The Sanwa and Seimitsu FAQ

[Paik4Life]

So I plan on making on stick shortly and so far I have the wired 360 controller I’m going to use and I plan on ordering either the transparent seimitsu’s or sanwa buttons and probably the jlf stick. Aside from the materials to build the case and the wires what else to I need to make it work? I would like the option to wire it to a PS pcb in the future, can the buttons/ stick be wired to 2 separate pcbs or do I need some sort of intermediary?

btw: Paik and Toreus, where are you guys located in relation to Lynchburg? (I’ve heard of Fairfax and Centreville but have no clue where they are)

Aside from tools and parts, you should be set. For 2 PCBs in one stick, check here:

http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=146124

or www.slagcoin.com

Paik(or anyone with who can help): Do you know offhand if which sticks will fit into the SE edition Madcatz? I am thinking of putting a LS-40-01 and a LS-56-01 as I have always wanted to try these sticks. If they will not fit in the SE, will they fit in a hrapSA? Thanks, and if this info is posted somewhere else, my bad

As far as being able to fit, all the Sanwa/Seimitsu sticks can fit into the SE. If you mean which will mod in without modification, that I can’t help you with very much. I believe the LS-56-01 uses a mounting plate that has the same mounting holes as the JLF, but I’m not positive. Check akihabarashop.jp and go to the mounting plates to find the schematics. They have the exact dimensions and you can compare. I’m too lazy to do this myself and hell, you need do to some work, too. : )

Hey guys I had a question about the JLF. I have a shaft cover on mine, and I wanted to try using a bat top with the adapter, but whenever I tighten it down all the way it seems to apply force to the shaft cover and restricts the movement of the stick.

It seems like it should fit ok because of the extra space under the bat top, but maybe it is pressing against the pivot too much or something… Do I need to sand it down?

The shaft cover will not work with the bat top attachement stock. You will have to cut it down.

~Paik

[Homer_Pimpson]

As far as being able to fit, all the Sanwa/Seimitsu sticks can fit into the SE. If you mean which will mod in without modification, that I can’t help you with very much. I believe the LS-56-01 uses a mounting plate that has the same mounting holes as the JLF, but I’m not positive. Check akihabarashop.jp and go to the mounting plates to find the schematics. They have the exact dimensions and you can compare. I’m too lazy to do this myself and hell, you need do to some work, too. : )

~Paik

Cool thank you, I knew you would point me in the right direction :karate:

[Stargalaqtic]

Quick question I know Sanwa makes a bat top that can be installed on either a sanwa or a seimitsu. But I have been looking on lizardlick and I see the bat top, but it doesn’t specify if the adapter that they sell will work with a semimitsu stick. Any help is very appreciated.

[RoboKrikit]

Quick question I know Sanwa makes a bat top that can be installed on either a sanwa or a seimitsu. But I have been looking on lizardlick and I see the bat top, but it doesn’t specify if the adapter that they sell will work with a semimitsu stick. Any help is very appreciated.

Yes, the adapter works on Seimitsu sticks. The threads are the same on most of the Sanwa and Seimitsu models.

[Paik4Life]

Yes it will work.

~Paik

[Digital717]

I’m sure this has been posted before but I’ve searched for 30 minutes and can’t find the answer so I’m asking.

I know that Sanwa sticks are generally recommended to be top mounted, but I can’t find the reason why.

I plan on bottom mounting a JLF to 1/4" Birch wood with 3 mm Lexan on top so the depth should be about 9mm which should be good. So my question is why exactly is top mounting preferred?

edit. I’m also going to brace the whole top with another layer on the bottom of 1/4" birch.

[lloop9]

I used the template provided by TRNG & did a template comparison in Adobe Illustrator, I hope this can be of some help to you guys.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v425/lloop9/mounting-plates.gif

[shinshoryuken]

I have a Virtual stick pro,…the 2 player version for the saturn.

It comes with with seimitsu LS-32 stock with a S mounting plate, do you one know how I can put a LS-56 in there? Like what kind of mounting plate would i need?

[System_1]

Great info, its taken me about 3 days to actually go through it, lol.

[Paik4Life]

I have a Virtual stick pro,…the 2 player version for the saturn.

It comes with with seimitsu LS-32 stock with a S mounting plate, do you one know how I can put a LS-56 in there? Like what kind of mounting plate would i need?

My recollection of the mounting area for the VSP makes me believe that you cannot use any of the readily available mounting plates to put in LS-56. Sorry.

~Paik

[shinshoryuken]

My recollection of the mounting area for the VSP makes me believe that you cannot use any of the readily available mounting plates to put in LS-56. Sorry.

