Reply 21660 of 27574, by Shreddoc
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TrashPanda wrote on 2022-05-09, 05:32:Shreddoc wrote on 2022-05-09, 05:29:All done. Works good. Finish a bit rough, but that's what you get for being crap at painting, plus, "it's just a temp job" lol […]
Shreddoc wrote on 2022-05-07, 22:09:Whipping up a temporary fight stick out of scrap, to provide a nice way of using my new arcade stick+buttons, which will tide me over until later in the year when another proper cabinet build is planned.
Built and filled (putty) it yesterday, today to sand it flush, drill the holes, and prime it with a couple of coats of Zinsser BIN. Not sure if I'll bother topcoating it, since it's just a quick and temporary job. Good paint is expensive.
Oh and also had to solder a microUSB port back onto an Arduino which it had snapped off. These particular units had the port merely held onto the board with a couple of solder dots, in addition to the electrical contacts themselves. Rather than thru-hole posts as is the more robust norm. That was a slight pain, the port's pinout is tiny, so I had to trace back and solder onto the next available points. All worked good. That'll be the Daemonbite adapter, the control board for the fight stick.
All done. Works good. Finish a bit rough, but that's what you get for being crap at painting, plus, "it's just a temp job" 🤣
Still better than almost any fight stick you can buy.
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Id be happy to use that, looks like a great way to use up some parts while honing the tech fuckery skills !
Cheers mate, yeah I can think of plenty worse ways to spend a weekend! 😀
chrismeyer6 wrote on 2022-05-09, 12:17:Shreddoc wrote on 2022-05-09, 05:29:All done. Works good. Finish a bit rough, but that's what you get for being crap at painting, plus, "it's just a temp job" lol […]
Shreddoc wrote on 2022-05-07, 22:09:Whipping up a temporary fight stick out of scrap, to provide a nice way of using my new arcade stick+buttons, which will tide me over until later in the year when another proper cabinet build is planned.
Built and filled (putty) it yesterday, today to sand it flush, drill the holes, and prime it with a couple of coats of Zinsser BIN. Not sure if I'll bother topcoating it, since it's just a quick and temporary job. Good paint is expensive.
Oh and also had to solder a microUSB port back onto an Arduino which it had snapped off. These particular units had the port merely held onto the board with a couple of solder dots, in addition to the electrical contacts themselves. Rather than thru-hole posts as is the more robust norm. That was a slight pain, the port's pinout is tiny, so I had to trace back and solder onto the next available points. All worked good. That'll be the Daemonbite adapter, the control board for the fight stick.
All done. Works good. Finish a bit rough, but that's what you get for being crap at painting, plus, "it's just a temp job" 🤣
Still better than almost any fight stick you can buy.
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A beautiful Seimitsu LS-32 with a mesh balltop, premium Crown 202 main buttons*, and Sanwa OBSN oranges, powered by a class-leading (in lag) DIY Daemonbite adapter built on a cheap Arduino.
*pillowy clouds of heaven
That paint job looks pretty good to me I'd happily use that controller. Excellent choices on the stick and buttons that thing must be a dream to play on. But seriously you did a fantastic job building it temporary housing or not
Thanks man! I'm really happy too tbh.
It is ridiculously nice to play on. I used the Japanese Sega/Astro City 1P button layout, but put a larger gap between buttons and joystick which, based on some pre-testing, gives the most natural posture and ergonomics for me. The deck has a 7 degree incline, which research suggested is optimal. The feel of the LS-32 stick + it's square gate is amazing and classic, such a good all-rounder stick. Coming from octo-gated Sanwa JLFs and Suzo-Happ buttons (in my DIY cab), I really appreciate the differences. This is next level. I do have a mod actuator and stiffer spring to try out with the JLFs next time I feel like a minor project, so it will be interesting to see how they compare.
There's even something for Apple fans (in addition to the whiteness, I mean). 😉 The USB cable is (was) an old iPod one.
Oh, and shoutout to arcade retailer Focus Attack for going above and beyond to help me.