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How hard is it to buil a Joystick for somone that has never built one before

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ivwshane:

If there is one thing I have learned from doing any project (car, house, arcade cab) is that having the proper tools makes any job easy.

That being said, I wouldn't try to build a cab or the controls for it unless you are willing to buy the right tools, otherwise it's not going to be fun and it will most likely turn out like crap.

daywane:

My advice is build the Controll panel out of card board 1st.
The thing I screwed up on at first was wiring up the joystick.
I did not take in account I was looking at it upside down.
so up was down and right was left. Yep every thing was backwards

AcidArmitage:


--- Quote from: daywane on June 28, 2009, 04:16:18 pm ---My advice is build the Controll panel out of card board 1st.
The thing I screwed up on at first was wiring up the joystick.
I did not take in account I was looking at it upside down.
so up was down and right was left. Yep every thing was backwards

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I didn't do that but i sure as hell had to stare at it for a good while trying to figure out which direction is which  :laugh2:

DaOld Man:

I use a sharpie (small tip permanent marker) to mark the microswitches on the joystick before mounting the joysticks to the panel. U. D, L, and R.
Makes it a lot easier to wire up.


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