Thanks. I doubt it, but by any chance are the mounting plates interchangeable too? The Seimitsu ones don’t look compatible with my current mounting method.
Lastly, I heard that in Japan for 3S cabinets they use Seimitsu sticks and Sanwa buttons. Does anyone know if this is true? If it is, I wonder how they deal with the mismatched colour problem (assuming they don’t put a Sanwa ball on the stick).
Does a stick with a psx pcb work fine with a psx to xbox converter?
You can’t take a sanwa mounting plate and put it on a Seimitsu without drilling some new holes in it.
I don’t know what they use on their cabinets in Japan. I’m sure they are probably like the US in that they don’t have a standard. They probably put what ever buttons and joystick in that they feel like. It probably varies from arcade to arcade. I’m sure they don’t worry to much about the color differences between sanwa and seimitsu parts because when you are in an arcade you are usually paying attention to what is happening on the screen and not to the colors of the buttons and joystick.
Is 3/8 mdf and 1/8 lexan good for a top plate for sanwa parts and top mounting the stick plate maybe ill shave the mdf abit down so i dont see bolts in the lexan and i want the stick high 25mm
Does a happ controls button wrench work for 30mm sanwa screw in buttons?
Thanks for helping me out, Spiffyshoes.
Dosu:
Depends on the PCB. I hear the Sony A-series PSX PCB works fine with the dreambox converter but don’t quote me on that. Hit up the dedicated converter threads.
Might be just me, but 3/8" MDF sounds a little thin for top mounting. After routing out the top you’d be left with some pretty thin wood holding the stick up.
No, because the nut on Sanwa buttons is circular, not hexagonal.
Okay thanks alot, i bought 5/8 mdf and 1/8 lexan, hope its the right size
that page you linked to shows the sanwa stick w/ the mounting plate, which is the big silver plate on it. i would call to make sure it comes with it if you need it, which would be if you are going to mount it on thick wood, then you would route the wood down to the desired height and install the plate.
~Locus
Total Neeewwwb…
Hi
can someone help please?
I have an Xfighter stick - http://www.consolesandgadgets.co.uk/catalog/xfighting-stick-built-from-sega-virtua-stick-p-955.html - and I have a friend with a spare sanwa stick and buttons. Can someone tell me if I can swap out the factory standard shit with the sanwa please?
I don’t see why not…
i don’t think they’d care enough to match colors all the time.
BigBadJim:
if it uses the same buttons and Case as the Saturn stick, then you won’t be able to just swap buttons because the button holes are smaller. you’ll have to widen them.
to take out the stick, you’ll need to remove the screws that are under the art thing.
where can i go to get just a hori stick, not the whole hori but just the joy stick?
Are the sanwas with the american bat style stick in them any bigger than the jap ones? I want to know if I could take an agetec style jstick and put a sanwa bat style stick in it. The ball top jsticks hurt my hand after a while.
I know this may seem retarded, but I can’t find it in search,
I’ve only made happ sticks before, what size hole saws do I need for 30mm and 24mm buttons? (play and then start size buttons right?)
thanks, sorry for the newb question.
:wtf: 24 millimeter and 30 millimeter maybe?
ParryPerson.
Also, OBSF-30 will snap into 2, 3 and 4 millimeter thick materials, just a little “extra” info :).
Hey hey now toodles, don’t get smart with me! I didn’t know if the 30mm and 24mm included the size of the tops of the buttons… (leaving a hole they just fell thru)
i SAID it was a newb question. Thanks for the extra info to TRNG.
The metal plate screws in with 4 screws to the sanwa stick? the screws that came with my plate are too small for the stick. does anyone know the right screw size for the stick to screw together with the mounting plate? it only came with 4 screws and no nuts, and the screws just spin in the sticks hole, seems like the plate should go in the hexgonal hole. but they dont
if its for the mounting plate then i think it should be the 4 holes closest to the shaft of the sanwa stick. the nuts should already be in base of the stick so all you would have to do is put the plate on and put in the screws. this is how it was for me when i got my stick. but also be careful, because if you strip the top of one of the screws, it becomes very difficult to get it out since there is no access to the nut. it happened to me when i decided i wasnt going to use the plate and one of the screws just wouldnt turn anymore.
i second this question