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fjl:

--- Quote from: Bender on April 01, 2008, 10:03:17 pm ---I did actually get it to work. I took a bat top U360 I had and drilled the shaft about 3/4 of the way down with a drill press not really ideal but good enough to find out if my design would work, then drilled a hole perpendicular to the shaft  and put a spring pin through just above the spring, I had to cut some groves in the base for the pin to slide into(that's what keeps it from spinning) it works perfectly the joystick doesn't spin and I got the wires through and the button works!

I'm going to try it with a ball top next
and you could use the same technique to do a LED ball top
I'll post a picture soon

one joystick to rule them all!

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That sounds cool. Please share some pics!

Bender:
Hey Franco B,

I sent you PM

just let me know if you got

No pressure :)

Thanks!

Havok:

--- Quote from: Cornchip on April 02, 2008, 10:33:34 pm ---   Havok....the U360 shaft is incompatible with the 8mm thread of an audio jack due to it's small diameter. This is also the problem with the JLF as well. To do a proper job you need to increase the shaft diameter. That just isn't going to happen until you put a larger hole through the ball pivot and use a tension spring with a bigger inside diameter.

 Cornchip.

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ok, so 1/8" is out, how about a 3/32" audio jack?

Bender - how about some pictures of what you did?

AndyWarne:

--- Quote from: Bender on April 01, 2008, 10:03:17 pm ---I did actually get it to work. I took a bat top U360 I had and drilled the shaft about 3/4 of the way down with a drill press not really ideal but good enough to find out if my design would work, then drilled a hole perpendicular to the shaft  and put a spring pin through just above the spring, I had to cut some groves in the base for the pin to slide into(that's what keeps it from spinning) it works perfectly the joystick doesn't spin and I got the wires through and the button works!


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When I tried something like this I found it interfered with gameplay. If the stick ends up being rotated so its limiting against the pin, the movement of the stick in one specific direction is interrupted because the motion tends to want to push against the pin. Not sure if you are finding this.

Andy

Cornchip:
 3/32 and 1/8 (2.5mm and 3.5mm to be correct) use the same thread. You would think you could save a little room with a smaller jack, it just isn't so. The thread that the jacks use is a fairly uncommon thread ( 5/16-32 UNEF ). On a Happs stick (the Slikstik mod and the picture you guys keep reposting of mine....please stop) the shaft diameter is .394 (10mm). The snap ring groove is cut to a depth of .350 thousands of an inch. If you drill and tap the 5/16-32 through the shaft where the snap ring groove you'll notice that there is little material left keeping the stick together at that spot. Naturally if you tried this with a U360 it would not be possible.

 I'd personally avoid limiting the sticks rotation using a pin,flat or what have you. It will show up with the feel of the stick (especially one that has no restrictor). Just my 2 cents.

 Cornchip.

 

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