Re: A2 Joystick Maintenance

[carbide@egine.com]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>
> I don't know whether you saw the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", in
> which Windex was regarded as the universal solvent, antiseptic, etc.
> Some people feel the same way about WD-40--spray it on anything and
> it will make it better!
>

Heh heh! I do use it for a lot of things- like removing the sticky
stuff that some price stickers leave behind.  And  come to think of it,
my brother-in-law sprays it on his bait when trolling the Columbia
River for sturgeon.... But it's no substitute for bailing wire or duct
tape.  ;-)

I would think that cheaper pots might be less able to withstand the
solvent properties of WD-40.  I specifically remember using it to
clean/lube pots in an audio mixer/recorder. It worked perfectly, the
the pots were unusable before (noisy, eratic) and smooth and quiet
after. Those were surely higher quality than the pots used in cheap
joyticks. 
-Paul