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TRON JOYSTICK HANDLES (Recasting) PART 1
facesmiths:
@Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
I to hope all goes better than it has already for you and know exactly what you are going though. thank god you are not dealing with a mending broken lower leg at the same time keeping you from doing what you normally do for a living. (CNC operator/programmer) I have a small home mill that can work on stuffs even like mild steel and up to 2 inch cut depth on the end mills them selves (total from tool tip to bed is 6 inches so stock that thick can be used) and building a small injection mold unit has been a dream of mine for some time. Who knows. and yes I know how it is with people being impatient especially on things they have wanted a loooong time but have not been able to locate, at least at an affordable level for their budget. :D so I see both sides on this one.
you being on the other side of the pond I don't know what legal recourse you have but I have seen people whom lost a lawsuit take for ever and even say they were not possibly going to pay up once they knew the judgment did not decree that they had a time limit or set stipulations on what sort of compensation the winner got based on time it took to pay the courts decision. the good news is if you know how to you can file an injunction here on the looser if they take more than 6 months and seize all of their assets. in the case of a company where they stop making money the second the sheriff shows with the paper work and kicks everyone out locking up the companies doors, they tend to change their mind and open up those bank accounts fast! I hope you have some similar recourse available to you there.
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oh yeah fozzy is there any chance you could scan out one of those sides? pretty please?
basicly the best way for me is to lay it (the side used as I only need one side since the other usually is a mirror and I can figure out any differnces my self) inside down on say a flatbed scanner and scan at a decent resolution (high res is not nessacary as I am just going to use it as a guide to trace it in coreldraw and print it out to trace it by hand on the wood then I can make two one as a mirror and do the same on the other piece of wood. the out side I am going to wing it with what info I have already as I am planning on embedding brass on the sides and the top and maybe even a ring of brass at the base around the widest point all to make it very steampunk. (the brass inlay may get dumped if I can find some scrap marble to carve up with a dremel and Tungsten bit and just use a brass washer in it to spread impact for the brass bolt/nut assembly to hold it together. and finally tagula nut (is something people use as a substitute for ivory) for the trigger and possibly a back button so it can be used for discs of tron as well :D)
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: facesmiths on August 09, 2008, 03:40:56 pm ---oh yeah fozzy is there any chance you could scan out one of those sides? pretty please?
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Thanks for the support..... I'd love to help you out with the scan, but I borrowed a stick to make the molds from and that's long ago gone back to Canada.
The molds being a negative of the stick and being made of rubber are a bit difficult to scan.
A cheap alternative for your application would be to buy the black stick shells from the Happ trigger stick. They do sell the shells as a separate item.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
Spyridon:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 08, 2008, 01:24:36 pm ---
I have a NOS Satan's Hollow stick I could be persuaded to lend out
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Can you be persuaded to sell it to me? ;D
I have a Satan's Hollow with a Tron joystick and I'm looking for a Satan's Hollow.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Spyridon on August 12, 2008, 11:07:56 am ---Can you be persuaded to sell it to me? ;D
I have a Satan's Hollow with a Tron joystick and I'm looking for a Satan's Hollow.
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No, because I've been looking for a lonely Satan's Hollow like that for myself. It will eventually end up on an original cab. I just haven't come across any.
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