guess i’ll make a contribution here while i’m at it, i finally finished my first stick over the weekend. i really like how it came out, but i’ll probably be recycling the parts to make something better somewhere along the line. sorry, but it’s just a backgammon case mod and the picture is off of a camera phone:
i reinforced the top and bottom with panels of poplar, and it all came out to be pretty sturdy, no complaints so far. a few imperfections, the layout got really screwed up - HK & MK are practically touching each other - but it’s nothing that’s hindered my playing so far. practice still makes perfect, right? the short USB cable poking out of a notch is coming from a Cthulhu to connect a 15’ USB extension cable that i have (currently packed inside of the case).
JLF, OBSN-24 and 30, PS3 Cthulhu, yadda yadda. thinking about rubber feet but can’t tell if it’s really necessary.
Just finish a couple day ago with some help from dhgriff9. Would liked to finish it sooner but the part took like 3 week to come in after I order it. I am very happy on how it came out.
Planning on doing a dual ps3/xbox360 pcb mod as soon as I learn how to :lovin:
Kind of got a few rough edges with my cutting but it’s minor enough that I don’t mind enough to get my art printed off and take my stick apart again to fix it.
Full sanwa buttons and a JLF with a seimitsu bubbletop.
lol, yeah right dude. Quoting people and saying shit like “no one cares” etc, is not stating an opinion, it’s just trying to be insulting. YOU are the one that seems to have gotten offended by someone elses opinion, and felt the need to respond (twice for some reason) with snide remarks. If you’re gonna do that, don’t act like like you’re some kind of victim when you get it fed back to you…
I have tried to cut plexiglass a few times, every time with bad results. I want to buy and learn how to use a table saw and a router but until then, this last stick made with 2 lids from Michael’s craft boxes is going to have to do.
Nice Budget stick. I saw those Micheal’s craft boxes. They felt like Balsa Wood so the added Plexi was a must for those. But as a temporary play box goes if it works and you can play, good job.
Toss some ebony stain and some poly/spar urethane on that budget box and color the brackets (or get a countersink for outside screws and place the brackets inside), and you’re good to go!
**removed the direct to img links, since apparently they too big!! so click to see…ill shrink em soon enough
Pictures were taken w/ my phone so not that great. I made the template myself…worked hard!! haha im no wizard with photoshop but i liked how it turned out. It sports my two mains in SF4 and BB, so I like!! Thanks to arts dustwashers and plexi it came out exactly as I wanted. Now for the Irony…As soon as I finished installing all of the components it began to show the symptoms of a defective PCB and is currently just an expensive huge paperweight.
, so pretty down about that. Going to call Madcatz to see if they can send me a new one, and hopefully remedy the problem. So… yeah also, i should of asked art to cut the middle screws because now the cardstock is bending in the middle, not that noticeable, but hey…
ok, here’s my second stick…this time did it all on my own with much reading from the forums. i know someone has already made a stick from an NES, but i had to make my own too!
power is the pause button and reset is the select button. took out the metal clip to get rid of the hold on the power button.
if you look closely, you will notice that i drilled the lp and lk buttons too close as opposed to the others, eh…thats what i get for using a handrill…:wonder:
i also took apart the NES controller socket and wired a USB to the end of it so my stick and charge via controller port 1. pretty short though
the inside is messy, but i plan to clean it up when i find time…wiring is crappy, but works for me
for anyone trying to add weight to their fightstick, i found these heavy, quarter inch thick square washers from home depot in the hardware section. they go for 82 cents each. they are circled in red. the NES itself gutted is super light…hot glued 8 off these bad boys and my stick ain’t going nowhere
oh yeah…after wiring, totally forget to drill a hole for the PS button. so i just slapped a madcatz spare button inside the NES, accessible through the game cartridge opening…plan to do it eventually. ghetto as hell…
Thanks to shoryuken forums for all the info, especially to shinJN, aggrastat, and boogahh for parts and videos! NO SOLDERING, YEAH!!!
i get owned by her
