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The Mame Tapper build - Finished! - 12/1/2010
markronz:
Ok, so I am definitely making some progress on this cab lately. Pics in the next week or two I am sure. But I came across a question. I recently bought a different showcase cabinet as my next project. The cabinet was once upon a time, re-purposed to be a Tekken 6 game. It still had the controls in there. You can see the metal piece below that was simply make shifted to work in the wood cp of the showcase cab.
Now I am considering changing joysticks for the Mame Tapper machine, and I was wondering if there was any way that I could re-use the Tekken 6 joysticks. The joysticks from the Tekken cab appear to be Sanwa joysticks with a ball top. I was just going to put some Happ 8 way ultimates into Tapper, but having seen the ball tops now, I really dig the look.
The ball top just looks so much cooler, and I feel like it matches the overall look of the cabinet better. Don't you agree?
Now I thought it was going to be easy to just remove the joysticks, and use them in the Tapper cab, but I ran into an unexpected problem. The mounting plate for the Sanwa's appears to be attached to the entire metal panel. See below:
I don't want to use the entire metal control panel piece, I just wanted the joystick. So do you think there's any way to re-use them easily? Or would I just be further ahead buying some new Sanwa's with the ball top?
severdhed:
i don't know too much about sanwa joysticks, but i'm guessing it is a JLF (since it doesnt look like my JLWs) you can puchase new mouting plates for them from lizardlick.com
http://www.lizardlick.com/Sanwa-JLF-P1-S-quotSquot-Mounting-Plate_p_252.html
they also have flat plates that may or may not be better suited to your situation...
http://www.lizardlick.com/Sanwa-JLF-Parts_c_205.html
i have never used a JLF, but i absolutely love my JLWs, i greatly prefer the feel of them over the happ competition sticks in my friend's cabinet
markronz:
Thank you. That is very helpful. From looking at the parts on Lizard Lick, I would have to agree that it's a JLF.
If I wanted to do that, what type of mounting plate would you guys recommend? I am doing a wood control panel. 0.75 MDF wood. It says on the website they are better suited for metal cp's. I would assume this is still do-able, right? So If I am using wood, would I just have to route out a square to fit this in? If so, do you know how deep I should recess the hole?
Also about the restrictor plate. What would be the advantages of the octagonal plate over the stock 4/8 way plate? Do they just feel differently? Do people have any formed opinions of which they liked better? I plan to play pretty much every type of game. Old school 4 way games, new-ish fighters, etc. I plan to leave my joysticks set at 8 way.
And lastly, I took this thing apart now, I hope I am able to put it back together. But in case I fail, does anyone know of any good places online to look to figure out how to assemble one of these? And what each wire on the wire harness is for?
JustMichael:
I am curious about one thing. How do you get your coins back? On my coin door, there is a black metal box that the coin bucket slides into. The coins drop through 2 slots in the top of the metal box and into the coin bucket. I can only access the coins from the lower door.
markronz:
I have no coin mechs in there. Its for my basement, so I just have a coin button on the control panel. More accurately one coin for each player. The coin door is just for looks.