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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: G1zm0 on September 12, 2008, 02:47:33 pm
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i want to add a spinner to my system but dont want to forkout lots of cash on something i might use,
is there a guide on how to make a easy one that works and interface board?
is there many horizontal games that use a spinner or is it all vert?
i have a generic cab with 20"mon 2 joys 3 buttons, and no space for spinner,
*see crap pic i made.
where the black circle is could i mount a spinner there so its vertical? would that work
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a picture of your CP would give us a better idea of how to help you.
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The only way to understand that drawing includes visits to a psychiatrist, heavy doses of drugs, and the demons that live in my hair translating for me.
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The problem I see with mounting the spinner where I think you have it pictured, would be that people would constantly be hitting it while playing a game.
On my second arcade cab, i put the admin buttons on the very front of the CP. People would constantly hit the buttons while playing. We finally had to install finger guards over the buttons. I will never do another cab like that, unless I can recess the buttons.
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i am at work so just doing a drawing and i did say it was crap, heres a pic of something like it
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is there a guide on how to make a easy one that works and interface board?
I googled: diy arcade spinner. Here's a list of links (http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade_spinners.shtml#buildit) (many dead). Which got me to How to Build the Cheep Spinner (http://arcadecontrols.com/files/Miscellaneous/spinner.pdf) a 47 page pdf guide. If that's not enough, here's a page (http://web.archive.org/web/20011222220441/www.saltspring.com/mamezilla/spinner.htm) that shows you how to make one from a hard drive spindle.
is there many horizontal games that use a spinner or is it all vert?
I'm guessing that you're talking about horizontal or vertical monitor? I did a deluxe search at maws (http://www.mameworld.net/maws/). There are more horizontal games that use a paddle or dial than vertical ones.
where the black circle is could i mount a spinner there so its vertical? would that work
I think it would be very uncomfortable to use the spinner if it was mounted on the front face of the CP.
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there is also a byoac wiki for them and some examples/tutorials on the arcadecontrols home page list on the left.
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Here are my very crappy "instructions" (I use the term loosely) showing how I made my spinner from a laser mouse and hard drive bearing:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=77927.msg813028#msg813028