That looks interesting to me.
All 3-4 of my personal sticks all have LS-40-01 in them, so this is relevant to me. Especially since, for some reason, on some of the levers, the corners feel a bit… weird? Like, the joystick doesn’t “lock” into the diagonals well, and it’s more of a… “rounded corner”?
I’m curious to try out that Omron gate to see if it “fixes” what I feel.
I’m not actually sure what purpose the side cutouts serve, though…
the edge cutouts follow the new pcb outline so as not to press on the new solder point locations . in the same vein as the new sc ls-32 steel switch plate btw.
look at the new (on the left) vs old (right) ls-40-01
the new omron V with bent hinge levers have “bottom” COM pcb type connector, not a “side” COM one like the old panasonic.
Looks like the subgate is the same.
Yeah, looks like it.
Not that it matters for me personally; I’ve just taken out all the subgates on all my LS-40 levers anyways.
Wow. Pads and Pantheras…
…and here I am modding a fleet of TEs…
What’s the deal?
Shepple be shepple
'sup nerds! I kid…
Finally had a minute to lurk back on this thread. Life, per usual, gets in the way. How’s everybody been?
Peachy keen
on the quest to find my wife her arcade stick, we originally thought we would have to scratch build her a stick. We ended up mocking up an AllFightSticks build for her, which I think she’s happy with. She ended up going with a Vewlix layout over either a Namco Noir or Sega layout.
Nice. I’m almost tempted to try to get my hands on one of those to mod as well. But who has the time?
LS-33 is back on the market, you could easily rig a Brook mount and the top holes can be widened to take 20mm Sanwas - I’m thinking it’s not as hard to mod as it used to be!
Are you referencing the LS-33 Kai from Arcadeshock?
From what I’ve read the LS-33 body mold went poof so they subbed with one from the LS-55. That means it’s not as compact as the original.
I’m in the same boat with an EX2 case to mod, so I’d like to know how that install goes for you.
Got a source for this?
Paragraph 5 of the link I shared
I’d rather catch chlamydia than work on one of those. At least with the latter, you had a bit of fin before getting sick.
Looks longer, I’ll either have to sand down the lever or cut out more plastic and mount to the metal
Think I’m gonna cut out the plastic around the lever, take the mounting plate the LS-33 came with to a metal shop with the top plate from the EX2 and have them measure and punch countersinks so I can just attach the lever to the top plate.
@d3v, I feel like if I don’t have at least one high quality EX2 mod under my belt I’ll always be a poser.
Found a place to buy the replacement screws for my Obsidian. Tried looking on Aliexpress and Alibaba for the screws, but no dice. Ended up on a site called Banggood and bought a set of 12 for three bucks and some change. Now to wait a long ass time for them to get here.
Since I found out I have a tentative job offer, I told my wife that if the job offer clears everything and I get my pension in October, that I’m buying our new sticks at the same time as a Christmas present.
