mightywiz Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 so I have probably 15 or so controllers at my disposal and was thinking about doing the ball knob and straightening cables to sell. I've ordered a few ball knobs and already have straightened a few cables. What would you pay for a professionally refurbished controller with the mentioned mods? controllers would be: disassembled cleaned solder connections checked and re-touched. fire buttons, cleaned and lubed or replaced if needed. direction controls cleaned, and repaired if needed. ball knob installed cables straightened they are about 6ft after straightened and fully tested for functionality I'm even considering doing a adjustable fire mod that would be internally installed in the colecovision itself. and I can offer any other mod that is available for the colecovision. and general repairs on colecovision and the power supply. all mods are done professionally, I'm a vocational school trained component level repair technician. and have been doing electronics repair since 1988. I started as an electronics apprentice for a local factory authorized commodore 64 repair center. so I've been at this for a long time. anyways just toying with the idea, and if I get much interest I will get the ball rolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightywiz Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 Well I finally got all my parts today. I went with larger ball knobs, like the ones on the Sega genesis arcade sticks. instead of the 1 inch knobs. so hopefully it will look and feel good to play with. I will post a picture after I'm finished, gotta do my day job first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBuff Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Great! Looking forward to some pics. Do you have a rough price estimate in mind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 (edited) 30mm balltop would seem to fit the size of the controllers the best. Edited May 22, 2014 by grips03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightywiz Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 these are about 35mm and they look awesome. but I have a new problem, the 30 year old plastic. it's brittle and so I've come up with a better solution for attaching the ball. so off for more parts tomorrow, have to work a double tomorrow so I don't think it will be done till Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 can you heat them and then cut the threads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I've been modding CV controllers for over 4 years and have done about 700 I use a 1" ball knob. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I'd be interested in one. Please let me know the price when you are ready. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I would be interested if one could just sell the ball controller end & DIY the part swap. I have several CV controllers that I wouldn't mind having that mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightywiz Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 I would be interested if one could just sell the ball controller end & DIY the part swap. I have several CV controllers that I wouldn't mind having that mod. I don't have extra of the post part the ball connects to. but if you wanted to disassemble them and send that portion to me I could do it for you. shoot me a p.m. if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightywiz Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) sorry for the delay, but Saturday last week I started getting sick and Wednesday I went to the ER and found out that I had a stomach virus. anyways a week later it's passed and I finally felt like finishing that controller. so here are some pictures. In the photo's I replaced the disc with a ball knob the same diameter as the disc. personally I think the ball feels great, but I am going to order smaller ball knobs to offer the option of different sizes, or even sell the controllers with both knobs as with this mod the treads are metal on the shaft and the knob can be removed without damage to the shaft. I did this because the 30 year old plastic is as it is, old and brittle and I felt that putting threads in the plastic just wouldn't last with gamer type that liked to throw controllers around when they get mad, lol. Edited June 1, 2014 by mightywiz 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightywiz Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 So what do out think? if interested shoot me a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Looks good! You totally read my mind, i've been thinking about this for a couple months now and you confirmed exactly what I've been thinking all along.. Awesome. I've snapped those plastic threads rather quickly and was already thinking about using metal, an "all-thread" type of piece, cut to size and to route out the center of the stick to make it fit and really reinforce everything.. no more snapping knobs off ever again. Personally, I like the bigger style knobs like that, w/ collar on bottom vs. the regular 1" knob thats pretty much been the standard around here.. Keep up the good work! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightywiz Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 I did an adam controller last night, looks really good! tonight I will post a picture when I get home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightywiz Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 so I posted the 1st controller on ebay to see if I could sell it so here is the listing. http://www.ebay.com/itm/colecovision-controller-/121355182492?pt=US_Video_Game_Controllers&hash=item1c4155219c good luck and good bidding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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