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RyogAkari:
Nothing real new to post so here is a picture of the balltops waiting for their joysticks to come in the mail.





Franco is finishing up the jamma side of the harness. Ive received in the control panel side wiring. I went ahead and purchased JLF custom actuators from Kowal since this is going to be a shmup dedicated cab. Im on the fence about getting shorter shafts. I dont actually mind the standard lengths, really it will just depend on what my wife thinks since Im designing the cab to her tastes (insert wife/shaft length joke here) since she is the huge shmups fan in the family. Ill have some time next week to clean off the remaining stickers and get it aesthetically ready minus the header light.

Basically its a game of hurry up and wait for parts to come in. = D



EDIT: Oh yeah, I purchased these little figurines to sit up near the instruction sheet on the control panel:




Its not from a game or anything but it is from my wifes favorite anime series and I think they'll be a cute decoration. SHHH, She doesnt know yet.  ;) ;)

rCadeGaming:
Deathnote, nice.

I did finally get one of kowal's custom actuator in the mail yesterday.  The thing about them is that they only reduce throw distance, not engage distance.  To actually improve input speed and get an advantage in shmup gameplay, you need to reduce engage distance.

I must apologize for my post above, stating that they reduced engage distance, I had WRONG information.  I hope that you didn't order the actuators based on this.

Obviously, the shorter shaft would reduced reduce both the engage and throw distance of the ball top due to simple geometry, but I don't think I would like the feel of the shorter shaft length.  My grip style would not work comfortably with a lowered ball top.  Both Sanwa and Seimitsu sticks are designed to have the ball top positioned at a standard height of 23-24mm above the control panel.

I still have an idea to reduce both throw and engage on the JLF without affecting mounting/ball top height, but it may not require kowal's actuators.  I'll post more info when I get time to work on it, hopefully early this week.

RyogAkari:
Well in the end its nice to have options. Ill probably mount a custom to one joystick and play through a game without and play through a game within. Whichever Im happy with is what Ill go with and if I decide to try a short shaft I may order one of those.

decisions decisions. = D

RyogAkari:
Joysticks came in so I spent my hours I work at the store assembling them. I also put on the harnesses that I have. Franco is finishing up the Jamma side along with my atomiswave wiring for another cabinet tonight so I should be rocking this sometime next week!








BurgerKingDiamond:
looks good. I also have a Blast City coming sometime in the next 4-6 weeks (group buy from Japan). I can't wait.

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