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Bgnome:
it isn't quite at the playtesting stage yet, but the balls definitely dont feel flimsy.  the shaft is held very well inside the ball, almost halfway in.  i have another ball thats been split in half if you want to see a pic of the structure.  i dont have much experience with true wico balltops or others, but i would say these feel the same as the jakks tv joysticks if not better.

Bgnome:
i was hoping for at least some feedback.. ::)
i do appreciate the support from a couple folks though.  i was able to squeeze the e-clip onto the tubing where the holes were punched so i will see if that is strong enough to hold it.  i will probably trim the shaft down so that the full length from the top to bottom is 7.5".  This should give me a height of about 4" above the unrouted cp.  is this reasonable for a balltop?  if it doesnt work out, i could always trim it shorter and route out the wood for the base.

Bgnome:
after looking at the measurements a little more in depth for the ball tops andy has, i have come to the conclusion that ball tops are usually shorter than the bat/oval joys.  therefore it would be better to have a total length of 6.5", giving it a height of about 3" from the top of the 3/4"cp.  but once again, with no experience in this area, im kinda shooting in the dark..

Pieman2004:
I wish I had more knowledge to help you out, but I don't know about mounting heights of joysticks. I would like to see a picture of the ball split in half though, if you don't mind. :)

Bgnome:
sure!  this is the one i was playing with and split open.  outer diameter is 39mm.  you can sort of see the cavity in the bottom half that was meant to hold the batteries.  the diameter of hte space inside it is 11.5mm.  its height is 15mm inside the ball.

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