Daviea
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Ok, guys. I've decided to give you a progress report on the Lunar Lander thrust controller today. I'm waiting on ONE part (the "redo" of the plastic covers). Here's the first production unit being fit for parts before powdercoating. FYI, the powder coat process will take 4 days to complete on the full production run of 500 units, btw. I found a local vendor who's quick and cheap. LOL
Anyhow, here are the pics:
- The main plate is made from 12GA cold rolled steel.
- The "bracket" is made from a single piece of 11GA cold rolled steel. Atari did the bracket with four pieces of metal - reproduction is a big upgrade in quality.
- The handle is hard black anodized 6061 aluminum.
- The pivot pin is a major modification. I cut out a d-shape hole at the end of the pin so that the potentiometer shaft will mate correctly without modifying the potentiometer. Atari could have done this back in the day, but it would have been horribly time consuming and difficult with the equipment available back then. Piece of cake now!
Everything else is to OEM spec. Obviously, the plastic cover is missing. That's the last part I'm working on.
Dave
Anyhow, here are the pics:
- The main plate is made from 12GA cold rolled steel.
- The "bracket" is made from a single piece of 11GA cold rolled steel. Atari did the bracket with four pieces of metal - reproduction is a big upgrade in quality.
- The handle is hard black anodized 6061 aluminum.
- The pivot pin is a major modification. I cut out a d-shape hole at the end of the pin so that the potentiometer shaft will mate correctly without modifying the potentiometer. Atari could have done this back in the day, but it would have been horribly time consuming and difficult with the equipment available back then. Piece of cake now!
Everything else is to OEM spec. Obviously, the plastic cover is missing. That's the last part I'm working on.
Dave


