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Any interest in custom stainless steel wico sticks.
VESUVIUS:
Hello all,
I have been making some custom 303 stainless steel joystick shafts with 38mm to 35mm ball tops in my home shop and was wondering if there would be any interest in me producing some of these for sale.
Currently I am making them with polyester pearl ball tops that are turned from a cylinder on a lathe and then epoxyed to the shaft. I know other companies make stainless steel shafts but none I have found are specific to the leaf switch style wico base.
I also plan on making some new shafts for my Nintendo Vs cabinet.
I have also made shafts out of 360 brass and grade 5 titanium. Custom ball top shafts can be made for most any joystick I would imagine.
Anyway I don't have anything ready for sale at the moment, but I would as I said earlier just like to see if there is any interest.
One last thing I would like to mention is that I have sent a series of emails to billiard ball companies to see if I can get ball top size eight balls ordered. Let me know if there is any interest in that because I would assume the more I ordered the cheaper it would be. Also bare in mind that I have a day job and do this on the weekends.
Thanks for your time.
I will be putting some stuff up for auction on ebay, so if you see custom joys from the seller silrik, thats me.
Thanks again.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: VESUVIUS on June 22, 2007, 03:33:18 pm ---I also plan on making some new shafts for my Nintendo Vs cabinet.
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Did the original shafts break ?
ChadTower:
The shafts don't work anymore. They're all limp and hard to manage.
shardian:
Considering the readily available NOS wico parts market is drying up RAPIDLY, there should be a market. It will be interesting to see what you can do in picture form, and also a rough price expectancy.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: shardian on June 22, 2007, 03:41:49 pm ---Considering the readily available NOS wico parts market is drying up RAPIDLY, there should be a market.
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True, but most of the demand I see is for bases and grommets ... I have dozens of Wico shafts, but only a few bases and grommets left.
Having said that, I think there is a market for some exotic shafts (just waiting for the mangle!) that fit Wico sticks. Perfect market for someone turning these things himself.
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