Handle for joystick

Parts Questions
1

Hi,

I’ve purchased 2 joysticks on alltronics.com that looks like this :

I’m looking for some sexy (or not …) handle to screw on (excuse my poor english)

Do you have any idea where I could find that ?

Thanx,

Olivier

2

Hello… I see you found some handles? would you mind sharing where you found them?

thanks.

Andreas

3

I’m affraid to say it’s a friend from a friend who designed them for me, it’s completely self made.  :-\

Seeya,

Goule

4

Damn. I thought as much. It looks remarkably similar to the joystick here:

http://www.elfa.se/elfa-bin/setpage.pl?http://www.elfa.se/elfa-bin/dyndok.pl?dok=125953.htm

but the thread looks different:

Actually though, when doing a quick A/B comparison they look remarkably similar, though:

hmmm. My father-in-law has a pretty good metal spinning lathe that I could probably use to form custom aluminium handles… Hm.

How difficult was it to get the threading right?

Also, if you don’t mind me picking your brain - how much was delivery of the joysticks?

5

I’ve ordered the joysticks there :

http://www.alltronics.com/resistors.htm

(JOYSTICK WITH 10K POTS)

I find that they are quite cheap (4$ each) and work very well under MBHP platform.

unfortunately I don’t remember how much I paid for shipping (but surely can you ask them via the URL)

About the threading : as far as I can remember the guy who did it told me it was a standard one (but I know that there is a difference between US standard and french standard).

Pay attention to the fact that metal handles are heavier that plastic ones. I you plan to rack the unit or put it in a case that is not completely flat, this can have some interrest.

I’m sorry I can’t help you better.

Goule

6

hehe, there’s always a difference between the french standard and all other standards  :wink:

I’ve emailed allelectronics.com now… I’ll order a big set if it’s feasible.

I’ll be using very light aluminium for this, so it shouldn’t be a problem.

Thanks!

7

machinate, there are also caps for joysticks on that site, they look like a ball; do a search and you’ll find them

8

light aluminium will surely be one great solution !  8)

Believe me, those joysticks are rock solid ! plus they are working like a charm in the MBHP architecture  ;D

mmm … no I dont work for allelectronics  :smiley:

I’m just some midi freak building his toy (distance + pressure controlers, joysticks, wahwah pedal connected to the core to be midified, that kinda stuff  :stuck_out_tongue: :wink:

Seeya,

Goule

9

machinate, there are also caps for joysticks on that site, they look like a ball; do a search and you’ll find them

yes, thanks! here: http://www.alltronics.com/hardware.htm about halfway down.. Have you tried these?

Goule, I am completely sold on these: they gave me a quote of 30.35$ shipping for 12 of those joysticks - 70$ for total - or about the same as 4 joysticks from ELFA.se :wink: Gotta love that.