Posted by dhansen on January 05, 2002 at 22:36:26:
In Reply to: Cheep spinner technique, with a Tempest fultra spinner?? posted by CthulhuLuke on January 05, 2002 at 22:09:45:
I use hard drive spinners in all my cabs. Great cheap way to get that arcade feel. I've also used the oscar spinner on a project and I'd have to say that the feel is almost identical. The latest hard drive spinner design uses an actual encoder wheel and electronics from an old Wico trackball interfaced to an Optipac!! I just got my digital camera yesterday, get ready for some pics..
: Well I've decided I am going to go with building a spinner from Cheep's website www.cheeptech.com I realllllly like the way he did it, but I was thinking about how I was going to do the knob, I'll probably use a wheel like he's got there, but then I was thinkin about how cool it would be to put a tempest replacement knob on there. Only problem with this one is that the tempest spinner is 20 bucks plus 3 for shipping cause it's damn nice, very reasonable price for a new model, and a wheel is like 3 bucks from a local hardware store, and a wheel might be easier to use with this cheep tutorial, using the tempest might somehow be different than using the patio door rollers spinning wise.
: I'd like to get some other people's suggestions, comments, etc on this. Does anyone have any other suggestion besides using a rubber wheel like in the tutorial? Or does anyone think I should just use a hard drive spinner and say screw it, although it might not feel as responsive?
: Thanks,
: CthulhuLuke