Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair

NPs Star Wars

<< < (15/17) > >>

ChadTower:

Who are these couple thousand Star Wars owners who need new fans?   :dizzy:

He may move 50 if he waits long enough, I would think. 

Daviea:
Hey Chad,

If I've proven anything at all, it's that I am a big believer in overkill. :-)  Well, that and I take too long on some of my projects.**cough**SW YOKE**cough**...but that's been covered in many other threads.  haha

I generally place vendor orders with many zeros in them so I can get my per unit pricing down.  Sure, I have to drop down a wad of cash, but I can justify it in knowing that the price I pass onto customers will be much lower.  Lower cost enables me me to sell more quantity.  In the case of the fans, Atari used a similar fan in many different machines, so I have a much larger client base.  Instead of 50 potential sales, I might have 70 or 80.  LOL

David Adams
RAM Controls


--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 21, 2009, 09:17:16 am ---
Who are these couple thousand Star Wars owners who need new fans?   :dizzy:

He may move 50 if he waits long enough, I would think. 

--- End quote ---

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: Daviea on May 21, 2009, 01:58:41 pm ---Hey Chad,

If I've proven anything at all, it's that I am a big believer in overkill. :-) 

--- End quote ---


I believe this of you, my friend.  I believe it.   ;D

RayB:
not to mention you dont get any reasonable discount on small orders. 1000 units could mean $10 each wholesale, whereas buying 50 might mean $40 or $50 each wholesale.

Neverending Project:
I finally was able to rebuild the controller this weekend using the parts from the Ram-Controls rebuild kit. I went ahead and replaced all parts included in the kit except for the large gear in the front-back section of the controller. I didn't want to take the handle assembly all the way out. But both pots were in need of replacing, and only one of the three buttons was working. The smaller gear in the handle assembly was cracked too.

I got everything together and reassembled only to find two problems. First, I swapped the left and right thumb/trigger connections. Well, to be credit I hooked them up the way they were connected before, but they must have been backwards when i got it. It doesn't affect gameplay at all, but I will switch them... just because. The second problem was that the spacer bearing on the steering shaft is missing. I didn't lose it, it was just missing.

I didn't notice it before because the old bumpers were completely disintegrated. When I put on the new bumpers they actually cause rub on the steering assembly, making it very difficult to turn. So it is back to Dave to the rescue. I just don't want to take it all apart again, but I will.

I still want to rebuild the AR/II board even though it is working correctly. I have the rebuilt kit, and the caps must be close to wearing out anyway. I also picked up a Big Blue at the same time that I will go ahead and replace.

Almost there... stay on target.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page