~Paik

THANKS Paik!

Do you happen to know what stick & mounting plates will fits the VSP?
thanks in advance

[Paik4Life]

The only reason the stock LS-32 fits in there is because of the special mounting plate that was made for it. That mounting plate is not available through Seimitsu.

However, the mounting area is designed to fit a JLF but it must be using the S-shaped mounting plate. Those are the only ones that I can think of that would even potentially fit without mods.

~Paik

[patmonsta]

im currently using a ls32 stick and i was wondering if a ls32 01 S shaped plate mounts the same as the flat one holla back plz

[Paik4Life]

No it doesn’t.

~Paik

[Dipez]

im currently using a ls32 stick and i was wondering if a ls32 01 S shaped plate mounts the same as the flat one holla back plz

ls-32-01 with an S plate mounts very closely to a JLF with flat plate(just the size is different) mounting depth is the same.

[System_1]

Mounting Hole Measurements for JLF and LS-32-01 S-Plate

Hello,

I am planning on creating two sticks, one using Sanwa parts, and one using Seimitsu. The sticks I will be using are the JLF and LS-32-01, both with S-Plate style mounting plates. I will be top-mounting said sticks on 2mm aluminum, and have a friend cutting the aluminum for me.

This thread has been an excellent resource for measurements and information, however after several hours of looking I cannot find the last bit of measurement information I need: the measurements of the square hole required in the aluminum for the JLF and LS-32-01 joysticks respectively to sink through when top mounted.

Hopefully someone can help??

Thanks in advance.

[RemzRR]

I have a HRAP2SA for the PS2 will the
Sanwa OBSF-30RG fit inside it ?
And how do I stop the Ball from getting unscrewed on the balltop?

[System_1]

hey guys,
i’m currently planning to mod two madcatz se fightsticks (if i get them -.-). one of those is going to have a sanwa joystick and the other one is going to get the ls-32-01.
as i’m unfamiliar to playing fighting games with an arcade stick i’m unsure if i’ll warm up to the square gates on both sticks, but i’ll definitely try them out
for the sanwa there’s an octagonal gate to help me out if i can’t get used to the square gate but i can’t seem to find an octagonal gate for the ls-32-01. another board member pointed me to the realneogeo’s site but i can’t find it there. does it exist or is it a myth?
Thanks,
M

[Paik4Life]

Hello,

I am planning on creating two sticks, one using Sanwa parts, and one using Seimitsu. The sticks I will be using are the JLF and LS-32-01, both with S-Plate style mounting plates. I will be top-mounting said sticks on 2mm aluminum, and have a friend cutting the aluminum for me.

This thread has been an excellent resource for measurements and information, however after several hours of looking I cannot find the last bit of measurement information I need: the measurements of the square hole required in the aluminum for the JLF and LS-32-01 joysticks respectively to sink through when top mounted.

Hopefully someone can help??

Thanks in advance.

If you’re using metal for the top panel, you shouldn’t top mount. You should bottom mount. I said this on the first page. You can’t top mount anything in a panel that is only 2mm thick…

I have a HRAP2SA for the PS2 will the
Sanwa OBSF-30RG fit inside it ?
And how do I stop the Ball from getting unscrewed on the balltop?

Yes they will fit. To get the balltop from unscrewing you have to open up the joystick and get access to the JLF. The bottom of the JLF shaft has a slot where you need to insert a screwdriver. While holding the screwdriver in place, tighten the balltop (or you can hold the balltop and tighten the screwdriver). If you do it tight enough, it won’t unscrew again.

hey guys,
i’m currently planning to mod two madcatz se fightsticks (if i get them -.-). one of those is going to have a sanwa joystick and the other one is going to get the ls-32-01.
as i’m unfamiliar to playing fighting games with an arcade stick i’m unsure if i’ll warm up to the square gates on both sticks, but i’ll definitely try them out
for the sanwa there’s an octagonal gate to help me out if i can’t get used to the square gate but i can’t seem to find an octagonal gate for the ls-32-01. another board member pointed me to the realneogeo’s site but i can’t find it there. does it exist or is it a myth?
Thanks,
M

There is no octagon gate for the LS-32(-01). AkihabaraShop does have a custom make circular gate for it though.

~Paik

[System_1]

I used the template provided by TRNG & did a template comparison in Adobe Illustrator, I hope this can be of some help to you guys.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v425/lloop9/mounting-plates.gif

Thanks for this picture…would i be able to just print this out and use it as a template true to size? This would make things go alot smoother for me when drilling the MDF.