give me some advice on my gay agetec mod?

[Mixah]

so i took the square gate off the bottom of the stick and i'm holding the PCB up with electrical tape.

It feels great, but the PCB somtimes comes a little loose.

how could i keep it upt here?

[Canto]

A lot of electrical tape? I have HFS3 and one long piece is keeping it up there real snug.

[Mixah]

haha! that could work.. i'll put some more. i don't think it'll hurt it.

[haha im a panda]

hot glue.

[Mixah]

i don't want something permanent. eventually, i'm going to kill the agetec and make it all sanwa... nothing that could potentially make a mess.

[maxx mana]

You can also take an old ESD bag from a computer part and glue/tape it to the bottom of your case. I did this for my HFS3 mod, the PCB rests right on it with no problems.

[ryucross]

i don't want something permanent. eventually, i'm going to kill the agetec and make it all sanwa... nothing that could potentially make a mess.

Hot glue isn't really permanent. Just run it around the outside, and when you want to take it up, hit it with a hair dryer and it should peel off fairly easily.

[Mixah]

ESD bg?

[Tetsuosan]

It's those bags that hardware parts for computers come in.

[Mixah]

i just don't get how i'm supposed to put it on. it

[Tetsuosan]

I would just hot glue the pcb right where you want it. At least like that you know that it won't fall and that it will be easy to remove the day you decide to do the mod.

[KYJellyDonut]

Could try velcro too, enough pieces will hold betetr then electrical tape and its completely removable.

If I had a choice though...hot glue is the way to go.

[valaris]

Small magnets. Yes I know its usually not a good idea with electronics but that's what BP did with my stick and it work great. It holds on if I shake it but comes out easily if I need to.

[ulovemikeroch]

Small magnets. Yes I know its usually not a good idea with electronics but that's what BP did with my stick and it work great. It holds on if I shake it but comes out easily if I need to.Not really, since there aren't any sensitive parts within the pcb, if anything the analogue sticks might act weird but this one doesn't have any. Plus, usually magnets themselves don't really affect electrical equipment, you would really need an EMP to do that. Like put your laptop on top of a speaker, which is in essence a huge magnet,and the harddrive and other electrical components will be fine.

[NotANoob81]

Glue gun ftw

[valaris]

Not really, since there aren't any sensitive parts within the pcb, if anything the analogue sticks might act weird but this one doesn't have any. Plus, usually magnets themselves don't really affect electrical equipment, you would really need an EMP to do that. Like put your laptop on top of a speaker, which is in essence a huge magnet,and the harddrive and other electrical components will be fine.

Thanks for the clarification. I was just under the impression that generally, magnets+electronics were a abd idea.

[Mixah]

alright, i'm convinced... might try the hot glue

but seriously... taking off teh square gate = perfect stick for mvc2 now.

[eczangief]

maybe a dumb question, but are you running that shit gateless? how does that work?

[laurie47]

Are there not screw holes that line up with the holes in the switches?
Could you not just screw it on.

[Mixah]

yes, i'm running it gateless

no, there's no screwholes.

[laurie47]

Just found a pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/laurie47/DSC00422.jpg

You could drill a small hole through the switch holes. 2 or 4, 2 would be fine.
And obviously through the top of the case too.
Then just use some M3 machine bolts.
M4 might fit.

[Mixah]

that's too permanent. i'm eventually going to mod it with sanwa parts and DC / PSX compatibility.

i just don't want to do anything that i don't feel i have the confidence to fix later on.

thanks anyway :)

[eczangief]

wow. i might have to try invisible gate. ssounds cool, anything interesting as far as how it executes with mvc2? are 360s or Tk's easier etc? thanks for any info man


annd for the record, ghetto mods are too funny right now my agetec/sanwa frankenstein hybrid is gorrilla glued to perfection

[Mixah]

TKs are easier. I play marvel on it. It feels like a competition with no gate. i like it.

[Mizuki]

Buy the spongy double side "tape" thing. They stick for awhile and is pretty easy to take off. Or hot jiz-I mean glue.

[Mixah]

dude, my sticks' not a twelve year old.

[laurie47]

The bolts would come off.
Its just a couple of holes.

Unfortunately anything non permanent that does not include glue or bolts will be slightly unstable.

Good luck though mate :)

[Mixah]

thanks for the tips laurie

[DH020]

yup just smack little bit hot glue push it firmly hold it till it drys your sorted! (i did it my self :D )

[Mixah]

DH020... didn't i sell something to you?

[eczangief]

just wondering if you've cracked open your solder points on the pcb yet, bc i have.

i ended up making my own ghetto circle gate instead bc marvel killed this mod for me :[

[ShinAkuma204]

Have you tried cable ties?

[eczangief]

mmm that might work. i used rubber bands and it worked perfectly for awhile-- this thing was the best setup i've had, but not durable to last more than a couple weeks.

it needs some sort of a gate for support so i used a scrap from some Happ buttons i cut down, and i just popped it square over the micro-switches with a helluva strong glue. its not quite right though in terms of throw bc corners are hard to get. i think what i'll do is just mount 1 brace over all the switches and use wire ties to hold the whole deal down.

the real problem isnt the pcb movin around now, but rather the microswitches coming loose and busting solder spots as well as migrating out of range of the actuator.

can't be too permanent just yet bc still in the research phase so i'll see what i can do. seems stupid maybe but this setup is too choice

[Mixah]

i got a dremel and rounded out the square gate. lol

[eczangief]

hahaha. i was thinkin of that. instead i made one a lil tooo ghetto.

hmm i'll do that and see. thanks man

[eczangief]

haha. so all i had to do with mine is take out the REMOVABLE square restrictor from my sanwa gate.

cue mencia "duhdoodoo"

[Mixah]

lmfao.

[EvilSamurai]

haha. so all i had to do with mine is take out the REMOVABLE square restrictor from my sanwa gate.

cue mencia "duhdoodoo"

Why not just put an octagonal gate in?

[eczangief]

good question.

i actually ordered one from leezard leek, but i'd rather a circle to swing those 3's
and 7's

hahaha,

"this joystick needs something like this gate that i just removed"
"i've got it-- this gate i just removed"

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