Re: Tempest Spinner Question

From: Technoid <technoid_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue Feb 09 1999 - 22:25:30 EST

It's usually from the encoder wheel hitting the optical sensor. Which could
be caused by worn out berings, etc.

      Thanks,
         Jay Wilkinson
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-----Original Message-----
From: Franklin Bowen <fbowen@balt.checkfree.com>
To: vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu <vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: Tempest Spinner Question

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>"Miranda K. Collins" <miranda@angel.com> on 02/09/99 03:01:27 PM
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>Please respond to vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
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>While we are on the subject of Tempest spinners...
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>Does anyone know why Major Havoc seems to not move at all when you spin
>the spinner too fast??? Is there any way to correct this? Does anyone
>else experience this? Also, has anyone figured out where to get
>replacements for those little teflon thingys that I assume is the cause of
>the grinding sound when you spin an old worn out spinner really fast?
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>Miranda
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Received on Tue Feb 9 20:03:12 1999

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