Please give some feedback on my joystickprojects?

[mrlowalowa]

Hello everyone!


Name is Andreas and I

[M3talhead]

If I understood your post correctly, you want to build your own control panel for an Xbox and play fighting games on it. Its been done many times and there are a ton of plans and blueprints floating around if you spend the time to look for them. 1.4mm is incredibly thin and I cant imagine a CP being very durable with that thickness. If you want to take the time and make it yourself, there are a lot of people here that can help, but if you don't have the tools or time to design and build a box of your own, I'd recommend going with one of the following pre-made products.

http://www.x-arcade.com/products.shtml
http://www.hanaho.com/products/HotRodJoystick/overview.html
http://www.slikstik.com/fightfeatures.htm

[mrlowalowa]

I want to build my own stick(s). I pretty much have the design figured out! So it

[markrvp]

127mm (1/2 inch) is probably the thinnest MDF you would want to use for the top where the joystick and buttons are.

[mrlowalowa]

Are you sure, I mean that is as thick as the stick!




What about optical vs microswitch sticks. Why are the optical
so hard to find. Doesn

[Mr-Megalo]

good luck on the projects, I think it would be wiser to post feedback tho once you've got the things built 

as for optical and microswitch joysticks, if you want optical your going to have to go for Happs P360's, you aint never gonna find Sanwa Optical Flash sticks anymore, I know this because I have sold 4 that i owned within the past week for a premium ! they aren't made anymore so they get snapped up at silly prices ( $280 USD for 2 sticks. . . .  )

[mrlowalowa]

hhhmm, I talked to a guy at gremlin solutions (UK) and he said
that it would be possible to get sanwa optical sticks from Japan in about 2-3 weeks?

[Mr-Megalo]

hhhmm, I talked to a guy at gremlin solutions (UK) and he said
that it would be possible to get sanwa optical sticks from Japan in about 2-3 weeks?

if thats true I'll buy a couple of dozen if the price is right, but if Rod @ Himura games cant get them anymore, none of the chaps on here cant get anymore and I cant get anymore then seeing is beleiving. if they can get them then I sold mine at the right time 
The Sanwa's that Gremlin sell are JLW's or at least the ones they sell on eBay are

Happs now own the rights to the optical sticks, i think this is why Sanwa had to stop producing them

[Luckydevil]

Is there really that much of a difference between the Sanwa opticals and P360's?

[markrvp]

Are you sure, I mean that is as thick as the stick!

12.7 mm  -  Does that sound better?

[Mr-Megalo]

Is there really that much of a difference between the Sanwa opticals and P360's?

I really dont know, I have never used a P360, US style sticks whether they are optical or not really aint my thing.
the Sanwa Flash tho are smooth as silk to use and extremely accurate.
I thnik if I had spent more time using the Flash sticks I did have they would have been my favourite sticks, but as it stands I still prefer Seimitsu sticks.

back on topic of stick builing and whatnot, can I ask, why do most people use wood when building sticks ? what about a sheet of metal cut to size for a thinner but still sturdy CP, same as the ones found in Japanese Candy cabinets. some japanese buttons are way too short to be used on a wooden CP, I know  mrlowalowa plans to use competition sticks but it is soemthing that I have often wondered

[rally9x]

Is there really that much of a difference between the Sanwa opticals and P360's?

I believe them to be the same joysticks with differnt tops, just like the wico opticals are. But the flashs have the Sanwa cord thing on them so I could very well be wrong though.