n ken, its up to your imagination and how much space you want, but the depth of the stick should at least be 2 1/2", thats how long the competition stick gut is.
I was just recommending this pad to anyone who is looking into doing an Xbox hack, its a Gamestop Brand (Pelican) GSX Controller for Xbox, it has nice sized points, is cheap, and is pretty simple to solder, has an obvious +5v, that is easy to solder to, the only downside is that if you want 8 buttons you have to wire the triggers, but I think I figured out how to do that, we will know in a about a week anyway. (Xbox triggers are funny, I think I got it though)
N-ken: I make most of my boxes about 3 inches deep, unless some big pad is going in it, then I might make it 4.5 or so. The smallest dimension box I have is my Soulcalibur 2/Neo Geo stick which is about 3 inches deep, and is 8 X 10.5 on top, I know that doesnt seem that small, but I like to rest my hand on the stick when I play. If your stick is only 3 inches deep, its gonna be a tight sqeeze to get a Xbox or a DC controller in thier, especially with those dimensions.
Im using a PS2 controller, would that size work with 8 buttons? For comparison what size is the MAS?
Thanks a lot for peeps helping out
^ That will fit fine, the PS pcbs are little, it will fit fine. I dont know, I do not own a mas.
Here is one for Hayabusa ! 
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/p6f9d75f48ad4eb7d95e07c4ba2ce591d/fbcb320c.jpg
I have 3 more looks like mass sticks WITH some artwork for sale as well…will be posting pics later tomorrow(the case doesnt look complete).
Yup…build 4 today !
Extra parts for sale
I have some extra parts that could be used for an arcade stick. They are as follows:
Competition Joystick
Ultimate Joystick
(I have 4 springs. The soft spring that came wid da ultimate spring, the medium spring that came wid da competition joystick, and 2 hard springs that i ordered.)
9 horizontal conxave pushbuttons widout nut and microswitch (2 blue, 2red, 2 green, 3 black. u can order just the nut and microswitch from happs.)
1 hacked and prewired gravis gamepad pro USB for the PC (it has 4 directional inputs and 10 button inputs. However I had some issues wid 4 of the button inputs. Like if u press 2 directions and one of the 4 face button inputs, it sets off another button input. However, if u r just building a stick wid just 6 main buttons, u can just use the other 6 inputs and it will do fine.)
All of these parts were previously used in a PC stick. When I converted the stick to DC, I upgraded my parts to P360 joystick and convex buttons and was left wid these parts just lying around. PM if u r interested in buying these parts.
just wondering…
Has anyone sucessfully hacked a MAS to support another system?
Just wondering…friend of mine is working on it for me right now…
everybody email bob roberts to force him to get some p360 and convex buttons so we won’t hvae to buy from happs!!!
last time i emailed him about carrying convex buttons (back when happs had the $25 minimum order so i couldnt buy $5 worth of competition buttons) he told me if he did have any he would throw them out the door before selling them:confused:
yeah thats why we gotta convince him that those are what the fighting game community wants now aday. and do do that, we need a petition. anyone???
snaaake-How much would you charge to build a box for a controller and solder on a joystick? You see I have a topmaxx controller for DC which i have already soldered buttons onto. All I need is a box to encase it in and a actual joystick to be soldered onto the PCB.
check PM !
hey why are u buying from snake and no tme:(
because i am cooler :lol: :lol:
no ruining sale please !
Now seriouslly,just build them and post…I am sure many are looking for custom stick.
I looked around, I still want to try to add the PSX PCB to my Agetec (I know, I know, I just like it) I haven’t found anything that will tell me what to do. My thinking is just splice into the button wires and run them to the corresponding point on the PCB. But I really don’t know, and don’t want to ruin a stick. Please give suggestions or instructions, anyone? Thanks.
triple agent, you can split the wire, that’ll work, and it won’t ruin your stick, the most it can ruin is your controllelr port and maybe the pcb. but the stick/buttons will be there to last.
Care to elaborate on damaging the controller port?
well as long as you don’t have both the dc and psx plugged in at once with both power on, nothing “should” happen. but if the worse come, the fuse might blow and you can just replace it. thats all.get a converter, its much more convinient.besides, the agetec stick is hella small, fitting a bunch of wires and another pcb inside=messy.
I’d never do something stupid like that, I do appreciate the warning, though. I realize it may be a tad tight, I just figure I can go super cheap, while retaining the feeling of my favorite joystick ever. And, of course, I’d love a converter, but isn’t it true that a DC->PS or DC->GC converter doesn’t exist?
SNAAAKE,
I plan to invest in some arcade joysticks next month, and wanted to know if you could provide some information about your sticks.
I am interested in two PS/PS2 arcade sticks like the stick in this picture.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture...1d/fbcb320c.jpg.
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What is your price for two of these sticks with Happ competition joysticks and 8 Happ competition buttons (2 rows of 4)?
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Do you have different type of art your customers can choose from?
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What are the dimensions of the Arcade stick. Length, Width, Height, Weight.