

almost done with my very own nasty spinner

itismejs · « **Reply #43 on:** October 13, 2004, 07:36:27 pm »

I would like a spinner....But does it work w/ the passthrough of an ipac...and can I mount it in a hole made for a 2-way joystick without and tools?

Thenasty · « **Reply #44 on:** October 15, 2004, 05:00:15 pm »

Quote from: itismejs on October 13, 2004, 07:36:27 pm

I would like a spinner....But does it work w/ the passthrough of an ipac...and can I mount it in a hole made for a 2-way joystick without and tools?

If your MOUSE worked in the PASS THRU, then this will work too. It is a regular serial mouse.

Do you mean a SLOT 9going up/down or is it a regular button/joystick hole? If so, then it will work, but if its a slot up/down, might not, but you can easily make it a button/joystcik hole.

megashock5 · « **Reply #45 on:** January 04, 2005, 02:32:27 pm »

Nasty,

Are you still offering to build these for $18?

Is it something I could plug in to my miniPac?

thanks!

Thenasty · « **Reply #46 on:** January 05, 2005, 08:30:16 pm »

I am looking for some more HD. My vendor has stocks of Serial and PS2 mouse again but the HD is holding me back.
I will be PMing the BYOC users before I post anything for sale.

apeekaboo · « **Reply #47 on:** January 16, 2005, 01:43:32 pm »

Hey Nasty, this is a great guide!

Do you have any slightly angled pics of the spinner you could post?
I'd like to see how you cut the harddisk platter.
Is it cut in three pieces, first from 1 o'clock to 5 o'clock and the again from 10 o'clock to 7 o'clock? So the piece you use is the middle one?

For all persons about to gut your old harddrives:
Maxtor Bigfoot 4.1 GB and Quantum LPS (probably < 850 MB) did not have the needed hole at the bottom. I used a WD Caviar 22500, which has the needed hole.

Dougmeister · « **Reply #48 on:** January 26, 2005, 01:58:50 pm »

Hey, I'm about ready to bite, but would like to know:

1) Anyone out there give me any feedback on these spinners? I hear nothing negative, so that's a real good sign.

2) Do they work with the DOS version of Mame? (Shelled out from Win '98, not booted directly to DOS)

Thenasty · « **Reply #49 on:** February 05, 2005, 01:04:32 pm »

Here is an update.
Since some of you had told me that the epoxy used was coming off, I have now decided to use the HARD as METAL from the Auto Store. Also, the "L" shape is now screwed in the disc platter so in can be taken out. I have found a different shaft that it can be adjusted to a certain length. So no need to cut the shaft just screw it in further or unscrew it out.
Also notice the MOUSE on the right side of the pic, this is a MS mouse and its no good, its to long. You have to get a mouse PCB that is half size like the pic shown.

Anyway, I might have another ONE available so its FIRST COME FIRST SERVE....

Thenasty · « **Reply #50 on:** February 05, 2005, 01:08:36 pm »

Quote from: Dougmeister on January 26, 2005, 01:58:50 pm

Hey, I'm about ready to bite, but would like to know:

1) Anyone out there give me any feedback on these spinners?

quarterback · « **Reply #51 on:** February 05, 2005, 01:34:56 pm »

Quote from: Thenasty on February 05, 2005, 01:04:32 pm

Anyway, I might have another ONE available so its FIRST COME FIRST SERVE....

One Nasty Spinner available?!?!?!? I want

PM sent

bossyman15 · « **Reply #52 on:** August 13, 2005, 06:27:56 am »

about the mouse pcb pic above...

how do i know which mouse has half pcb?

also: would anybody of you know if any WD Caviar series HD (4.3 GB)

to be exect: model number 43AA and/or 14300

would have needed holes on bottom?

sharkus · « **Reply #53 on:** December 09, 2005, 02:03:32 am »

For those who cannot find hard drive that has a hole in the bottom of the bearing here's an easy solution.

