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SQrL:
Looking for a fairly cheap solution for adding Spinner(s) to my control pannel.  Did a little searching and ran across these: http://www.mamespinner.com

Anyone know if they are good?  Also, how easy is it to setup seperate analog controls in MAME (spinners, trackballs).  I currently have a HAPPS 3'' USB trackball connected.  So I'm assuming spinners will be added to my OS (win xp pro) as mouse2 & mouse3.

thanks for any input (sorry for the n00b spinner question  ::))

NoOne=NBA=:
I haven't used those; but, from the descriptions they give, I'm guessing that they are not weighted like the Oscar and SlikStik ones.

That may be OK for paddle games like Arkanoid, but will probably feel wrong for games like Tempest/Tron/Star Trek/etc...

I would suggest going the extra $4.00 to get an Oscar Model 3, and using your existing trackball interface to do a dual connection, as shown here on Oscar's website.

It will be $10.00 more than the MAMESpinner one if you throw in a rubber knob, but I think you'd be much happier with an Oscar one.

As far as setting them up, you are going to need to go with a MAME version that supports multiple mice, like MAME Analog+.

Goz:
I've used the spinner from mamespinner.com and they are not weighted. They work fine for games like arcanoid and alike games. But I too would suggest going going for the Oscar. The steering wheel attachment from mamespinner.com is a cool idea and the spinner would work well for car games like champ sprint.

Hope this helps,

-Goz

daveg2000:
Has anyone used got one of these spinners since they
now have more weight to them?

Just curious.....

spystyle:
I was working with the Cheep Spinner design and came up with a way to build it for $10, it works a treat! I took a pic with description that illustrates assembly here:

http://tinyurl.com/y35kl6

Nathan Strum was really on to something when he discovered the porch door roller bearing and the construction tie plate, the bearing spins awesome and 2 can be had for $5 at Home Depot. And the tie plate is a perfect solution to making a "non-flanged bearing" mountable in wood, costing only 50 cents!

Weld is perfect, solder also works (big solder, like used to attach metal parts) perhapse silver solder (as used in plumbing with a torch) or JB Weld (amazing cold weld but make sure to rough the surfaces up major with 60 grit or gouges with a dremmel so the JB Weld has something jagged to grip to)

Or I bet your local mechanic would weld it for you for a few bucks.

For the mouse guts and encoder wheel I'd recommend following Nathan Strum's Cheep Spinner tutorial :
http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Miscellaneous/spinner.pdf

(or just do a sloppy mouse hack like I did)

I call it the Cheep Spinner Lite!

Dig it?
Craig


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