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Is Mike's DK replacement joystick decent?
pcb:
I'm looking at reproducing the entire joystick. It's been in the works for a while, but I still don't have the shafts back from fabbing yet. I'll post when I have them. The originals are metric threads, which is what I'm making also. They will be available with either a 1" or a 1.25" black ball. Anyone have a lead on the springs? I'd rather use an off the shelf spring if I can find one that's close.
If you can get the thread specs on the sanwa stick, or tell me where to get one, I'll see what i can do about making some allowing the sanwa balls to fit.
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: pcb on March 16, 2008, 08:13:52 pm ---I'm looking at reproducing the entire joystick. It's been in the works for a while, but I still don't have the shafts back from fabbing yet. I'll post when I have them. The originals are metric threads, which is what I'm making also. They will be available with either a 1" or a 1.25" black ball. Anyone have a lead on the springs? I'd rather use an off the shelf spring if I can find one that's close.
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Wow, that's awesome. I don't know about the springs, but again, maybe Sanwa has something? I didn't see anything that was very close at my local hardware store last time I checked.
--- Quote ---If you can get the thread specs on the sanwa stick, or tell me where to get one, I'll see what i can do about making some allowing the sanwa balls to fit.
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You can find Sanwa balltops at LizardLickAmusements. There are also a couple different types of Sanwa springs there, as well as a Seimitsu spring. I mention Sanwa because they are a popular company (especially among the fighting game crowd) and they are Japanese like Nintendo. In fact, their JLF-TP-8T joystick uses the same mounting bolt pattern as a Nintendo joystick. BTW, the Sanwa JLW-SP Spring looks similar to a Nintendo joystick spring in that it has the same number of coils (7), but I can't tell anything more about it just from looking.
However, if you plan on reproducing the Nintendo balltop, then compatibility with Sanwa balltops is not really necessary, except for people who want other balltop options (there are some fancy balltops for Sanwa joysticks).
WunderCade:
Hmm...we'd probably just transfer the original spring over to the new stick. Although I know that isn't exactly marketable....lol
blkdog7:
--- Quote from: pcb on March 16, 2008, 08:13:52 pm ---I'm looking at reproducing the entire joystick. It's been in the works for a while, but I still don't have the shafts back from fabbing yet. I'll post when I have them. The originals are metric threads, which is what I'm making also. They will be available with either a 1" or a 1.25" black ball. Anyone have a lead on the springs? I'd rather use an off the shelf spring if I can find one that's close.
If you can get the thread specs on the sanwa stick, or tell me where to get one, I'll see what i can do about making some allowing the sanwa balls to fit.
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Mike that sounds great! I'll be sure to buy one when it is available. Did I notice you are now also making new Nintendo cabs? Is this new for you? Just wondering if this is somehow related...
pcb:
We've been making the Nintendo cabs for a few years now, but they were only available to distributors. I put them up on the site this past weekend. Figured it was time. :)