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#26 sh3-rg OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:04 AM

View Postsh3-rg, on Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:18 PM, said:

This only cost £2 a pad to make (for encoder, switch and cheap push-on rubber knob)

Got the invoice in the post, with delivery, some heat-shrink I forgot about and VAT it came to around £2.70/pad, not £2. Would have been £1 more expensive per pad for aluminium knobs.

#27 K3V OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:13 PM

Not to totally take over this thread but I wanted to share. Have a friend who does vinyl graphics, so I had him do me up some Jag logos for my arcade stick. Think they came out great. Check it out! There's one on the front and one on the top by the rotary.

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#28 Zerosquare ONLINE  

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Posted Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:05 PM

Very cool !

#29 sh3-rg OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:03 PM

View PostK3V, on Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:13 PM, said:

Not to totally take over this thread but I wanted to share. Have a friend who does vinyl graphics, so I had him do me up some Jag logos for my arcade stick. Think they came out great. Check it out! There's one on the front and one on the top by the rotary.

K3V put up a video of his kiosk with spinner/stick panel:




#30 K3V OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:38 PM

Thanks for sharing! The best part is that with just a few bolts I can reverse the mod back to the original Jaguar controller. No damage/changes done to the kiosk itself.

#31 Hyper_Eye OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:46 AM

I love the pinball controls! That makes me want to start searching for a kiosk. I think finding one would be easier than convincing my wife I should have it.

#32 ACrystal2011 OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:30 AM

my controller circut board looks differant than that one

#33 ACrystal2011 OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:54 AM

K, Got it figured out :) Here's my new rotary controller :

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#34 K3V OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:23 PM

Nicely done!

#35 Sleepy OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun May 20, 2012 11:42 PM

Hi,

I used one of the terrible ATARI "deluxe" Joysticks. As stick, this type of controller is useless, but as rotary-controller pretty.
Trigger "A" & "C" are put on the original triggers, the "B"-button is intrigued to the encoder - I used an ALPS-encoder with push-button.
rotary 7800.JPG
rotary back.jpg

The nob´s shaft is shortenend as far as possible.
rotary knopf.JPG

Additional, there are two micro-switches for "Pause" and "Option":
rotary switches.JPG
rotary back.JPG

A new pcb with a reduced version of the original Jaguar-controller-circuit replaced the original:
rotary BS.JPG

:ponder: The diodes in the pics are back to front! :ponder:

Sleepy

Edited by Sleepy, Mon May 21, 2012 12:05 AM.


#36 Zerosquare ONLINE  

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Posted Mon May 21, 2012 3:57 PM

Nice !

#37 Stephen ONLINE  

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Posted Fri May 25, 2012 11:54 AM

View PostSleepy, on Sun May 20, 2012 11:42 PM, said:

Hi,

I used one of the terrible ATARI "deluxe" Joysticks. As stick, this type of controller is useless, but as rotary-controller pretty.
Trigger "A" & "C" are put on the original triggers, the "B"-button is intrigued to the encoder - I used an ALPS-encoder with push-button.
Attachment rotary 7800.JPG
Attachment rotary back.jpg

The nob´s shaft is shortenend as far as possible.
Attachment rotary knopf.JPG

Additional, there are two micro-switches for "Pause" and "Option":
Attachment rotary switches.JPG
Attachment rotary back.JPG

A new pcb with a reduced version of the original Jaguar-controller-circuit replaced the original:
Attachment rotary BS.JPG

:ponder: The diodes in the pics are back to front! :ponder:

Sleepy
Awesome!

#38 MAYAman OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Jul 3, 2012 11:37 AM

Awesome work, but since I don't have one of those I'll stick to my JefiJeff original  :D




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