Posted by CthulhuLuke on January 06, 2002 at 16:29:33:
In Reply to: Cheep spinner posted by Zapper on January 05, 2002 at 22:54:36:
Alright, if I get the job i'm hoping for, I'm totally going with a tempest spinner knob, but if I stay broke like I am, I'm going to use the Cheep Spinner tutorial and just use a wheel or a knob if I can find one cheep that feels good. I would personally realllly like to get something metal, like an arkanoid spinner, but those are hard to find, and if you do find them they are usually pretty damn expensive, or look gross from too much use or something.
Thanks all,
CthulhuLuke
: : 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
: The Cheep spinner is built around a 1/4" machine screw, you should be able to use any knob that has a 1/4" inside dia. with a set screw to hold it in place. I'm using a cheep replacement knob that I got from Bob Roberts for $5 and it works perfect, Fultra spinner knobs should work also. The Cheep spinner I built uses a Happ controls trackball encoder wheel and PCB, if you've got the money go for the Happs parts and save yourself from hacking a mouse. You'll also need something to interface the Happ encoder to your PC, like a Hagstrom KE72-T encoder or some other product. Good luck!