I’ve seen some really nice joysticks that have clear buttons where the people put their own art or art they got from somewhere into the button so it looks really professional.
HOW DO THEY DO IT?:wow:
you need these type of buttons http://www.gamingnow.net/30mm-pushbuttons/ps-14-kn
and get your custom art here, http://www.tek-innovations.com/arthobbies/index.cfm?loc=products&cat=1&subcat=&item=34
Bah, you spoiled J-stick users and your fancy pre-fab options… I have to do these sorts of things the hard way! :mad:
How are these buttons in comparisson with the Sanwa buttons that comes with the MadCats TE stick? I’m thinking mostly of durability and shape (convex, concave, flat?), they seem to be threaded, which is nice.
I’m more interested in how to keep the damn art from spinning.
I’d say a small piece of double folded masking tape should do well enough.
A bit of double sided tape will keep them from spinning.
If you’re talking about the art inside the buttons, use double stick tape to hold the art in place. 1000x easier to work with then gluing them in with a glue stick or whatever…and easy to remove if you ever decide to swap art.
If you’re talking about the actual BUTTON spinning after extended play or whatever (from the nut coming lose on the underside), then my solution was to semi-permanently hot glue the nut/button to the case/metal top plate…whichever your stick has, on the underside of the top panel. I’ve had both my TE’s set up like that since I did art mods to them and even after a year of banging on them, they do not move.
Again, that’s only if you reeeeally don’t want your shit to move. It’s a pain in the ass if you want to do more customization after you hot glue, so make sure it’s exactly what you want before you do it.
I cut the art for my buttons in such a way that they sit in the buttons real tight and don’t spin at all. As for the buttons themselves, I have a paper “washer” in between the metal panel and the nut that keeps the buttons secure.