Check Out My New Arcade Stick! (No Image Quoting)

evilgordo · February 2

Yay! \o/
I've finally finished this project!

Inside is a rat's nest of wires but it contains:

MC Cthulhu (thanks Toodles)
Imp v.1 (thanks Toodles)
FGW LED Controller (thanks Toodles)
Seimitsu K-N screw-ins
Custom acrylic inserts (thanks Art)
KNserts (thanks Toodles)
Sanwa JLF
Hollow Sanwa JLF shaft with LED and bubble ball top (thanks thludwig.de)
Custom Dust washer (thanks Art)
My very first SE/TE design (puzzle fighter) printed @ Kinko's Office - Sign & Banner Dept. full lamination with added adhesive backing (not a lami-lable)

75% of this stick was finished for years, but I had a vision for the LED buttons. The old-school way of doing LEDs back then was a bit overwhelming for my soldering and electrical skills...and I kept putting it off...and then the KNserts and the FGW controller came to be! Since I wouldn't be using colored LEDs for each button as was my original plan, I wanted the plunger to be the color, but finding even just clear replacements was difficult, and transparent colored ones not even an option...until Tek-Innovations! Thanks to Art, my SE is now finished and was well worth the wait!

In addition to all the talented folks that I thanked above for their respective services/products, I also want to thank the SRK TechTalk community. This stick and every amazing stick displayed in this thread, in a way represents years of shared experience, experimentation, innovation and communication. Thanks everyone!

Enough jibba-jabba, here's some pics:

chuu · February 2

evilgordo, post: 7965438, member: 8677 wrote:

Yay! \o/
I've finally finished this project!

Inside is a rat's nest of wires but it contains:

MC Cthulhu (thanks Toodles)
Imp v.1 (thanks Toodles)
FGW LED Controller (thanks Toodles)
Seimitsu K-N screw-ins
Custom acrylic inserts (thanks Art)
KNserts (thanks Toodles)
Sanwa JLF
Hollow Sanwa JLF shaft with LED and bubble ball top (thanks thludwig.de)
Custom Dust washer (thanks Art)
My very first SE/TE design (puzzle fighter) printed @ Kinko's Office - Sign & Banner Dept. full lamination with added adhesive backing (not a lami-lable)

75% of this stick was finished for years, but I had a vision for the LED buttons. The old-school way of doing LEDs back then was a bit overwhelming for my soldering and electrical skills...and I kept putting it off...and then the KNserts and the FGW controller came to be! Since I wouldn't be using colored LEDs for each button as was my original plan, I wanted the plunger to be the color, but finding even just clear replacements was difficult, and transparent colored ones not even an option...until Tek-Innovations! Thanks to Art, my SE is now finished and was well worth the wait!

In addition to all the talented folks that I thanked above for their respective services/products, I also want to thank the SRK TechTalk community. This stick and every amazing stick displayed in this thread, in a way represents years of shared experience, experimentation, innovation and communication. Thanks everyone!

Enough jibba-jabba, here's some pics:

Extremely nice work! and with an SE even...kinda blows my mind...never thought an SE could look this awesome! Also, love the dust washer!

Ariesno · February 3

Qanba SE Navy Edition :

Seimitsu LS-58/PS-15
TEK-Innovation Plexi
3M Vinyl Steel

Missing Person · February 3

evilgordo, post: 7965438, member: 8677 wrote:

Yay! \o/
I've finally finished this project!

Inside is a rat's nest of wires but it contains:

MC Cthulhu (thanks Toodles)
Imp v.1 (thanks Toodles)
FGW LED Controller (thanks Toodles)
Seimitsu K-N screw-ins
Custom acrylic inserts (thanks Art)
KNserts (thanks Toodles)
Sanwa JLF
Hollow Sanwa JLF shaft with LED and bubble ball top (thanks thludwig.de)
Custom Dust washer (thanks Art)
My very first SE/TE design (puzzle fighter) printed @ Kinko's Office - Sign & Banner Dept. full lamination with added adhesive backing (not a lami-lable)

75% of this stick was finished for years, but I had a vision for the LED buttons. The old-school way of doing LEDs back then was a bit overwhelming for my soldering and electrical skills...and I kept putting it off...and then the KNserts and the FGW controller came to be! Since I wouldn't be using colored LEDs for each button as was my original plan, I wanted the plunger to be the color, but finding even just clear replacements was difficult, and transparent colored ones not even an option...until Tek-Innovations! Thanks to Art, my SE is now finished and was well worth the wait!

