Yoke Proto-Type Pictures (More Pics added)

[Tailgunner]

Actually the grip axis stop system limits how far it can be from the back of the housing. To move it further forward, he'd need to add something for the bolts to hit to limit how far the grips can turn. Longer bolts won't help as the longer they are the more leverage you've got against them. More leverage = a higher chance of them bending or breaking.

An illustration of how the grips could be moved further out.

[Lilwolf]

You don't need as much padding if the springs are there.... You want it more to stop the noise then to ease the stop.  Something that will last is probably more important.

You might look at putting some pike breaks there.  Should last a long time and do what you want... and easy to replace...  Small enough to fit.  Seems like it might be a good option...

[Dexter]

Looking good Charlie, nicely done!

Don't forget to let us know a ballpark figure price wise as soon as you have one.

Dexter

[Gamecab]

Charlie,

What's the extra long x-axis bracket for?

[MameMaster!]

hey Charlie...are you creating a waiting list yet?...or are you going to work off of your old one?

I know you'll be producing these in small batches...so me wants one (maybe two!...depending on cost).

Let us know!

MameMaster! 
PS- If we ever meet up in NYC for lunch I would love to see the prototype!

[Xiaou2]

 Tailgunner, thanks, but you got 2 differnt q's a bit jumbled.

 I was asking about this...

   Since the y 'box' is smaller, it means that the hand-grips y-axis 'PIVOT'  is located like 4 inches  closer (to the front of the base) than the original.

   If you press the hand grips forward, then turn the x-axis to 45dergee angle... your fingers may just get crushed into the base of the unit... which currently is less than 1cm away from the grips at a non forward postion.     

 I would hope that the ybox is extended so that the yaxis can be moved further away, so clearences will be adequate and also, will look a lot better imop.

[1UP]

Again, you could mount the whole thing to a small wood box (like Charlie's first yoke), and get the same effect.  I have his original yoke, and this works well.

This method also allows it to be mounted to a panel that is not slanted like the original SW cab (which is the vast majority of cabs out there).  Otherwise, you would probably need a dedicated cabinet to mount this to.

[Gamecab]

 Tailgunner, thanks, but you got 2 differnt q's a bit jumbled.

 I was asking about this...

[daywane]

bump!
any thing going on with this project.

[Gamecab]

Not yet.  I've been very busy with other issues that are not GameCab related for a few months now.  I'm looking to pick up where I left off laterthis week.  Please ignore the Yoke section of the website because it is very out of date.  I'm going to update the site in the coming days if time allows.

Thanks
Charlie