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NinjaEpisode:
Capthowdy, you want the Nasty Spinner:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=17522.0

It'll help you figure out some of the nuances of this hack.  You can always rethread the area instead of trying to find that size bolt.

MYX:
Wow, Dhansen is on the boards, havn't seen you for a while. Welcome bro.

I built one of Dhansen's spinners and it worked great. Just take your time and follow the instructions. I only had one real problem is that about 2 years later the super glue I used I guess just quit and the big washer fell and nearly broke the plastic wagon wheel thingy.

I took apart about 3 hard drives before I found the right one. If you go to a second hand computer repair shop a lot of times they will have boxes of dead drives. I got mine for free this way.

The fun thing is to then take the hard drive platters to IncompUSA or best buy and find the nerdiest guy there(someone who seems to really know about computers). Take the platters to him and say "My hard drive wasn't working right, so I took these out and was hoping that you could give me some that work". Then watch as this idea of someone taking the platters out of the HD sinks into his head.

One last thing bout the platters. if you get a piece of string so you can suspend them and ding them into each other. They have amazing tone. (Sorry sound guy geek thing). If you hold them you dampen them too much to get a pure tone. They need to be able to vibrate.

quarterback:

--- Quote from: MYX on April 21, 2006, 08:01:09 am ---Wow, Dhansen is on the boards, havn't seen you for a while. Welcome bro.
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That post was made in 2003

MYX:

--- Quote from: quarterback on April 21, 2006, 11:22:35 am ---
--- Quote from: MYX on April 21, 2006, 08:01:09 am ---Wow, Dhansen is on the boards, havn't seen you for a while. Welcome bro.
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That post was made in 2003

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My bad, never mind.  :-[

ErikRuud:

--- Quote from: MYX on April 21, 2006, 08:01:09 am ---One last thing bout the platters. if you get a piece of string so you can suspend them and ding them into each other. They have amazing tone. (Sorry sound guy geek thing). If you hold them you dampen them too much to get a pure tone. They need to be able to vibrate.

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Somewhere at home I have a platter from an old IBM mainframe drive.  I think it is about 10" inches in diameter.  The tone it produces is really cool.

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