Vietkhan
Make sure you ground the 360 right or else your dreamcast is toast. Also when you solder make sure none of the solder shorts out to anything else. If you dont have a multimeter i would strongly suggest one.
Here we go.
Well, It’s almost complete, and ready to be shown to the world, my custom joystick. Ah yes, what a beauty she is, I just wish that I had before and after pics.
I got a joystick from a friend, who got it from a friend. It was made out of 10 year old crappy wood, that had a horrible paintjob (lmao dmitri) and was wired up for a panasonic 3do. I took it from my friend (for a small fee of course) bought some old PSX controllers, and sat down with a vision in mind. And now, without further delay, I bring you, the ultimate in home fighting equipment. The V.S Custom Divitt-Baiocco josytick.
http://members.rogers.com/corrieis/joystick/3.jpg
This is almost the finished product. As you can see, it’s been primered, sprayed (in a proffesional wood finishing spray booth) sanded and laquered to perfection. It is so smooth that it almost feels like plastic.
http://members.rogers.com/corrieis/joystick/5.jpg
My friend Jay who owns the shop where all the woodwork was done took it upon himself to fool even the most trained eye into thinking that the thing was made of one piece of wood.
http://members.rogers.com/corrieis/joystick/4.jpg
We then designed a V.S symbol (pretty much stolen from SNK V.S Capcom) and stuck it on with some red spraypaint.
http://members.rogers.com/corrieis/joystick/2.jpg
Now the funny thing is that I labored over wiring up the P1 side and did many intricate things, and it was just too much. The wiring came out loose and hectic.
http://members.rogers.com/corrieis/joystick/1.jpg
But on my first attempt at the 2P side, I had a beautifuly soldered and mounted PCB in under 3 hours.
http://members.rogers.com/corrieis/joystick/8.jpg
It’s really simple to wire up, and I taught myself everything I Know through trial and error.
http://members.rogers.com/corrieis/joystick/7.jpg
So ph33r me and my l33t joystick. In a few years I’ll be able to own Mike 
http://members.rogers.com/corrieis/joystick/6.jpg
P.S- On a side note, I will slowly be gathering my money while I’m at university and ordering custom IIDX buttons. Soon I will have a IIDX controller that looks and plays just like my fighting stick does.
I’ll have some pics of my latest project up on my site shortly (or at least the status of it). This will be my first artwork/plexi design. I’m working with photoshop right now and messing around a little. Any ideas are welcome, if I can post this pic, tell me what you think so far. www.rotendo.50megs.com
RoTeNdO
Edit-nevermind…wouldn’t let me post it…file is too large
BMIIDX <-- good work… but you’re a terrible photographer
can anyone give me some important safety tips when using a table saw? I read that the stocked 3 in 1 blade guard/riveting knife/and anti-kickback paw is no good. Should I change it? I also read that the reason why experts change their blade guard and such is so they can install a shorter riveting knife to be able to make non-through cuts(a cut that doesn’t go all the way into the wood). Any tips would be appreciated.
Don’t know what to tell ya. I haven’t invested in a table saw yet, though I’ve been close twice now in getting a Skillsaw for $40 at Lowes’ . I’ve always just cut through from one end of the wood to the other.
Testing to see if I can post my stick artwork. I don’t really plan to use this one. Just experimenting right now.
Let me know what you guys think. Feel free to use it as a wallpaper if you want, I don’t care.
can someone give me the exact measurements for the button layout? i skimmed the links in the first page through 40 and didnt see anything. thanks alot!
i think it’s generally 8" by 14 1/2". n rotendo, whoa, heihachi’s fist looks fuckin huge.
I know kid, that is how it’s suppose to look. It’s closer to the camera, so things that are closer apear larger than something that is farther. Take a pen, or you hands for example and have on arm out in front of you, then the other with your hand in front your face. Which is larger? The hand that is closer. You learn things like that if you draw in art classes or in photography and shit like that. Anyway, that pic was drawn by Namco artist, and I just used it.
Heh, blame it on my Camera Metalslug. it would look better, but I was using a digital video camera that had no light, and it was night time so I couldn’t go outside to get any good shots 
Ii needed a flash to make it look better.
i ordered stuff from happcontrols, it takes forever /=. when did your stuff come when you orderd them?
and about 360 stix, i need a 5v adapter? can’t i use a the ps2 for my power? if so , how ??? and i can’t use a $5 controller for 360? help it’s discombobulating my mind!!
you can use any controller, all controller have a power output. for psx its the 5th pin on the plug, just trace that to your pcb. and i get my stuff from
www.gamescabinetinc.com , they’re a bit cheaper and accept paypal, and does not charge tax, and most importantly, they’re faster than happs
My shit comes in 7 days (exactly) everytime that I’ve ordered, it was no longer than that, except for the red competition pushbuttons cuz they were on back order, but STILL managed to get in BEFORE the other parts that I ordered simultaneously with it! :eek: I guess it depends where you live. Now they have another location in SC wich is only about 3 hours from here (state, not warehouse) I’ll check out that other website, and add it to the links. I’m going to go through all 40 pages and make sure that I have all the links up to date. Yeah, I said 40 vice the 100+ cuz I have my page set for 40 posts per page.
dead link /=
Yeah, dead link, or mis-typed. Anyway… I just got finished going though this whole thread and it took my nearly 2 1/2 hours!! :eek: Good info on pages 7,12, 23, 26, and 27. Updated the links, deleted some dead ones. Enjoy. Make sure to check out my recently updated site for some fresh pics.
Dreadedfist: Going through those old pages, you said about opening up that layout template in photoshop and then opening a grid or something to customize it. And also to use autocad if I had it, what is autocad? Thanks
Anyone has seen those new arcade sticks that pelican just released? Cheap ass wood, horrible buttons (really hard to press), and a cheap ass wannabe super joystick, held by cross head bolts vice carriage. They had them for sale at Gamestop/Babbages for $59.99 and were available for GC/XB/PS2. The buttons and joystick can be replaced with the REAL arcade buttons and joysticks. I might buy one to take a peek inside and see what they use for their pcbs. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out if it’s old controllers that didn’t see and also to see how they did the wiring.
Tata for now.
yea i saw those sticks, the buttons do suck. Im not too sure on the level of crappiness for the stick tho, but i dont see any point in buying it, even if ur gonna replace the stick and buttons why dont u jes get one of those cheap redoctane sticks will be alot cheaper in the end
I make my own sticks, and wouldn’t bother buying a red octance stick. I just want to check out the construction of the damn thing. Then replace the buttons/sticks and re-sell it on eBay or one of my Marines that lives in the barracks (They buy EVERYTHING!) lol either way… I’ll make my money back. At least I can bash it afterwards since I had the opportunity to ‘own’ it for a week or so. 
yes i do know u make ur own sticks. i was saying dont buy that stick to everyone, not you specifically