Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: mrlowalowa on February 12, 2006, 08:19:15 am
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Hello everyone!
Name is Andreas and I
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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.x-arcade.com/products.shtml)
http://www.hanaho.com/products/HotRodJoystick/overview.html (http://www.hanaho.com/products/HotRodJoystick/overview.html)
http://www.slikstik.com/fightfeatures.htm (http://www.slikstik.com/fightfeatures.htm)
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I want to build my own stick(s). I pretty much have the design figured out! :) So it
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127mm (1/2 inch) is probably the thinnest MDF you would want to use for the top where the joystick and buttons are.
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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
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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. . . . :o )
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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?
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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
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Is there really that much of a difference between the Sanwa opticals and P360's?
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Are you sure, I mean that is as thick as the stick!
12.7 mm - Does that sound better?
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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
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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.