Not your fault, my drawings and description probably aren't clear enough to describe what I meant by that. ![]() That's why I'm asking you guys if you have any ideas to help out. $90 - $100 for a complete unit, but I would love to get that number down if These and I think it looks favorable, I am just going to go ahead with it.įor anyone that is wondering, the number range I have in my head is around Not considering doing a pre-order on these. Take a little based on the pricing I get back from the fabricators. I anticipate this would be a one-time run of about 50 units. Would be a major impact, or if they could be possibly eliminated altogether Just looking for opinions now if how the ears are mounted to the top plate Option if that design was $90? Those numbers are totally hypothetical, I'm Numbers out of the air, let's say that the one-piece design came back with aĬomplete assembly sell price of $110, would the screw-on ears be a better The cost would go down on the above choices, respectively. Screw-on ears, or no ears at all? Based on my experience, I would say that Which ear design would be most desirable one piece machined plate, The controller details for quotes when I get back.Ģ. Week due to my real job for about 7 days, and I am planning on sending out It is very likely that I have to go out of the country next Quite honestly, I would most likely just tack on about 5% This is a project that I just want to do, and not for To make them as cost effective as possible, and I am not looking to make a What would be the make or break sell price for these? Obviously I want The most helpful info I'm looking from you guys would be:ġ. Open to different ideas, anything that would help get this off the ground. I would appreciate any feedback on my proposed designs and I am certainly Would be cut from galv sheet and CNC bent, and the bearing retainers would Roller and it will have the dual shaft & ball bearings, as well as have theĬorrect mounting hole dimensions so it fits a MH cp. Of course I will be maintaining the classic green ![]() Those are the only cosmetically-obvious changes I'm considering making to Side view of the adjustable bracket (in yellow) Screen shot showing both an Atari and OC optic board on the bracket. Original Atari board but the pinout and pin header are both different. For those notįamiliar with my optic board, it is electrically compatible with the Their own Atari or Happ board on it if they chose to do so. I would ship theĬontroller with my own optic board attached, but the customer could put My own optic board to be used with the controller. My design would allow for an original Atari, Happ, or Here are some screen shots of my shop drawings to help clarify:Īnother thing I am looking to do is to make an adjustable and universal Would preserve the look and functionality of the ears, and should be moreĮconomical than machining the entire top plate out of a single piece of These pieces would be black anodized aluminum to match the top plate. Then screwed into the top plate with some c'sunk flathead screws. The entire top plate CNC laser cut with just some c'sinking and tapping.Īnother idea that came to me was to have the ears laser cut separately and This approach would be considerably cheaper as I could have That would make the assembly look like the prototype photos onĬlay's site. To make the assembly cheaper, I then thought about eliminating the earsĪltogether. Most authentic, but also the most costly approach. So not only would I be paying for all the material thatĮnds up on the shop floor, but I would also be paying for the time to put it To start with a 1/2" thick plate, and then hog down about 95% of that toĪbout 1/16" thick. Top plate machined from aluminum stock and black anodized. First off, I'm planning on having the entire Possible, but having the ears machined as a single piece with the top plate I want to make these available as economically as Over is how to have the ears (pieces on each end of the roller) integrated One of the other reasons I haven't made any of these yet was because I wasn't Want to do, and get some opinions from you all to see if I am heading down Before I just send out myĭrawings for fab, I would like to give you guys a little heads up on what I In the coming weeks it looks like I will have someįree time, so I am revisiting this project. I've had my shop drawings for the MH roller complete and on the shelf forĪbout a year now, but because I've been super busy lately I never got around Granted this type of specialized controller has a very limited market, but since I am very likely to only do a single run, I might as well make it the best I can. ![]() I just posted this message in RGVAC and I would also like to get your opinions, too.
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