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Clipping cherry switch actuators for T-Stick Pluses (what tool?)
NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: PaulG on July 12, 2005, 06:24:51 pm ---Have you ever used a NOS that wasn't already broken in?
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Most of mine are brand-new, straight out of the box.
They are definitely stiffer than the worn in ones I have, but still feel significantly softer to me than my T-stiks.
Again, mine are leafsticks, but I can't imagine that microswitches vs. leafswitches would have a terribly noticable effect on the stiffness of the stick--unless they switched to a stouter grommet at the same time that they went to microswitches, with the intention of making the stick stiffer.
I don't think I have any microswitch ones around.
If I bump into one in one of my boxes sometime, I'll mount it, and see if there's a difference.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: PaulG on July 12, 2005, 06:24:51 pm ---It's flatout impossible for me to go in one direction without getting a diagnols press (Lines were reading like aasaassaasaaaasaaaasaasa. And sometimes worse). The only time I got a straight read from a direction press was when I pressed up and got a steady read of that letter from it being stuck.
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This is just as the throw is so short...the softer switches probably make this worse. I must admit I had the same problem with mine, in platformers I would keep crouching or jumping accidentally.
Silver:
Can't you flip the restrictor plate to change the length of the throw? Or have I got the wrong ultimarc joystick?
And whats the main issue with the stock T-stick switches - the fact they are not cherry, that its noisy or that its not a leaf switch mechanism?
PaulG:
The T-Stik Plus is 4/8 way switchable by twisting the joystick... so you really can't manually flip any restrictor plate to increase the throw.
The main complaint about the T-Stik Plus are noise, short throw, and stiffness. I actually kind of like the short throw, the noise doesn't really bother me, and don't have issues with stiffness like some do. Just bought these cherry's because I'd heard good things about switching and since I was already paying shipping, it wasn't that expensive to just throw a pack in.
I think Minwah has absolutely nailed it though. Because of the short throw and how tightly the actuators are seated next to the stick, the stock micros on the T-Stick are as stiff as they are for a good reason... to prevent accidental triggers.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: Silver on July 13, 2005, 05:53:52 am ---Can't you flip the restrictor plate to change the length of the throw? Or have I got the wrong ultimarc joystick?
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You're think of the J-Stik ;)