I have a quick question. I’m in the process of putting the buttons in, but the Sanwa buttons don’t fit in to the button holes all the way because of those little tabs on the sides of the buttons. Is there anyway I can still fit in? I don’t have a dremel btw.
you should enlarge the hole. Last time i also did not have a dremel. I bought a SGD$2 file, i file the hole like hell untill the button can be squeezed in inside. If you have money to spare get a hand held drill mine cost SGD$30 and the grinder cost SGD$5. this will save you alot of energy and get your stick ready faster
I’ve finished modding the stick, but I’ve run into a problem. I’ve put in Sanwa buttons, and they worked fine when i tested them out. When I play with it, the buttons will all work fine for twenty seconds or so, but then the four bottom buttons (L2, Square, Cross and R2) just stop working. I haven’t really tried very many things to fix it, but I thought maybe I’d missed a step.
Do the buttons need to be grounded or something? I’ve got electrical tape covering the metal plate where the pcb would touch it. I haven’t yet tested it enough to see if the same glitches happen without the metal plate on. I’ll supply pictures a little later. I’m moreso just wondering if anyone knows of something from that description.
Edit: I found the problem. One of the wires connected to the buttons was sharp enough to poke through the electrical tape lining the metal plate. So it was shorting out. I just dremeled the tip off. Works perfect now 
Did these in January, forgot to post. Learned many things and had a great time.
Seimitsu
Sanwa
Just finished modding my Hori FS3. Really happy because I had it on hold because I had a couple problems but I finally figured them out!
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Close Up
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I burnt my finger soldering the last button cuz my mom bust through the door and frightened me! Not cool!!!
Little help
So I’ve been playing with my fight pad since the release of sfiv and I’m looking to get a fight stick now. I’ve really enjoyed seeing all the creative mods and some classy looking sticks. Soo since Monday I’ve been scouring the web trying to find a decent stick to of course mod myself. I have a high skill level in soldering as I worked as a cell phone repair tech for many years. So the task in its self seems like a walk in the park. Now I found a Hori Fight Stick 3 here->
http://www.dascheap.com/ps3-hori-arcade-fighting-stick-3-works-with-super-street-fighter-4-now-34.html
Has anyone ordered from this website or know of a place I can get a fight stick for the same price in the US?
A few questions to help me along.
Q:What are some buttons you guys recommend?
A:
Q:What is a good Joystick to start with?
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Q:Why do some people only have a 6 button set up while others still have the 8 button config?
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Thank you all in advance :rock:
Dascheap is reputable.
Q:What are some buttons you guys recommend?
A: Sanwa OSBF-30’s are easy to install. Grind out the tabs on the panel and grind the circle to 30 mm so that Sanwa buttons fit.
Q:What is a good Joystick to start with?
A: Common option is to change the joystick to JLF. It requires some modification to the JLF and/or case. Some just stick with the stock joystick. Maybe replace microswitches.
Q:Why do some people only have a 6 button set up while others still have the 8 button config?
A: No game uses all 8 buttons. Look at arcade cabs. The extra two buttons can be useful for macros and menu navigation but it may be prone to accidental press.
Thank you very much The_Third. I’ve been reading about the osbf’s and i think those will be my choice for the first mod. I guess after I play with it for a bit I will consider a upgrade to jlf.
Modding to a JLF was definitely more work than merit. In retrospect I should have just stuck to the Hori, changed the gate and extended the shaft.
i was wondering if u change the balltop on the hori stick to a different color do u need an adapter?
Do not.
Only Bat Top.
speaking of extending the shaft… how do you go about doing that?
“Sentence fragments”
hori fs3 template
can anyone make me a template for my stick. i dont have anything like photoshop. i can send you some pics. please let me know. i can give you my email. thanks
The Hori Fighting Stick 3 will be my first stick, so I’m just learning. However, I do want to make sure whatever I’m learning with is similar to higher-level sticks. So, I’d like to rearrange the buttons on this HFS3 to match the layout of those higher-level sticks.
I’ve mocked up what I would like to do with the stick:
Now, as far as I understand, these buttons are soldered straight to the circuit board. So if I want to make these adjustments, I need to actually run wires from the buttons to the board. Correct? What type of wire should I be using?
Also, if I’m going through this much trouble, should I just stick better buttons in there? Or should I not bother with something like that at this point? (Remember, I’m very new to stick play.)
Thanks for any and all feedback!
That is right.
You would have to reroute using wires.
Stranded wire.
22 or 24 or 26 AWG.
Even thinner is you want to be crazy.
I would not bother changing the buttons like that. Way more hassle than it’s worth. Although if you use the stock hori buttons I suppose you don’t need wire, you can just resolder them back onto the PCB after rearranging.
I’d definitely get 6 - 8 Sanwa buttons. Makes a world of difference for me. Stock stick works alright so I wouldn’t change it. I can comfortably switch between a Sanwa JLF and a Hori I bought for a friend.
He doesn’t want to change just the location of the colors, but also the Button Mapping.
Stock is like this:
L1 [ ] /\ R1
L2 X O R2
He wants it like this:
[ ] /\ R1 L1
X O R2 L2
So do need to rewire.
Thank you for the responses, jdm714 and roxtc. And you’re right, jdm, I’m looking to totally change the button layout.
Perhaps to start I should just remap the button layout within the game (SSFIV), and later change the physical button layout when replacing the parts?
If that’s the case, I’d just tell SSFIV to use the following:
Jab = L1
Strong = Square
Fierce = Triangle
Short = L2
Forward = X
Roundhouse = Circle