Need help with parts for control panel.

[BLACK KNIGHT]

I'm seriously thinking of building a 2nd control panel.  I currently have an X-arcade which is great but doesn't have a spinner and stuff.  My cabinet was built based on the X-arcade but I made it easy to just pop it out and stick another controller in its place. I have a couple of questions.  One is that I'm thinking of swapping out the player 1 joystick in the X-arcade for a T-stick from ultimarc.com so that I can easily switch from 4way to 8way...does anyone know if it's just a simple swap of the joysticks as in it'll fit okay?  

Secondly, for my second control panel I'd like to put a joystick with a button in it and a spinner as well as the leftover joystick from the X-arcade.  I would need to buy a few extra buttons as well as an I-Pac.  I'm trying to stay cheap here and was wondering if I could use something like the mouse internals to work the Spinner rather than buying a Opti-Pac.  Does anyone know where I could get such a device?

[Tiger-Heli]

>I have a couple of questions.  One is that I'm thinking >of swapping out the player 1 joystick in the X-arcade >for a T-stick from ultimarc.com so that I can easily >switch from 4way to 8way...does anyone know if it's >just a simple swap of the joysticks as in it'll fit okay?

I think T-Stick uses a non-Standard bolt spacing.  Nothing a power drill and wood filler wouldn't fix.  You might consider the Omni-Stiks from www.groovygamegear.com.

>I'm trying to stay cheap here and was wondering if I >could use something like the mouse internals to work >the Spinner rather than buying a Opti-Pac.  Does >anyone know where I could get such a device?

http://www.oscarcontrols.com/cgi-bin/cart.pl?DT=1  Third or fourth item down on the order page - USB mouse interface $9 without buttons or $12.50 with.