i would say table saw and if you dont have one at your house or one you can use go to a machine shop pay for like 2 hours and do all the work there
I really don’t want to search through 137 pages to find this, but I’m looking for the guy who was using an arcade style keyboard. I want to find him and ask him how to make it or if I could purchase it because my friend can only play on keyboard.
you get keyboard keys, mount them in the wood, and solder the correct wires to the contacts.
Actually, Shodokan, I found the pictures I was looking for. Thanks to my Dallas thread and their sarcasm, one of them posted a link to it. :
I would recommend someone make it because we know absolutely nothing about soldering. What do you think the price would be? I can get him to buy it, just gotta know how much. : )
For a saw, I use a regular, handheld woodsaw (cost me maybe $15) and a non-machine miter saw my dad happened to have, probably cost him $50-100 when he got it. If you have a steady hand, all you really need is a woodsaw and a table.
Suggestion for the original thread:
Make a list of all PS2 PCBs that you can hack, are single-sided, with a common ground, etc … in short a list where you know in advance what you’re going to find before buying/finding a 2nd hand pad. I think this would reduce traffic somewhat (at least the more basic, common questions).
A lot of this is already on the forums but I’ve spent 1.5 hour just to know what kinds of official Sony PCBs are hackable (the M, H, A variants can be hacked solderless).
There is already a padhacking thread.
This thread should probably be locked anyway. There is an official custom sticks thread II out. Check the stickies.
Sorry, wrong thread, I meant to post that message on the padhacking thread but kinda messed up windows. My point was to have a clean way to know which pads to look for when you’re in a custom stick creation mood (especially important for 5-pin connector type sticks, which need directions to have a common ground) instead of the information scattered across 36 pages of posts. Maybe I’ll do it after all, even if all the info is far from complete …
maybe a new pad hacking thread is in need
any volunteers?
also maybe a complete guide to painting thread
The I love my custom stick part 2?!
The I love my modded stick?!
theres also a soldering thread and hardwood thread scattered
I’ll work on this
i honestly dont know where to post this… looking for the BEST x360 stick maker out here… need one cause my old stick is giving out an my boy (whom I normally run to an cry) is WAAAAAY outta town now… who should i bug… i mean pay to help make a FRESH x360 stick… shoo… somebody help!!!
Koop
Check out the stickies in the Trading outlet thread
can someone point me out to a guy who makes sticks and whos active? i’ve been trying to get one for some time but cant seem to find anyone.
There you go.
Hey, I’m new to this whole scene and well, I’ve looked through a lot of threads on this forum.
I understand that you buy the parts, make the box, and solder the wires to the correct connections.
But then I dont get where you solder the wires if you want to play on your PC. I’ve seen pics of the wires being connected to Xbox 360 controller, PS2 controller, etc. What do i connect it to be able to use it for the PC. so that its a plug and play?
Hey, I’ve kinda been out of the loop for a while. Can you wire a xbox 360 pcb and PS3 pcb in at the same time, or is there some method in which you can have both in one stick without swapping PCBs?
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=146124&highlight=pcb
This thread should tell you everything you need to know. I think someone has a diagram of a 360 pcb and a ps3 pcb wired up in one of those pages.
I have one question and I cant think of the phrase to search for to find the answer so im just gonna post.
http://www.joystickvault.com/showphoto.php/photo/624/cat/625
This is the effect im going for as far as the way the area for the joystick was cut away and the button area was routed out. How is this done exactly particularly for the buttons what size bit was used. I tried to do this using a 35mm forstner bit but it was way too small any suggestions on this and the joystick part
Hey guys, Ive tried searching, but cant find any answers to my questions. ALl I want to do is put some art on my Agetec DC stick - this involves removing and reconnecting the buttons.
What size torx screwdriver do I need to remove the metal plate on top of the stick?
Can I just disconnect and reconnect the connector on the buttons - it seems as if they are glued on?
Is the ball-top removable - I dont want to risk breaking it if it isnt designed to unscrew.
Thanks a lot guys!
I was trying to find a good set of plans for a “picture frame” style stick, but finally I decided to give up and make my own. I wanted to design one that would be accommodating of Happ parts, and I’m pretty sure that 90% of the frame-style stick boxes I’ve seen were designed for Sanwa / Seimitsu parts.
The start / select / home buttons will have to be Sanwa / Seimitsu in order to not have collision problems with the action buttons in the layout I want to use, but other than that it should do just fine with either Japanese parts or Happ style parts.
Tried searching but since that is a joke (even as a premium member) ill ask here.
I have a live arcade retro PCB in my stick and was wondering what everyone is doing to mount it inside the stick? I have seen a few people hot glue it to the side or something along those lines. Any other ideas?