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Title: WTB: Wico 4 way red ball leaf joystick
Post by: slbailey on February 12, 2014, 10:27:31 am: Starting my next cabinet build and apparently these things have become hard to find. If anyone knows where I can find a good Wico 4 way leaf stick (pac man, donkey kong, galaga, etc.) let me know.

Steve
Title: Re: WTB: Wico 4 way red ball leaf joystick
Post by: Ginsu Victim on February 12, 2014, 03:51:02 pm: Do you specifically need Wico? www.groovygamegear.com (http://www.groovygamegear.com) has excellent 4-way leafs.
Title: Re: WTB: Wico 4 way red ball leaf joystick
Post by: deadmoney5 on February 12, 2014, 05:02:15 pm: I have a NOS 4-way Wico that I never use, but it's a light blue ball.
Title: Re: WTB: Wico 4 way red ball leaf joystick
Post by: chopperthedog on February 12, 2014, 06:25:57 pm: Might help to give your panel type (wood or steel) for shaft length purposes. The 3 games you mentioned all used completely different designs none of which were made by wico.

good day.
Title: Re: WTB: Wico 4 way red ball leaf joystick
Post by: slbailey on February 13, 2014, 06:20:42 pm: Was going to be a wood panel since that's what my last one was. I wanted Wico because that's what I had last time. Maybe I'll do more research into other options before committing. Didn't think home made steel panels were a realistic possibility.
Title: Re: WTB: Wico 4 way red ball leaf joystick
Post by: Malenko on February 13, 2014, 09:35:35 pm: Quote from: chopperthedog on February 12, 2014, 06:25:57 pm
Might help to give your panel type (wood or steel) for shaft length purposes. The 3 games you mentioned all used completely different designs none of which were made by wico.

good day.

and Galaga was a two way :)
Title: Re: WTB: Wico 4 way red ball leaf joystick
Post by: Slippyblade on February 13, 2014, 09:51:43 pm: Quote from: slbailey on February 13, 2014, 06:20:42 pm
Didn't think home made steel panels were a realistic possibility.

With the availability of and relative ease of access to CNC and laser/water-jet cutting, I'd say they are very realistic. Probably not cheap, but realistic.
Title: Re: WTB: Wico 4 way red ball leaf joystick
Post by: Paul Olson on February 17, 2014, 11:07:43 am: Quote from: Slippyblade on February 13, 2014, 09:51:43 pm
Quote from: slbailey on February 13, 2014, 06:20:42 pm
Didn't think home made steel panels were a realistic possibility.

With the availability of and relative ease of access to CNC and laser/water-jet cutting, I'd say they are very realistic. Probably not cheap, but realistic.

Definitely not cheap in low quantities, but they are certainly possible. Last year, I ordered 30 joystick mounting plates (mount the joystick to the plate, then mount the plate to a wood panel), with a center hole and 8 threaded studs. They were $10 each at that quantity. I needed a couple of different plates, so I got quotes last week. In quantities under 5, the same plate is $38.40.

A standard layout would be 16 holes and 8 threaded studs. Add in a trackball, and it is 4 more studs and a hole.

It is still only one setup though, and that is the expensive part. If there is bending to shape at the edges, that would be a bit more. I would guess that it would be about $100-150 for a 24" panel.
Title: Re: WTB: Wico 4 way red ball leaf joystick
Post by: Brian74 on February 17, 2014, 07:48:31 pm: I have one, what are you willing to pay? (https://www.dropbox.com/s/jjx4mx3m0x1063v/20140217_184255.jpg) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/qlsa90mqq82jcj1/20140217_184312.jpg) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/b86o183msozas8w/20140217_184329.jpg) pm me if you are interested
Title: Re: WTB: Wico 4 way red ball leaf joystick
Post by: Brian74 on February 20, 2014, 05:05:35 pm: So I take it, you arent interested?