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Captain_Dingo:
Funny, I had the exact same idea as brandon had, but in order to gain a bit of stability, I had an extra plate at the bottom (see my butchered version of brandon's picture).

Since I don't have the parts in front of me, I can only speculate if the clearances are sufficient to allow this to work.  If more clearance is needed, metal plates can be added to expand the footprint of the top and bottom piece of the spinner frame, and the long rods could be run through holes in the corners of those plates.

There are several places and several ways to mount a couple of microswitches to register the up/down motion.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on February 27, 2006, 03:26:22 pm ---For me personally, the proper question would be "How do I put (insert name of completely functional device here) back together properly WHEN I disassemble it?".
"If" isn't really in the equation.
"Should I disassemble it" never usually occurs to me until AFTER it's been disassembled.

--- End quote ---

Heh.  Ok, take my statement as the answer to your self-posed "Should I disassemble it" question :)  If you are one of those people who can thread a needle on the first try and tell how many board feet of lumber were used to make the beer barrel the midget is sitting on in the photograph, then feel free to play.  Everyone else, should probably just leave it working ;) .


--- Quote ---I've been like that since I ripped the giraffe off my jack-in-the-box at about age 3.
It annoyed me that I couldn't figure out how it worked, so I killed it to find out.

That was actually a functional improvement though.
I could chase my sister around the house after that, and SHOOT her with the giraffe.
I think she still visibly cringes when she hears "Pop Goes the Weasel" to this day.

--- End quote ---

LOL.  I love it.  As someone who only had sisters as siblings, I can attest to the fact that there was little more entertaining than making them wish they only had sisters for siblings  :D.


I can almost hear the sounds of hacking already, so I'll jump in.  The top frame portion of the unit is 1/2" thick and it has 4 very nicely milled holes all the way through.  So the sharper amongst you will probably realize that the addition of 4 ground drill rods of the correct diameter and some white lithium grease will essentially create a very nice slide.  The thickness of the material will prevent rocking, so this shouldn't be a concern.

I will look at the possibility of this approach as an "add-on" kit, as soon as I find some information on the original control to see if approximation of its operation is possible.

Thanks for the suggestions.

RandyT

Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: RandyT on February 27, 2006, 10:25:18 am ---If anyone has any suggestions for sources of decent stock knobs they may have purchased in the past, please feel free to forward them to me.

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Some guy named OscarControls made a really cool one with the MAME logo on it and all . . .   ;) 8)

Seriously - go to www.mcmaster.com - Search on knobs - Click Control Knobs - Click Control Knobs again - Click Comfort Grip Control Knobs - Look at Knob Number 5 - Looks like a good Arkanoid replacement.

Alternately, click Click Control Knobs - Click Control Knobs again - Click Fits Round shafts - Knobs 9, 10, 11, and 20 look like good Tempest knobs, and knobs 24 and 25 look like good general purpose knobs.

Someone with better link-fu than me might come up with a tiny url for those.

(It pays to have been around this scene since the Fultra spinner days).

Re: the original DOT spinner, see  the annoucement thread by OSCAR on the repro - http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=6411.0 , as well as the www.archive.org version of his site (if it comes up).

If I had a complaint with OSCAR, it was that his controls were too accurate to the original, as opposed to working better but not as faithful, but in this case that might be helpful as I know his DOT was supposed to work as a drop-in replacement.  I also know he had access to an original DOT and think he may have discussed that in the referenced thread or similar announcement threads, so you could find info from them as well.

JoyMonkey:

--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on February 28, 2006, 10:13:43 am ---Seriously - go to www.mcmaster.com - Search on knobs - Click Control Knobs - Click Control Knobs again - Click Comfort Grip Control Knobs - Look at Knob Number 5 - Looks like a good Arkanoid replacement.

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I did the exact same thing yesterday. I would have mentioned it, but I figured it would have been the first place Randy checked too. Maybe not.

mahuti:
RandyT, I have an oscar DOT spinner that you could borrow for a while if it'd help. Otherwise, I can just relate its mechanics and take photos. 

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