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Guide to: DIY LED Joysticks
csa3d:
And just to point this out..
The bottom mount audio jack method will not work again, for the 360, due to the bottom mount magnet. But by all means, don't let me stop you from figure out the solution for this! :laugh:
-csa
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: solderguy1 on November 27, 2007, 12:35:59 am ---Great write-up. I rebuilt the clock on a Twilight Zone pinball last year and read so many horror stories about the flying e-clip that I removed it while holding it over the bathtub. You can never be too paranoid about e-clips ;)
--- End quote ---
They don't fly away if you pull it off with needlenose pliers.
Tahnok:
It seems like the easiest solution to the spinning joystick problem would be to stop if from spinning. It's much easier to put some sort of stop on the joystick shaft than trying to come up with some system that allows a wire coming out from the side of the shaft to somehow untangle itself.
Nice guide Franco. When I saw the thread though I was hoping someone had finally come up with an easier method for drilling out the shafts. I've wanted to do something similar before, but lack the proper machining tools for it.
kronic24601:
Sorry about resurrecting this old thread, but I was hoping someone could answer my question.
Is the LED viewing angle an issue? I didn't see it mentioned, however, when I was looking on superbrightleds.com I noticed the 13,000 MCD LEDs had a viewing angle of 8 degrees. This seemed a little small. I was wondering what you used in that photo.
Also, I was considering getting a BLUE, YELLOW, RED, and GREEN LED and doing the same for each, any thoughts on if I should just use white leds or if I should color them all inside the colored bubble tops?
Thanks!
Franco B:
Whoa, blast from the past indeed :)
The viewing angle shoudn't really matter, the ones I used would have had a very small angle.
The bubbles in the ball top refract the light nicely and make the whole ball top light fairly evenly.
In regards to lighting coloured ball tops I think most people have found that lighting a ball top with the same colour LED works well. I.e. a red LED for a red ball top etc.
Coloured LEDs also work well in the clear ball tops.
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