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[Tyrant]

I know I've been away from the boards for quite a long time now, but Im planing to make some more rotary controlers, since I have time now. I'll go and buy some components and a new saw blade tomorow, but I'd be interested to see how much interest there is in them.

All the specs, and pictures and stuff can be found in earlier threads(thankfully AtariAge keeps every post and can be searched, so go and have a poke arround if you dont remember what they're like).

Tag a post on the end of here if your interested in one, like the other's they'll be put up on ebay for reasons of fairness, and its just less hassle than running a waiting list, but I'd like to know roughly how many people are interested before I start.

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[Paolo]

I'm lined up!

BTW, can you remind me about the resolution issue? what encoder did (will) you use?

Paolo (dreaming of hi-scores at T2K)

[smile_walle]

I am interested to get these! I need to know the price!

Thanks!


Jason

[Tyrant]

The price will be decided by auction, I might start them at almost nothing and let the demand set the price, or for faster turn arround I might set shorter auctions (3 or 4 days) but with a starting price gaurenteed to make me at least some profit (alas Im out of a job at the moment so money is an issue).

The resolution on them is either 32 or 36 pulses per revolution, I'll have to check the specifics, but its very responsive and allows for some very fast, or very controled moves (I quite often can leave it until the bonus... things, are almost to the lip of the shape before quickly dashing across and grabbing them:P).

I wont set a fixed price and sell them first come first served, cause I really dont like the idea of people who come later missing out. There is no perfect way to sell things which are very limited in supply (they take quite a lot of work to make and Im busy (and lazy)), but I think ebay is the lesser of the two evils.

[Punisher5.0]

I will definitely bid on one of the rotary controllers. I just barely lost the first controller, and I forgot about the second one.

[J.Max]

I'm there!

[bigferret]

I'd like one too. Got outbid during the last auction

[Atari Smeghead]

I, too, am interested. $$ permitting, of course. This time of year, I have a negative cash flow.

[Gaztee]

Put me on your list too

[Waggie]

I bid and lost on the last auction. Add me to the interested list.

[Thunderbird]

That picture looks very cool. Nice job on the design.

Tell me something, does the encoder wheel have some mass to it, so it will free-spin after twisted?

[Tyrant]

Thanks.

The knob is metal, but due to its small size, and the resistance of a mechanical encoder, it dosnt freewheel no, infact due to the type of encoder I used, there is a little click on each step which is great for menu's, but dosnt get in the way of the gameplay.

My prefered grip on the knob is to take the thumb and first two fingers and position them arround the sides of the knob, which gives great control, and allows me to move backwards and forwards quickly to cover an area with fire. If then I need to move quickly ones grip can shift quickly to turning the knob by running it along the side of your hand, which gives great speed but less control.

Well, lesson on how to use them is over, I should get the new saw blades I need tomorow and then I'll start assembling them.

[Thunderbird]

Well, it certainly sounds like it would be easy to get comfortable playing with the controller.

[jaysmith2000]

Tyrant said:

I know I've been away from the boards for quite a long time now, but Im planing to make some more rotary controlers, since I have time now. I'll go and buy some components and a new saw blade tomorow, but I'd be interested to see how much interest there is in them.

All the specs, and pictures and stuff can be found in earlier threads(thankfully AtariAge keeps every post and can be searched, so go and have a poke arround if you dont remember what they're like).

Tag a post on the end of here if your interested in one, like the other's they'll be put up on ebay for reasons of fairness, and its just less hassle than running a waiting list, but I'd like to know roughly how many people are interested before I start.

I'd like to add one to my collection.

Jason