Hi
Can someone provide me with a picture of the correct stylus tip i need for my Rodeo rifle game please, mine has a bolt screwed into it instead...

Thanks

John

Thank you baldtwit that is spot on. The white stylus on the link looks like it is plastic, i assume it is not?

Any idea what length and gauge the spring might be, it is out of stock so i guess i will have to make one.

Thanks again

John

I also see the insulator part is out of stock, do you have an image of one of these - were they fibre or, plastic or rubber?

Thank you.

Thank you again. Sorry the ref to rubber was the washers / insulator part. I will re check spring on site and order. Thank you.

I have ordered the stylus, spring and curl over pin. I really have no clue how the curl over pin fits into the picture though, also not sure what is stopping the stylus and washer assembly form flying out the end / falling apart . I guess there is a recess in the end of the stylus that the crimp clicks into proving an electrical contact as well as a surface area that won't go through the hole in the insulated washers.

Mystery solved for the parts that was stuck to the underside of the gun cupboard also. It looks like it is one of the insulating washers, the other is being used so that the bolts being used as stylus doesn't ground out on the arm. As there is not much in the way of images on the net, i have taken some pics and measurements and see if i can get any made up locally but may help others in the future.

There are two washers, a dark one and a lighter one with ref to my images below.

Darkest part:
Largest Circle Ext. Diameter: 9.8mm
Smallest Circle Ext. Diameter: 6.3mm
Hole Internal Diameter: 3.9mm

Lightest part:
Largest circle Diameter: 10mm
Middle Circle Diameter: 6.1mm
Smallest Circle Diameter:3.7mm
Hole Internal Diameter: 3mm

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This image is of the two washers mated together as if they were fitted into the arm.

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Cheers

John

Okay had a brain wave, because i have a show in two weeks that i really want to take this to, but really really don't want to damage the scanning disk with the bolt for a stylus, i think i will use the bolt idea, turn it around so the round head of the bolt is in contact with the scanning disk, make my own 'temporary' insulated washer assembly / former with millyput. Drill a hole through the millyput, when set, and use a couple of nuts to lock the bolt at the correct length and a couple more on the end to allow for attaching the conductor. I have a williams shoe spring or two so if i shave the threads of the lower part of the bolt it should move up and down more freely through the make shift millyput shaft.

It wont hold for too long, but long enough to get me through the show until i get the right parts and do it properly.

Will send pics so you can berate me

John

Thanks for the details, i made my own temporary one. Works well. I sorted a problem on the Anti cheat relay - it had been smashed and the coil disconnected. Resoldered and stuck back together temporary.

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I put a blob of solder on top of a bolt head, and shaped into a cone with grinder then smoothed down with wet and dry - works well!

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Once i get the bits i will return to normal of course.

John

BTW do you have an electronic copy of the instruction manual you can send? I have a hard copy coming soon.

no problem, thank you any way.

BallyCrazy thanks, but i have ordered one. Thankyou though.

Once I get the correct stylus, i will create a mould and see how that goes. I have a show in a few weeks. So it should get some use, will see what it looks like then. Good idea re the silver.

Btw. I have no experience when it comes to the contact boards underneath. This is the one that is on mine at the moment. is this too worn out or typical of something of this age please?

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Thanks. Looking at a couple of the contact points make me wonder if they are shorting. Will check it out when i next get a chance. Also nice idea to have a hole to put a spare stylus - didn't notice that until i saw the photo just now. Wiser every day

Re the shorting contacts on the scanning disk, yeah they are shorting, i took a look at the schematic; they’re supposed to be.