As I understand from your drawings the VF5 box is about 33cm x 24cm… and 7cm in height… is it confortable? Since I have very big hands I’d like to make mine a little bigger… 40x30… and 10 to 15cm in height…
I’m building it with wood (no way to find good plexiglass cheap here in Italy), making a simple box and trimming it as I go along… any suggestion? 
Thanks in advance and please forgive my rusty english. 
Cheers
awesome stick dude!! :tup:
repped you.
It is very comfortable. Personally I don’t like sticks that are flat, I like them to be on a slight angle.
Even a friend of mine (who has large hands) said it was a great stick to use. He did however prefer the slightly stiffer JLW stick that I have in my other stick over the JLF but that’s another story. 
But if you want it bigger, make it bigger! There’s no reason why you couldn’t, it’s your stick after all and you’re the one who’s going to use it!
Timber shouldn’t be a problem, you’d just have to adjust your measurements a bit so that the outer dimensions match. Work it out as you go along, that’s what I do alot of the time if I’m not 100% sure.
Thankyou :tup:
thanks a lot. you only use 3 sheets of wood? no 2x4 or nothing?
You painted it… and put art on it…? Dude? What were you thinking?
Very cool otherwise, but to me making what would have been an awesome translucent stick into the same stick everyone has seen a million times was a poor decision.
I thought 360 pads… DIDNT have a common ground…
It wouldn’t have looked very good if I kept it clear, the slight glue spills on the inside plus the imperfections from cutting the plexi would’ve ruined it for me. Plus paint covers all possible sins :wgrin:
The newest ones do.
where did you get the usb port?
You should be able to find one from any decent electronics shop. I got mine from Jaycar here in Australia.
Can I ask where you got the perspex and other parts in Australia from?
Hey Dreamcaz, let me tell you congratulations again for building such a beautiful stick… and for VF yeah!
I have one question - hope you can help me
Wich pcb is that? Sorry if I missed it in the first post, but it seems that It wasn’t anywhere
Regards!
I got it from my local hardware shop. It’s pretty common stuff. If you can’t find it at a hardware shop, try a glazier.
The PCB is out of one of the new model wireless controllers. They use a common ground setup now which makes wiring a lot easier. If you buy a wireless pad from somewhere that has a high turnover your chances of getting one are pretty high if not guaranteed. I got mine from Play-asia.
Likethis?
If the PCB isn’t common ground, it means more work, but its possible anyway, right?
Thanks for your fast answer!
Amazing. I envy that stick since I’ve been wanting something like that for my 360 forever.
That’s the one!
You can do it without a common ground PCB. You’d have to solder in two wires for each button, but the biggest problem is if you want to use a JLF joystick. It’s PCB is wired for a CG setup, hence 5 wires, so you’d have to cut the common traces on the board and then wire each micro switch separately. Pain in the arse and most likely you’ll end up wrecking the joystick.
If you receive a Matrix old style PCB (which I doubt) I’d use a JLW stick instead.
Thanks for your answers man, you have really helped me a lot.
dude, did you used this to wire the switches to the PCB?
You mean the buttons? I worked out the buttons myself, it’s not that hard. I used this thread however on Xbox-scene about how to wire up the triggers.
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=618909&st=30
OK, thanks, I’ll check that link.
usb socket
I noticed on your pic with the plug and play adapter that you connected it to a usb B female socket. I also noticed there were five wires. I understand what is going on with the first four wires (red, white, green, and black). I see there is a second, thicker black wire though. What is its purpose, and where are you connecting it to on the usb B female socket. One more thing, when i opened my plug and play up there was no fifth wire…did you just use a fifth wire, or maybe there is a different plug and play adapter as well as the 2 kinds of pcbs?