Hey Phreak, how much would I have to pay you for an LS-56 Link? Throw a number out there and I will sell my body to meet it.
This would be amazing. As much as I love the JLF and LS-32, the LS-56 is my favorite stick. I would be down to throw a few pretty pennys towards that project if it ever came into being.
Shot ya an email, phreak!
Been looking around for an answer before posting. Is it normal for the ls32 bottom to stick up a little above the panel? It seems like my ls32 ball top is higher now. I can take some pictures / measurements if needed.
The bottom might stick above the panel depending on the mounting bracket being used. Due to using the interchangeable top, the overall length is 5mm taller, so to alleviate this you either need to use a straight mounting bracket or lower the S bracket with washers.
I’ll have to have FA make sure to add that into the part description to avoid it taking anyone by surprise.
Thanks for the info. Time to get a straight mounting bracket (or just deal with the change)
Loving my Links btw. I should have pledged for more of them.
No problem, I’m glad you like it, and I appreciate backing the kickstarter for sure!
Not sure on that. I can estimate how much it would cost for a full run of these but I probably wouldn’t even consider running them until I re-make the batch so they can all be done at once.
Let me look into one-offs though, might be able to have a friend lathe a handful if he’s feeling up to it. He likes the practice.
Yeah, I was thinking more along the lines of a one-off anyway.
I am currently having a hard time to remove the link shaft from the base. It gets a little bit stuck and I have to try two or three times.
I just took a look a the inside part of the shaft to see what happens when I pull up the movable part (I never paid attention to that before) and only one of the three small “balls” inside randomly moves, the other two stay still. The “ball” that moves is not always the same and many times the three of them stay still.
Has anyone experienced the same situation?
My first Link’s shaft got stuck on the base and wouldn’t detach at all - Phreak advised me to remove the Link and give it a couple of sharp taps on a hard surface to realign the balls - which worked perfectly.
Could be worth a try?
@Phreakazoid
Is there any difference between the ver.1 and ver.2 top part of the Link. I know the base was altered for ver.2 but don’t know if the top was changed. The reason I ask is because I have powder coated ver.1 top that I wanted to use with a ver.2 base.
There’s some differences yeah, but overall a v1 top will work well with a v2 base.
Ok that sounds good to me.
I just put a v2 Link in my stick and just after using it a few minutes I can already tell that it’s better than the v1 was. A lot tighter and just fells much more enjoyable to use.
I’m glad you like it, I think the improvements really helped bring it to where it needed to be.
So i was just about to order the kaimana parts so i could put LED’s in my stick when i realized that i would have no clue how to get the LED for the balltop to work well with the Link. Pnoy and bryan seemed pretty sure that it would not work well and would ultimately defeat the purpose of having the link. So i took the link along with the balltop off my stick and put it over my iphone in flashlight mode to see how well it would shine through coming from where the the link sits and it seemed to do fine without having a hole drilled in the balltop. So for the most part im thinking i may be able to come up with something if someone else has not.
My question is has anyone had any luck with getting LED lighting to work well with the Link?
@darabidduckie did one way back when. He basically moved tge LED to the bottom section so it shines through the top’s hole.
It worked ok I believe but other than that nothing currently comes to mind. I toyed with some options a long time ago but never followed up.
And I stopped doing it too. You have to make sure the LED is aligned every time you put the top on, and after having to replace 2-3 LEDs because they broke because they got crushed or the leads broke from the shaft getting twisted around during gameplay (and snapping the lead or the solder joint).
Also, the effect isn’t very pronounced. You’d have to get a light pipe and stick it through the top to make it more noticeable.
In short, it’s very counter-productive to have LEDs in it. The Link is so damn practical that it far outweighs the eye candy that an LED balltop would offer.
Good point. Really appreciate the feedback Phreak/Duckie. In the long run its seems ill be better off with just LED’s for the buttons. Thanks guys!
How does the v2 link work with Bat tops? I just got a Link as a Christmas gift, and was curious before I ordered a top for ir.
I got a metal bat top from Focus Attack on mine. Works perfectly.