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Whats the best way to wire?
fredster:
Soldering is probably a superior way of connecting the wires IF you are good at it and you don't make a mistake.
It's the cheapest way too. It takes about the same amount of time but if you make a mistake, you have to rework it. If you aren't good at soldering, well, you might have a time with it.
Spades are good, but you have to practice at that too. You have to get the wires pretty good. You may find that if you make a mistake you can fix it pretty quick. But you will no doubt screw up some spades while you are doing it.
Spades can come off and give you some problems down the road. Soldering will stay in place but you have to unsolder to fix it and that can be a pain when it's in place.
My first arcade repair/conversion I used spades. Now I usually solder it, but it took some practice.
danny_galaga:
im a solder man too. and i used data cable. there was some 25 core stuff on sale at the local shop for less than a dollar a metre!! cant go wrong.
initially i thought that it might be better to use crimps in case i needed to swap things around. but i was confident with my set-up so i soldered it. i havent had to undo even one joint. all the wires and switches ended up where i wanted them...
paigeoliver:
Soldering is very nice until you have to repair it, at which point it becomes sucky.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on August 27, 2004, 10:29:14 pm ---Soldering is very nice until you have to repair it, at which point it becomes sucky.
--- End quote ---
but mine will last forever so i will never have to repair it. i reckon maybe ill have to change the glass top maybe every ten-fifteen years but thats it ;D
NoOne=NBA=:
I've never had any trouble swapping stuff around that I soldered.
Once the iron is hot, I can completely unsolder an entire joystick in under a minute.
I would bet I can solder UP a joystick in less time than most people here can crimp on a set of quick disconnects.
The big sell point for me though is that I STILL have about a quarter of a $3.19 roll of solder left.
That one roll has done numerous swappable CP's, all my modular stuff, 3 years worth of labwork and projects at school, and a bunch of different projects over the past 10 years or so.