Re: Tempest Spinner Question

>Where are the bearings???

Sorry,
    Ok I have a Tempest spinner in my hand that is going into my MAME
project.... At the top and bottom there are plastic (Teflon?) bushings. I
really doubt these are bad unless their broken or missing (fell out). How
ever I did notice the there are two set screws that hold the whole
flywheel/encoder wheel assembly to the shaft. See Picture
http://homepages.infoseek.com/~jaywilkinson/Spinner.jpg. Loosen these (mine
uses a 3/32" allen wrench) and adjust it up (or down but I doubt it)
accordingly. I've tried it and it works. Also be sure and adjust it in it's
normal orientation (i.e. not upside down)!!!

Most of the spinners in other games that I've looked at had the optical
board adjustable instead. And I've looked at every one that my local
operator has! Also my 4 1/2" trackball which uses larger (but electronically
the same) optical sensors has slides for adjustment.

      Thanks,
         Jay Wilkinson
technoid@bellsouth.net
jaywilkinson@bellsouth.net
jaywilkinson@hotmail.com
http://homepages.infoseek.com/~jaywilkinson
http://members.wbs.net/homepages/j/a/y/jaywilkinson/index.html
ICQ# 24488277

-----Original Message-----
From: Miranda K. Collins <miranda@angel.com>
To: vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu <vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: Tempest Spinner Question

>Really? Ok, that makes more sense. That must be why it sounds like a
>saw! A saw blade with lots of little holes in it cutting through a
>plastic optical sensor! :) So once again I ask...
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>Where are the bearings???
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>On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Technoid wrote:
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>> It's usually from the encoder wheel hitting the optical sensor. Which
could
>> be caused by worn out berings, etc.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jay Wilkinson
>> technoid@bellsouth.net
>> jaywilkinson@bellsouth.net
>> jaywilkinson@hotmail.com
>> http://homepages.infoseek.com/~jaywilkinson
>> http://members.wbs.net/homepages/j/a/y/jaywilkinson/index.html
>> ICQ# 24488277
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Franklin Bowen <fbowen@balt.checkfree.com>
>> To: vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu <vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
>> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 1:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: Tempest Spinner Question
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>> >I always thought that sound was from worn bearings.
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>> >"Miranda K. Collins" <miranda@angel.com> on 02/09/99 03:01:27 PM
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>> >Please respond to vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
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>> >To: vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
>> >cc: (bcc: Franklin Bowen/MD/CheckFree)
>> >Subject: Re: Tempest Spinner Question
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>> >While we are on the subject of Tempest spinners...
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>> >Does anyone know why Major Havoc seems to not move at all when you spin
>> >the spinner too fast??? Is there any way to correct this? Does anyone
>> >else experience this? Also, has anyone figured out where to get
>> >replacements for those little teflon thingys that I assume is the cause
of
>> >the grinding sound when you spin an old worn out spinner really fast?
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>> >Miranda
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Received on Wed Feb 10 11:04:09 1999