homemade spinner(how to) and placement

[G1zm0]

i want to add a spinner to my system but dont want to forkout lots of cash on something i might use,

is there a guide on how to make a easy one that works and interface board?

is there many horizontal games that use a spinner or is it all vert?

i have a generic cab with 20"mon 2 joys 3 buttons, and no space for spinner,
*see crap pic i made.

where the black circle is could i mount a spinner there so its vertical? would that work

[georgemcfly]

a picture of your CP would give us a better idea of how to help you.

[Ginsu Victim]

The only way to understand that drawing includes visits to a psychiatrist, heavy doses of drugs, and the demons that live in my hair translating for me.

[DaOld Man]

The problem I see with mounting the spinner where I think you have it pictured, would be that people would constantly be hitting it while playing a game.
On my second arcade cab, i put the admin buttons on the very front of the CP. People would constantly hit the buttons while playing. We finally had to install finger guards over the buttons. I will never do another cab like that, unless I can recess the buttons.

[G1zm0]

i am at work so just doing a drawing and i did say it was crap, heres a pic of something like it

[scotthh]

is there a guide on how to make a easy one that works and interface board?

I googled: diy arcade spinner. Here's a list of links (many dead). Which got me to How to Build the Cheep Spinner a 47 page pdf guide. If that's not enough, here's a page that shows you how to make one from a hard drive spindle.

is there many horizontal games that use a spinner or is it all vert?

I'm guessing that you're talking about horizontal or vertical monitor? I did a deluxe search at maws. There are more horizontal games that use a paddle or dial than vertical ones.

where the black circle is could i mount a spinner there so its vertical? would that work

I think it would be very uncomfortable to use the spinner if it was mounted on the front face of the CP.

[northerngames]

there is also a byoac wiki for them and some examples/tutorials on the arcadecontrols home page list on the left.

[Ginsu Victim]

Here are my very crappy "instructions" (I use the term loosely) showing how I made my spinner from a laser mouse and hard drive bearing:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=77927.msg813028#msg813028