[sdiy] Plastic Moulding

[Andrew Ison]

For my Doepfer Joystick i wanted to replace the awful plastic thing that 
came with it,after fruitless searching for a domestic supplier for such i 
made use of the threaded ball of a surgical steel that you may find at the 
local tattoo and piercing emporium.
After a time this rather too large silver marvel gave way to another item 
from the jewellery box,one with a thread and a flat top,rather like a button 
from the jeans.

It serves me well.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris CROSSKEY" <chris at crosskey.fslife.co.uk>
To: "synth" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Plastic Moulding


> The DIY way would be to take the ball out of a roll on deodorant, drill a 
> small hole, fill with potting resin of choice, wait for it to set, drill 
> the hole again , push a brass insert into it and Robert is the mollusc of 
> your choice.......be an odd effect too, with the white ball full of black 
> or coloured resin (though you can get white resin too I suppose...
>
> chrisc
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <damion at poweracoustics.org>
> Cc: "Synth-Diy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 2:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Plastic Moulding
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>> that site looks great!
>> also check<http://www.mcmaster.com>
>> they have just about anything under the sun... sometimes pricey, but 
>> light-speed shipping.
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>> On Jan 4, 2005, at 5:41 PM, Robert Shanks wrote:
>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> These guys have balls.   www.smallparts.com    from 1/64 of an inch to 1
>>> inch - Many kinds of plastics (they specify the color on some but not 
>>> all),
>>> rubber, aluminium, brass, chrome, twenty different materials...
>>>
>>> Lots o balls.  Good luck.
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone out there know where/how I can get a couple of knobs made?
>>>> I'm after a small grey plastic 'ball' to go on top of an analogue 
>>>> joystick,
>>>> a bit like the old PacMan Arcade games.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> damion romero
>> damion at poweracoustics.org
>> http://poweracoustics.org
>> http://p-tapes.com
>>
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