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anyone have the x-arcade tankstick?
urbecrisch:
Scurvy, 3 months ago I knew nothing about BYOAC. Since then I have been able to build two control panels and put together a CAB (like a test pilot). I was able to successfully order all the parts, wiring, etc. To be honest the best part of the whole CP experience for me was to wire it up. I bought a solderless KeyWiz from Groovy Game Gear (GGG) and it was actually fun to wire it up and then use the KeyWiz software to remap some buttons. The best part of working on this project is that I'm doing it myself. Depends on what satisfies you but it's such a cool story to tell people and your friends will be blown away that you actually wired buttons, etc. for your own arcade game. I even was able to use the CPU power supply to wire up my translucent trackball and NovaGemCDR™ Coin Drop Replacement Pushbuttons from GGG. 3 months ago I would never have been able to do that!
Now the CAB, that's a different story. I originally picked up a gutted out Defender to learn that it was too small for my huge CP. So I'm off to an auction to find a larger CAB I can clean up for my ultimate machine. The Defender CAB is being used as my test machine and I will either keep it or sell it off to help pay for my ultimate dream machine. If I cannot find anything locally or at this auction, then I'll build my own CAB.
The point I'm making is that it's OK if you want to pay for someone else doing the work but if you have the time and patience, you can make a really cool CP that you customized and built yourself and learn a lot during the process. Add your built CP to your CAB and your on your way to a great arcade experience. Read the forum daily and ask a lot of questions. Most everyone on this forum are willing to help out and will give you some great advice. We all started where you are at one point in time so good luck and keep us updated! Whatever decision you make is respected and we're still here to help you on your way. Cheers!
steveh:
If you take apart the x-arcade tank stick, you will have to put it back together. and this will require just as much wiring work, as building it from scratch. The bonus with the scratch build is you can make it how you want, not how they want it.
In the end it is up to you. If you are not comfortable with the building then i would say buy the x-arcade, and leave it at that. It is going to be alot of work to disassemble it and paint it, then reassemble it. About as much work as building it from scratch.
FrizzleFried:
Prior to last September I had never soldered anything short of a couple of car stereo wires. Flash forward to today and I have re-capped (replaced the capacitors) 4 different chassis, I have replaced and entire tube, yoke, purity rings and all in one monitor, I have wired up 3 different cabinets, got a dedicated Joust to work, and I am working on my 5th cabinet.
Not bad for a dude who had ZERO experience in electronics before September.
Just JUMP IN bro...you won't regret it.
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