hmm... something like this might work...


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Posted by Tom61 on 24, 2000 at 8:57 PM:

In Reply to: Great idea for Spinner: push-pull knob! posted by JustinT on 24, 2000 at 5:59 PM:

Awhile ago I had a weird idea of connecting a spinner mechanically to a trackball, and had a mechanical disengage that worked from under the control panel. You may be able to adapt this idea to the spinner itself...



: Ive been thinking how I want the spinner knob mounted on the panel, because I don't want it to get on the way of my other buttons, and this idea is stuck in my head:

: Have you ever seen those knobs on car stereos, where pushing the knob leaves it flush on the face of the stereo? Pushing again makes the knob pop out for normal rotation.

: Now, it would be great to take such mechanism, and put a solid steel knob. What for?

: Imagine you're not playing a spinner game. You simply push the knob, and it lies flush on the control panel. So it does not get on the way of the other controls. Push the knob, and out it comes for spinner games...

: Now if I could only find such mechanism :)




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