Re: Opinions on the RAM controls reproduction Tempest spinner?

Just an fyi you can order just the gear (no metal part) on amazon for 2
bucks. I need one for both my cockpit and standup....worked great

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From: Ty Roden <ty.roden@gmail.com>
To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
Sent: Sat, Sep 3, 2011 00:28:37 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Opinions on the RAM controls reproduction Tempest
spinner?

Wow, I am glad my order came in then. I ordered the small gear for the Star
Wars yoke from them, it was costly, but the part worked correctly. I had no
idea there were issues with them...

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Ken Sumrall <k_lists@scrapheap.net> wrote:

> OMG! I _HATE_ tempest games that have buzzing spinners. Which is most of
> them,
> unfortunately. :-(
>
> My Tempest doesn't buzz. I have the chumblespuzz bronze bushing upgrade:
>
>
http://www.cademo.com/arcade/**index.htm<http://www.cademo.com/arcade/index.h
tm>
>
> which is unfortunately not made anymore. He actually sent me his
remaining
> stock of bronze material he machined the bushings from. One of these days
> I'll take mine apart, measure it well, and get some more made from the
> bronze stock. I'll release the measurements and all that so others can
> have them made too.
>
> My friend Scott's doesn't buzz either. He put in new plastic bushings and
> lubes them with the Atari recommended Nyogel 779 lube.
>
> I'm ordering two sets of new bushings from videogameparts.com for the
> Tempest
> my friend and I are restoring, and a set for the machine in our arcade
> at work.
>
> Thanks again to everyone for saving me from RAM Controls and for pointing
> me
> towards new plastic bushings.
>
> ___
> Ken
>
>
>
> On 09/02/11 15:11, Mark Shostak wrote:
>
>> Is it really Tempest, without the "BRRRRRRR"? :-)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Xyla <xduval@xyla.net <mailto:
>> xduval@xyla.net>>
>>

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