tmcw
New member
I was having an issue with one of the CPs on my Stargate cocktail, ship flying to the top of the screen. Anyway, when I looked at the leaf return springs, I can see that one of them isn't original, it's much thicker and looks more like a hacksaw blade cut to size, drilled and inserted. It seems that through play, it's lost it's ability to spring back, hence the issues.
The rest of the joystick is fine, no wear. What I'm wondering is if there is somewhere I can get a replacement, or better still, something that might have a donor part. I'm in no rush, as I can substitute the other control panel, so can wait for a possible piece of defunct/broken donor equipment to come my way. The original part looks like the kind of metal you might find in a clock, or part of the mechanism in the spring-return of a vacuum cleaner cord, but someone here might have other suggestions.
The rest of the joystick is fine, no wear. What I'm wondering is if there is somewhere I can get a replacement, or better still, something that might have a donor part. I'm in no rush, as I can substitute the other control panel, so can wait for a possible piece of defunct/broken donor equipment to come my way. The original part looks like the kind of metal you might find in a clock, or part of the mechanism in the spring-return of a vacuum cleaner cord, but someone here might have other suggestions.