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| time to give up:
Felsir-- Thanks for the thoughtful input. I'm starting to think that the restrictor on the JLW was rotating a little while I was playing. It's hard to explain how it would work in an exemplary fashion and then decay in 20 minutes otherwise (I tested the microswitches and they were fine). It's not secured tightly at all IMO, so I'll probably get the replacement for the part I broke (Ultimarc has it! Yay!) and then go to Ace to get a shorter screw that puts direct pressure on the restrictor, rather than with a spring in between. |
| time to give up:
shponglefan-- That's exactly what I needed to hear: that it can be done starting from zero, but that (in your case and undoubtedly mine) it takes weeks. Which is OK down the road, but I probably won't have that kind of time outside of summer. OTOH, you sound like much more of a craftsman than I am; I am incapable of cutting in a straight line. I might just go with an X-Arcade and restrict my projects to assembling an interesting cabinet for everything. I guess I'm going to have to think about this some more. |
| shponglefan:
--- Quote from: time to give up on February 09, 2013, 04:51:55 pm ---shponglefan-- That's exactly what I needed to hear: that it can be done starting from zero, but that (in your case and undoubtedly mine) it takes weeks. Which is OK down the road, but I probably won't have that kind of time outside of summer. --- End quote --- TBH, putting together a basic unfinished controller could be done inside of a day. It's mostly the finishing work (painting, sanding, more painting) which takes longer. --- Quote ---OTOH, you sound like much more of a craftsman than I am; I am incapable of cutting in a straight line. --- End quote --- At the time I really wasn't. It was the first real woodworking project I ever attempted (outside of high school shop class). And first time I ever worked with plexiglass, too. It was mostly a learning experience and admittedly the end product, while functional, wouldn't win any aesthetic awards. But hey, we all start somewhere. --- Quote ---I might just go with an X-Arcade and restrict my projects to assembling an interesting cabinet for everything. I guess I'm going to have to think about this some more. --- End quote --- Whatever route you choose, good luck. |
| Yenome:
heh my first real arcade stick thats not in a cardboard box is made out of a old dresser draw. i took the face off two of em and used the 3 walls for it and glued them to make a box. then drilled holes for two sticks and 7 buttons ea. added my xin-mo pcb and bam a 2 player arcade panel that works on pc as well as ps3. even with the price of the drill im still only round 100 dollars in on this. |
| time to give up:
I'm much more inclined to make something out of a found object, like yenome. That way I would have something unique, not just uniquely ugly! |
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