My LS-32 without the mounting plate fit exactly into the plastic square inside my Maflash case when I grinded down the four screw terminals inside the square that held the stock stick in place. Then I just drilled four holes in the case inside the plastic square and attached the LS-32 directly to the case without using a mounting plate. I did this with a LS-32 NOT a LS-32-01 so I can´t say if it´s the same for that.
But I think you could also just grind down all the plastic in the stick area, including the plastic square, and drill four holes with proper LxW dimensions (80 x 40 mm???) so you can mount other sticks without needing to make another four holes with other LxW dimensions. But then you would need to use mounting plates ( I only have the flat LS-32 one).
I think four holes in a rectanglular shape of 80 x 40 mm is some sort of semi-universal measurement that will allow you to mount other sticks with mounting plates too but someone more experienced will have to confirm that.
Im currently debating if I want to get this for my first project and your tutorial has given me confidence and Ill probably order one sometime tonight. Thanks!
inspired by ur tutorial i want to mod my arcade pro stick too. im a mod virgin so plz forgive me nooby questions.
is it possible to mount sanwa 30mm buttons? and if, which button type would fit? i see tons of different buttons in shops, but i cant find out if where the differences are and if they would fit for the arcade pro. are they more difficult to implement? (apart from the extra dremel works)
First things first: Thanks for this great guide, it’s obvious that you put a lot of effort into this, and I really appreciate that.
Your guide was pretty much the last thing I needed to finally decide to mod my mayflash stick, so here are a few questions (which as far as my research shows have not been answered here):
in your guide, you recommend Crown 203C buttons, as they don’t need any filing to fit. Do the 203A buttons also fit without any additional modding? I’m asking because the button harness you recommend (this one) has those “solder free connections” which only fit on the 203A buttons if I am correct, and making use of that would be kinda nice for a first time modder as you can skip some of the soldering.
If they do fit, would you recommend them? Would they fit/feel as firm as the 203C buttons with spacers?
I looked at the measurements for both buttons and they seem to be identical but there may be something I’m overlooking.
I know that you didn’t mention it in your guide, but just to be safe: Do I need any additional solder for soldering?
I’m planning to mod this Mayflash Fighting Stick. Comparing your pictures to this stick, both look identical but there’s a [media=youtube]83D9TzyZwdA&feature=player_detailpage#t=172s[/media] on youtube that mentions problems with the sanwa stick and some Mayflash PCBs (something with the grounding? Sorry I’m not very electronics-savvy) where you need to scratch specific lines on the joysticks PCB. Is there any way to tell if this applys to my stick?
My research has shown that my Mayflash stick is probably the older edition, and not exactly the one I’ve linked to above (my box looked a bit different so I guess I do have one of the older/pre-2009 ones).
Hope my questions are not too dumb, and thanks for your patience!
Thanks for the advice, I will look into finding some rubber washers that would fit. Judging from the measurements taken from etokki.com, I guess that rubber washers should have a radius smaller than 11,5mm so they are a tight fit?
(The only reason why I am looking at the 203A buttons btw is because there are no black 203C buttons)
edit: do you think one of those is good enough to keep the buttons in place?
I guessed so, thanks!
So basically if my main PCB has a pre-2009 date printed on it (the youtube guide specifically states that the 2007 versions are common ground, so I guess there’s a 2007 and a 2009 version?) it is common ground and I won’t need to scratch the joystick PCB, and if it’s from 2009 I will need to scratch it?
I’m just not sure how many different versions are out there.
Also will it do any damage to the stick if my PCB is non-common ground and I don’t scratch the joystick PCB?
Thanks again for the support, just trying to figure this all out so I can finalize my etokki order.
can someone who has the pcb sitting around see how much can be cut off the end (i’m guessing it can all go after the solder points) i know soldering to the accessory traces will probably be a bitch but i’m trying to figure out if i can fit it in a ps3 pad (measurements would be awesome)
I finished modding my Paewang arcade stick with no problems. But when I use my arcade stick on the internet browser, I noticed I am moving both the d-pad and the analog. Will this affect the game-play in anyway?
Hey, I’m planning on modding my Mayflash that I had bought for just a few bucks last year.
However, since I’m used to Sanwa buttons, does this (Button Harness for Paewang PCB, the one you suggest to use on etokki) work with Sanwa OBSF-30 buttons? If not, how different are Crown’s buttons from Sanwa’s?
Also, I noticed there’s talk about common ground PCBs and all, how should I go with modding mine? The text printed on the PCB states “MF-Stick-B1 2009-04-20”. Does Sanwa JLF work with this, or do I need to go for an extra mile?
I’m not very common with modding stuff yet, since this would be my first time actually modding a stick (the time when I modded my SFIV SE does not count as much).
The button wire harness on Etokki should work on Sanwa buttons because they use .110" female disconnects. You’ll have to desolder the pins that connect the main PCB to the button board and then solder on the button wire harness.
The 2009 Mayflash PCB is non-common ground. You can still install a Sanwa JLF or similar joysticks with a microswitch PCB, but you’ll have to solder the wires directly to the microswitches and cut the ground traces on the PCB or remove the switches from the PCB.
You’re pretty much set with those parts from etokki. All you need are the proper tools to solder/desolder and dremel, but you probably know that already.
