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Title: Where to get cool spinner knob?
Post by: melarky on August 05, 2005, 07:21:15 pm

I am replacing my dedicated 4-way joystick with a spinner on my control panel, and we're close to finishing the spinner (just need to make the encoder wheel and hack a mouse).

I currently have a cruddy radio shack knob on my spinner, but I remember seeing some pretty slick alluminum spinner knobs once when I was reading these boards.  I think those were from Oscar, but I can't remember.  And if they are from Oscar, is there any other place to get them since he is not really open for business right now?

Title: Re: Where to get cool spinner knob?
Post by: pointdablame on August 05, 2005, 08:10:43 pm

Oscar has some nice ones, but I really like some of SlikStik's Spinner knobs.  They are really really nice looking IMO

Title: Re: Where to get cool spinner knob?
Post by: AlanS17 on August 05, 2005, 08:16:05 pm

Not cheap by any means, but pretty nice:

http://www.slikstik.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=7

Title: Re: Where to get cool spinner knob?
Post by: Timoe on August 05, 2005, 08:40:41 pm

I got mine off of one of my construction sites.  We were demolishing an old 1970's x-ray machine that had some big ol jog dial nobs.  I think mine are like 2.75 to 3"

Any nob with a .25" shaft will do

Title: Re: Where to get cool spinner knob?
Post by: Dervacumen on August 05, 2005, 10:14:28 pm

Now that's BYOAC! ;D
Derv