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Title: Which Vendors Sell Lighted Ball Tops?
Post by: Charles4400 on December 01, 2008, 11:45:26 pm

I'm looking for lighted ball tops (hopefully some which fit the Magstick Plus)...

Does anyone know of any vendors which sell lighted ball tops in general?

Title: Re: Which Vendors Sell Lighted Ball Tops?
Post by: Franco B on December 02, 2008, 01:29:31 am

I used to make a range of lighted ball tops for various joysticks but I have been out of action due to work commitments and other projects.

Luigi (BYOAC member) can supply lighted ball tops for the Sanwa JLW-TM-8, Sanwa JLF-TP-8YT and Seimitsu LS-32. You can see his website [here (http://www.thludwig.de/arcade/led_sticks.html)].

Title: Re: Which Vendors Sell Lighted Ball Tops?
Post by: Charles4400 on December 02, 2008, 03:47:50 am

If you ever get back to making them let me know!

I'm looking for the Ultimarc Long Handle Balltops (72mm (2 7/8 in) for under-panel mounting.
) for the Magstick Plus.

Thanks for the link I'll look into that as well....

Any other manufacturers out there that anyone knows of?

Title: Re: Which Vendors Sell Lighted Ball Tops?
Post by: opt2not on December 02, 2008, 02:16:01 pm

Sanwa has a range of balltops, so if you can find a way of modifying them for the Mag-stik plus, all the power to ya.
I remember there being a thread on removing the tops from the Mag-stik plus handles somewhere on here, try a search, it could be a good start.

Title: Re: Which Vendors Sell Lighted Ball Tops?
Post by: Franco B on December 03, 2008, 04:33:13 am

I may get chance to do you a couple this weekend whilst doing some shafts for other people. I'm going to need exact dimensions of the shaft though. Does any one have a magstick shaft they could measure with a Veriner or similar? Failing that I may try asking Andy at Ultimarc to see if he would be willing to give me the dimensions.

Title: Re: Which Vendors Sell Lighted Ball Tops?
Post by: Bender on December 03, 2008, 10:34:17 am

Quote from: Franco B on December 03, 2008, 04:33:13 am

I may get chance to do you a couple this weekend whilst doing some shafts for other people. I'm going to need exact dimensions of the shaft though. Does any one have a magstick shaft they could measure with a Veriner or similar? Failing that I may try asking Andy at Ultimarc to see if he would be willing to give me the dimensions.

Franco, I have digital metric calipers and a magstick plus long shaft what dimensions would you like?

Quote from: Charles4400 on December 02, 2008, 03:47:50 am

If you ever get back to making them let me know!

I'm looking for the Ultimarc Long Handle Balltops (72mm (2 7/8 in) for under-panel mounting.
) for the Magstick Plus.

Thanks for the link I'll look into that as well....

Any other manufacturers out there that anyone knows of?

Charles what dose that 72mm refer to?

Title: Re: Which Vendors Sell Lighted Ball Tops?
Post by: AndyWarne on December 03, 2008, 04:48:37 pm

We would be interested in "outsourcing" supply of lighted ball-tops based on the ex-Slikstik design. Its something I have on the list but fully occupied by another project right now. If this does not work out we will still produce them.
The Mag-Stik and U360 have special challenges when it comes to lighting but I believe its possible in a way which can be productionized.
Anyone interested in this, and has sucessfully produced lighted tops drop me an email.
andy@ultimarc.com

Title: Re: Which Vendors Sell Lighted Ball Tops?
Post by: AndyWarne on December 04, 2008, 09:00:16 am

Managed to get something set up for this already, so we are working on it...

Andy