Q&A about Joystick Building, Parts, and Purchasing

[mr.mortified]

If you're using clear buttons, dont forget about the size of the circle you need for the art inside.

I can't remember the exact dimensions but its somewhere in the ballpark of 20-22mm for the circle inside the button

[mr.mortified]

its no problem as long as your pcb that you're using is common ground (there's a bit more wiring dinks if it wasn't)
and there's also a bit of heavy case modification

if i remember right, the happ/IL/Suzo sticks use quick disconnect terminals instead of wire harnesses
you're going to have to pull out your soldering iron and figure out which one the wires leading up to the switch is the ground and signal. from there, link the ground wires together and follow the JLF pinout on the other side.
You're also going to have to modify the case to accept a japanese joystick. That requires a few woodworking tools (if its a wood case)

just out of curiosity, what kind of stick do you have?
because you said american, i'm going to assume either AIAB, MAS, or those old school pelican sticks

[KayEff]

Would it be possible to just twist off the bat top and replace with a ball top, or do some joysticks not work that way?

[mr.mortified]

not happs

its fine with sanwas/semitsus

[KayEff]

Well, it'd probably be best to take a look inside the stick and see how the joystick is wired. How hard the job may be depends on how they manufacturers wired it.

You can get complete arcade stick parts or anything related at http://www.lizardlick.com/ They have quite the catalog for what you need to mod/build arcade sticks, so it should always be the first go-to place should you be looking for those kinds of things.

[mr.mortified]

It's a Korean made American style arcade stick, under the brand name of 'Fanta Stick'.

http://www.gammac.asia/ProductShow.asp?ID=219

I have SOME experience with soldering and electronic circuits, thanks to 10th grade...
Thanks for the info. Know where I can get the complete parts (Sanwa joystick only, of course)?

EDIT: Ugh...Looking back at it, I think this is some custom made stuff. I don't think I can mod it...
It's probably not even Happ stick, but it feels as stiff as one.

DAMMIT.

if its a fanta its korean sticks

they still install the same

[mr.mortified]

no you don't need the actuator and stuff, it all comes with what you need
also that JLW is easy enough to install into that stick as it comes with waht seems to be a compatible mounting plate. just screw the new stick in, pull out the quick disconnects on teh stick and replace them onto the JLW

for the buttons, i think you'd have to solder it but if i remember right you want to keep them so that's a non-issue

[kraken]

I've been using a modded FS3 with seimitsu LS33 for past two months but I still dont feel comfortable with it, the stock spring was too light but when I replaced it with a spring from LS56 it felt too stiff.

So instead of messing about more with this, I'm thinking of picking up a SF4:TE which has sanwa parts IIRC.

I play Tekken6 with controller but I would like to try use stick with it as well, besides for BB and other Arc games.

What would you folks recommend?
Battle it out with my FS3, switch to Madcatz SF4:TE stick, or something else?

[KayEff]

If it feels too stiff, you can always make the spring more loose. All you need to do is just use it more.

[mr.mortified]

I've been using a modded FS3 with seimitsu LS33 for past two months but I still dont feel comfortable with it, the stock spring was too light but when I replaced it with a spring from LS56 it felt too stiff.

So instead of messing about more with this, I'm thinking of picking up a SF4:TE which has sanwa parts IIRC.

I play Tekken6 with controller but I would like to try use stick with it as well, besides for BB and other Arc games.

What would you folks recommend?
Battle it out with my FS3, switch to Madcatz SF4:TE stick, or something else?

if you feel like an LS56 spring is too stiff, add a JLF spring to that LS33.
so in other words, include both the ls33 spring and the JLF spring inside the LS33
don't buy what you can mod as i like to say

also since we're on the topic of this