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Cornchip:

   A 'tall order'. That's a good one. And yes...it is about available options. Look at what has already surfaced.

 Cornchip


SavannahLion:


--- Quote from: Cornchip on August 30, 2007, 06:41:01 pm ---And yes...it is about available options. Look at what has already surfaced.
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Yeah, I see that. I'm not dissing on what was presented here. Without this post, I would've sat there wondering if it would be worth buying SlikStiks to modify them. After this post, I know you can modify SlikStiks (increasing my options), the fact you're looking to do the same with Sanwa's, and U360's are a little more than difficult to mod.

I'm saying that even if the U360's prove difficult or too costly to modify, I have a much better idea of my options now. Nothing to get upset over.

SodaPopinksi:

Perhaps the only way a stick like the U360 can be lit up is if Seimitsu produces the illuminated LB-39 bubble tops. The picture that Per from Akihabarashop.com posted in the Shoryuken forums shows the bubble tops lit by a small black cylinder base on the bottom of each... going by that picture alone I have no clue how they manage to light them :)

SavannahLion:

It's probably beating a dead horse here. But what about cutting then splicing in an insulating gap at the pivoting point of the U360 stick? Then running lines to where the stick pivots. Turn the entire stick itself into a conductor. The top half goes to ground, the bottom half is hot.

That's probably too dangerous though.

Cornchip:

 I apologize for not getting back to this sooner. I have made a little progress with the JLF that I will use in my future project. First I have to say how impressed I am with the Sanwa stick. The restrictor plates work great and are a step up on accuracy over the Happs products I currently have. A down side over Happs is the physical size of the stick and base. I would really prefer the Sanwa if they could scale it up another 15% to suit people who have larger hands. For my mod I kept the stick length the same as original but increased the ball diameter to 41MM (1 5/8th's) to suit my preferences. Still on my to-do list is etching a PCB board for the handset socket and resistors. Also I need to order some different types of LED's to mess with (RGB etc.)

 Cornchip.

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