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PL1:


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--- Quote from: mkwfreak on September 01, 2014, 06:15:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on September 01, 2014, 06:07:14 pm ---Sure. If you just want to be able to play classics, that's a good compromise. Keep the idea of a cabinet in the back of your mind... We'll be here to help when you're ready!  :cheers:

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Plus, if I wanted to, I can replace the regular sticks with fighting sticks, right?

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I think you can, but I don't have any experience with one so I don't know the process. Anyone care to weigh in?

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According to Randy, the X-Arcade sticks use a Happ/Wico mounting pattern.


--- Quote from: RandyT on March 03, 2014, 01:58:49 pm ---The OMNI2 has the larger plate that is compatible with both the HAPP/WICO/X-Arcade, etc.... patterns, as well as the narrower Sanwa, Zippyy, etc... varieties.

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Scott

mkwfreak:


--- Quote from: PL1 on September 01, 2014, 06:55:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on September 01, 2014, 06:27:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: mkwfreak on September 01, 2014, 06:15:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on September 01, 2014, 06:07:14 pm ---Sure. If you just want to be able to play classics, that's a good compromise. Keep the idea of a cabinet in the back of your mind... We'll be here to help when you're ready!  :cheers:

--- End quote ---

Plus, if I wanted to, I can replace the regular sticks with fighting sticks, right?

--- End quote ---

I think you can, but I don't have ]Sany experience with one so I don't know the process. Anyone care to weigh in?

--- End quote ---

According to Randy, the X-Arcade sticks use a Happ/Wico mounting pattern.


--- Quote from: RandyT on March 03, 2014, 01:58:49 pm ---The OMNI2 has the larger plate that is compatible with both the HAPP/WICO/X-Arcade, etc.... patterns, as well as the narrower Sanwa, Zippyy, etc... varieties.

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Scott

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so, would this work?

http://na.suzohapp.com/all_catalogs/joysticks/50-6070-160

PL1:

According to Randy's post, this one by Severdhed, and the post just after it, the Happ Competition you linked should be a drop-in replacement.

There is a difference of 1.8mm on one axis and a 1mm difference on the other.

X-Arcade stick diagram


Happ Competition diagram


Worst case scenario, you might have to drill the mount holes slightly larger. . . or use a wasp rasp like GeoMan suggested in the link above. :lol


Scott

Jamesbeat:

I am building a cabinet, and it's going to come in at a lot less than $200.

I had already planned my build and bought joysticks and buttons when my wife lost her job.

I make decent money, but here in NY, the cost of living is so high that I couldn't spend lots of money on a cabinet without eating into my family's grocery bills.

I got sick of looking at the joysticks and buttons and not being able to afford to build a cabinet, so I resolved to make a temporary one out of whatever I could lay my hands on.

My neighbor was getting rid of an Ikea dresser, and asked if we wanted it.
I took it and stripped it down to the individual boards.
Since I only had a small amount of wood to work with, I decided to make a bartop and put it on a piece of furniture like this guy did (he used a fridge):

http://imgur.com/a/46GDP?desktop=1

Instead of springing for an ipac, I hacked a pair of $3.50 usb gamepads.

I already had a Raspberry Pi and an lcd monitor.
I had intended to use the Raspberry Pi in my planned full-size cabinet build anyway, but its small size sure came in handy when squeezing it inside a bartop.

The wood for the battens was cheap. I think it was $1.60 for an 8' length, and I used two lengths.

Screws, wood filler, paint, jigsaw blades and other sundries came to around $25 or so.

I have yet to buy a slot cutter for my router to do the T-molding, and I still have to do all the sanding, filling and painting.

I also still have to find a suitable piece of furniture to mount the cabinet on.
Once I find something that will work, I'm going to paint it to match the cabinet and add T-molding to it.

Building it this way is not only economical, it will also allow the cabinet to be taken down into two pieces if I move house.

I now have a pretty good cabinet that I can play, instead of a couple of joysticks and a bag of buttons.

I'll probably end up making a new one when I have some money, but it has certainly taken the pressure off.

When I do get around to making a new cabinet, I will have 80% of the tools and parts I will need, so I won't be buying everything from scratch.

Since I already have a perfectly serviceable cabinet, I can acquire the materials for my 'proper' build gradually, rather than trying to find all the money in one go.


EMDB:

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