it would be nice t to make the wires smaller when bunched together because I am going to try and shuve the four wires for a RGB led through a hollow JLF stick
Is the hollow JLF shaft threaded for 6mm or 10mm?
- Paradise Arcade carries both.
- Focus Attack only carries 6mm.
- AFAIK 5mm is the smallest commonly-available size for RGB LEDs.
- For 5mm RGB LEDs, you'll probably want 10mm threaded shafts and balltops.

Paradise offers
this 5mm RGB LED with wires.
*Works best with 10mm threaded shaft and balltop. Difficult to use with 6mm threading shaft and balltop*
Since those are currently out-of-stock, you might want to make your own with common anode RGB LEDs and stranded 24 gauge wire.

1. Heat shrink is your friend. In addition to covering the individual solder connections, you may want to add one piece around all four wires where they exit the shaft for strain relief.
2. Stagger the LED lead/wire solder connections.
R lead --
+-------------------- Red channel wire
+ lead --------------
+-------- Power wire
G lead --------
+-------------- Green channel wire
B lead --------------------
+-- Blue channel wire
3. If you do choose to use resistors, connect them at least several inches after the wires exit the shaft. No sense trying to cram the resistors inside the shaft.
|--- Hollow shaft ---|
LED ---- LED wires ---------- Resistors -------- LED controller
|--- Hollow shaft ---|
4. If there's a chance that kids or drunk friends are going to twist the joystick handles repeatedly, you might want to add a slip ring connection like
this one or
this one.
Scott