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Ultimarc U360 - Disassembly, Upgrade, Review and Critique
blind_dado:
For those who are particularly interested in the Ultimarc U360, here is a video of me taking it apart and upgrading it to the long shaft, stiff spring, circular restrictor, and a Seimitsu bubble top. I offer some critique along the way. It is certainly a bit on the long side, but hopefully it will be of some use to the community.
Breaker:
Nice video dado!
Can you advise where the circuit board orientation requirement (ie. up/towards monitor) is documented?
(first I've heard of this....though I have an older version).
Cheers,
Breaker.
AndyWarne:
Great video!
Just one comment, its always going to be difficult to screw in the pillars unaided, which is why the website instructions advise to use the plastic thumbnuts to grip the pillar to help screwing it in, then remove the thumbnut to fit the PCB.
We have tried to get better tolerances on the pillars but they need to be non-magnetic which means using alloy, unless we move to expensive stainless steel or brass, and this means they are a little soft, although they dont need to support any weight.
There is a "TOP" markd on the PCB to orientate it correctly.
Andy
syph007:
Ya you could go 310 stainless steel (non magnetic) for the pillars. Ive worked with it before and its nice, but im sure costly. My main wish for the pillars is that they were hex shaped and not round, then i could use a wrench on them.
The only thing overall I wish you would change on the u360 kit is to stop shipping in analog only unrestricted mode. Im betting way more than half of end users add the restrictor kit, and then the parts the came with it are quite useless, 4 metal brackets and some screws. I would have gladly paid for a pre assembled ready to use kit, with proper firm springs and restrictor pillars and plates installed.
drventure:
Do the circular restrictors really make a huge difference? I've got normal 360's with the long shaft and hard springs, but no restrictors. Is the main difference that the stick just doesn't have a much of a range of motion (so it effectively generates moves quicker?)..
Also, anyone have any thoughts on how that little half dome bearing that the stick pivots on should be lubed. Mine gets very "sticky" after a while, meaning it binds and the stick won't just pop back to center, you have to force it back, even with the hard springs. I'd heard somewhere that Ultimarc might be changing the default configuration and using a new bushing or something, but I've been unable to find any more info about it.
And yeah, I guess I could always just write Andy directly :)
Just wondering if anyone had come up with a simple resolution for that problem.
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