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tron84:

--- Quote from: RandyT on January 27, 2014, 01:21:35 pm ---Nice!  If you really want authenticity, I have a limited stock of black skirted knobs which are virtually identical to the originals. :)

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Ohhh, that is good to know Randy. ;D Thanks for the info :cheers:
I wish I would have known when I had ordered the Opti-Wiz & knob.  ;D  no biggie, the knob on there is Great, luv it but yes having a repo one would be the icing on the cake. I will pick up one here soon.
thanks......

tron84:

--- Quote from: 2084 on January 27, 2014, 01:30:54 pm ---tron84-
  That is a nice CP, I hadn't considered the plexi option.  To be honest I would have used the real metal CP I bought on eBay, except when I started the project I couldn't find one in decent condition so I made one out of wood with a reproduction CPO.  I found it interesting you put the spinner on the left and buttons on the right.  Is this a left handed approach?  Thanks also for the info on the reproduction optic board.  If I had known about this board earlier I'm sure I would have bought one.

RandyT-
  I am currently using an original knob I took of the control panel I bought, otherwise I would be in the market.

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Thanks 2084!!!
I went that route because at the time & still pretty much either the Tempest CP is beat up/rusty or they want a arm & a leg for it or both. I had got the spinner for $35, which was a steal for a tempest spinner in great shape :)
Yes I am left handed, so I did it that way but I have no problem playing it right handed like the arcade was.
His reproduction parts are great, he makes good stuff.
Cheers

Xiaou2:
Interesting.  Never would have thought that the noise and vibration in that controller would be desirable.   Ill have to play the machine again to revive my foggy memory.

 As for mounting a spinner in a wood CP...  you can always grab a small square of metal at the home depot, or elsewhere...  Drill some holes in it for screws...   and use it like a Trackball Plate.   Spinner mounts the the plate, and plate is wide enough to overhand a lip into the Control panel.    The plate can be mounted above the surface...  or if your good with a router, you can carve & chisel the correct depth, allowing the plate to rest at or slightly below surface level.

 The Optos can be replaced.  I believe some of the vendors here sell them.   Then you just need to grab an encoder to hook them up.

 The gear contraption is nice however.  Ive though about something similar, for other purposes.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on January 27, 2014, 07:11:13 pm ---Interesting.  Never would have thought that the noise and vibration in that controller would be desirable.

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Usually, it's not.  It's the result of a worn bushing, from many hours of being played.  Any imbalance in the control, coupled with a loose bushing, would cause the shaft to move minutely off center when spun fast and knock into the wall of the bushing with a bit of force.  This created that "brrrrrrrr" noise, and also slowed the spin.

When I was a kid, I played on a factory fresh Tempest in my local arcade, and it didn't have this issue.  But it did a couple of years later.

2084:
I guess I never got to play I new Tempest because I always remembered the brrr sound.  I probably would have forgotten about it, except there is a real machine near by that I can still play.  Since I used a gear, I guess I could make mine so one could pull a lever which would disengage the original encoder for a smoother feel.  One would probably have to have it connect to something else to give it the appropriate inertia though.

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