Build the spinner as instructed in this thread or http://www.doughansen.net/arcade/spinner.htm
Glue a couple large washers to the bottom of the fly wheel
Use masking tape (or other tape) and continuously wrap the axle of light chopper until the tape is built up to be just slightly larger than the washer holes. Make sure the tape is not too wide or it may interfear with the sensor board.
Insert the axle with tape into the washer hole.

I was able to use an old microsoft PS/2 mouse. However, I had to mount it to the wrong mouse axis (cursor moves up and down when the wheel spins, not left and right). Is there a version of Mame that can be used to switch the axis (and support multiple mice)?

ssc arcade · « **Reply #54 on:** December 09, 2005, 10:57:34 am »

bump and PM sent

sharkus · « **Reply #55 on:** December 11, 2005, 10:14:12 pm »

I found that an old yoyo made a great spinner top. It is well balanced and very cheap (free since I don't use it any more).

The model I used was an old cosmic yoyo (with wooden axle). I took the yoyo apart and used a 3" 4-40 threaded rod (found this at Lowes) along with some nuts and washers. (Once it was the right height I cut the rod down to size with a dremel).

It looks like cosmis yoyos are no longer around. However, I believe this is the same model (made by playmaxx):

http://yoyoplay.com/proyoii.html

Nice thing about this is that one yoyo makes two spinner tops...

-Sharkus

Generic Eric · « **Reply #56 on:** December 11, 2005, 10:52:37 pm »

Has anyone tried a seagate scsi drive for the spinner parts? Thanks

MYX · « **Reply #57 on:** December 12, 2005, 07:56:29 am »

Hey, when you are done building your HD spinner, take the old HD platters onto circuit city or best buy and tell them that your hard drive wasn't working right so you took out the old platters and need new ones. Any one who knows anything about computers may get a little ill.

The only thing is that you have to do it with a straight face.

When I made my hard drive spinner (DHannsen HD Spinner) I encountered 2 different versions of Hard drive gutz. One would not work at all as the spinner berrings did not go all the way through the plate. It may take a couple of trys. Don't go out and buy anything fancy. Go to a second hand computer shop and see if they have any old 1 or 2 gig dead drives. Or raid that old 486 you have in the corner. Any one considering a HD spinner should do it. It is about as smooth as it gets. Just make sure that you really tighten down the knob. Kind of a pisser, when you are in heated batle in tempest and the spinner keeps spinning while you are holding the knob in your hand.

Dreded · « **Reply #58 on:** March 22, 2008, 04:55:36 pm »

ok i took apart aprox. 10 different brands of OLD(sub 2gb) HD today and the WD caviar was the ONLY one with a hole on both sides

however you don't necessarily need the hole because you could carefully mount the light cutter straight the hole just helps as a guide I used White Hot glue(its stiffer when dry) and managed to get on lined up perfectly straight.... also its worth a mention that as long as it does not wobble to much it will work

and one more note is for the L-bracket since we are stealing so much from computer hardware already a back plate for a computer case works perfect it even has a screw hole so you can mount directly to platters then glue for a STRONG hold

as far as space under the control panel... i manged to get mine down to 4" x 1.5" but without cutting it would be 4"x4".... and the hole i drilled in the Control panel was 5/8" for the shaft if you wanted to you could get the footprint down to about 2.5" x 1.5" for moutning I just used the same white hot glue works great

psychotech · « **Reply #59 on:** March 22, 2008, 06:49:28 pm »

Cool!

BYO/DIY spinners still live

Made one earlier for my "hackpanel".. WD is the way to go. (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=61679.msg662703#msg662703)

Have phun

SnApRoLl · « **Reply #60 on:** September 05, 2008, 10:58:25 am »

Just thought I'd pop in and let everyone know that the Nasty Hardrive Spinner is still alive and well!!! I have made my own and will post pics asap. Also if anyone needs any USB ball mice for their harddrive spinner project let me know. The mice are perfect as they have the perfect size board as you will see when I post pics of my spinner. Also I can get them at my cost $4.00 + shipping for anyone who would like a USB ball mouse for their spinner project. Let me know as I only have about 20 mice left.
Also I have found a way to use other brands of hardrives and will post pics of how they can be adapted.

Thanks

Shawn


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