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Atari Yolk 14 tooth gear Repoductions
1500points:
This winter I found all the misc. pots and gears I needed for a yoke refurb from Mylstar on KLOV.
Very pricy, but man is it fun playing Star Wars in mame with a real yoke. worth it in my opinion.
My yoke came with a replacement gear from this place.
W.M. Berg Inc.
F24A66-14
499 Ocean Avenue
East Rockaway, NY 11518
800-232-BERG
Didn't check to see if that is still an active address, but the brass gear is high quality precision and works effortlessly.
RandyT:
There is a big misconception out there about what plastic parts are worth. When referring to real production and using specific materials, a proper injection mold is part of the equation. The molds, even for small parts, can cost upwards of 7k. That's a not a big deal when looking at hundreds of thousands of parts, but when you are dealing with a niche item, where the sell-through might only be a thousand, you start out with break even prices at ~$11 for each piece. And few will take a risk of that nature only to have their best outcome be to break even.
3D printed parts can be precise, and quite dense, but there are a lot of variables. As for the ability of these types of machines to produce simple gears, one also has to keep in mind that many of the 3D printers out there can self replicate, and contain many gears of their own. If reasonably good gears were not feasible, this could not happen. And the stresses on those gears are usually much higher than stress incurred by controls, so long as the gear teeth are not the force limiting component. Good lubrication will also be essential for gears not made from materials with inherently high lubricity.
So in that vein, if someone has good drawings or a broken sample of some of these smaller, commonly required and no longer available parts, I can take a look at reproducing them. If it's something that would be a worthwhile addition to our catalog, and the individual can do some testing and reporting on the resulting parts, those first parts would be at no cost to them. Sound good?
34k:
I have at least one of the small 14-tooth gears which is broken I could send you. It's cracked in one of the valleys between the teeth but it is still in one piece.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: RandyT on January 08, 2014, 04:23:19 pm ---So in that vein, if someone has good drawings or a broken sample of some of these smaller, commonly required and no longer available parts, I can take a look at reproducing them. If it's something that would be a worthwhile addition to our catalog, and the individual can do some testing and reporting on the resulting parts, those first parts would be at no cost to them. Sound good?
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Randy, I have the RAM Controls repros and I have three original yokes with good gears. If I get them back when you're done I could send either or both. I would LOVE to see these things get reproduced by a top shelf vendor like GGG.
While we're at it should we think about any other yoke parts? How about Battlezone/Red Baron stick parts? If we really do have the ability to 3D print these it seems like an opportunity we have been awaiting for 20 years. The nylon balls especially inside these sticks seem easily printed.
RandyT:
PM's sent. Thanks!
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