In addition to all the talented folks that I thanked above for their respective services/products, I also want to thank the SRK TechTalk community. This stick and every amazing stick displayed in this thread, in a way represents years of shared experience, experimentation, innovation and communication. Thanks everyone!

Enough jibba-jabba, here's some pics:

Wow is all I can say. Well worth the wait for the right parts. Absolutely stunning, best SE mod since the guy had the lighted artwork, no wait, better.

저는 론 버건디 입니까?

FreedomGundam · February 3

evilgordo, post: 7965438, member: 8677 wrote:

Yay! \o/
I've finally finished this project!

Inside is a rat's nest of wires but it contains:

MC Cthulhu (thanks Toodles)
Imp v.1 (thanks Toodles)
FGW LED Controller (thanks Toodles)
Seimitsu K-N screw-ins
Custom acrylic inserts (thanks Art)
KNserts (thanks Toodles)
Sanwa JLF
Hollow Sanwa JLF shaft with LED and bubble ball top (thanks thludwig.de)
Custom Dust washer (thanks Art)
My very first SE/TE design (puzzle fighter) printed @ Kinko's Office - Sign & Banner Dept. full lamination with added adhesive backing (not a lami-lable)

75% of this stick was finished for years, but I had a vision for the LED buttons. The old-school way of doing LEDs back then was a bit overwhelming for my soldering and electrical skills...and I kept putting it off...and then the KNserts and the FGW controller came to be! Since I wouldn't be using colored LEDs for each button as was my original plan, I wanted the plunger to be the color, but finding even just clear replacements was difficult, and transparent colored ones not even an option...until Tek-Innovations! Thanks to Art, my SE is now finished and was well worth the wait!

In addition to all the talented folks that I thanked above for their respective services/products, I also want to thank the SRK TechTalk community. This stick and every amazing stick displayed in this thread, in a way represents years of shared experience, experimentation, innovation and communication. Thanks everyone!

Gotta ask: how'd you get the Seimitsu button inserts from Art? I know he was talking about them a little while back, but I never saw them being put up in his store in the product-list...

defghui · February 3

Ariesno, post: 7967224, member: 44743 wrote:

Qanba SE Navy Edition :

Seimitsu LS-58/PS-15
TEK-Innovation Plexi
3M Vinyl Steel

cotdamn thats nice

lolmark · February 3

Modded my Etokki stick. All silent Sanwa parts, Akishop PS360+ PCB, and RJ45 Neutrik port. Drilling metal wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

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Fearless · February 3

Well, this is my first 2013 fightstick and is for Tekken Tag Tournament 2!

Case TPL – XTM ULTIMATE BLACK EDITION
Myoungshin Fanta Ultra Tuned
Sanwa OBSF Black 30mm
Sanwa OBSF Black 24mm
PS360+ (PSX/PS2/PS3 - DC - 360- Pc - Xbox)
Premium Wire Management
Neutrik RJ45 Multi-Port Connector
Detachable Cables (PS, DC y USB)
Black Anti-Slip Feets
Bottom Art

b15sdm · February 3

Finally had some time to build myself a stick. Went with solid acrylic case and this thing weighs about 8kg (woops). Black and white case with purple and teal accent. Colours are off for some reason, my digital camera is playing up.

Artwork is brushed metal vinyl with printed art over.

Reason why I haven't built myself a stick in a long time is because I could never decide what I wanted it based on so went with a design based on my love for (good) music, in particular the 90's.

VirtualCosmic · February 3

I love your new stick Sam, especially the choice of colors, and design :D

Komatik · February 3

I like it a lot more than the usual B15 ones (the Aliens gun was too kickass though). I think a lot of it is that there's often a ton of bling, especially LEDs which I just don't like much. Sticks with lighting just seem odd.

GhazMan · February 3

The lost boyz - music makes me high.

whiskytango · February 4

I have the great folks here at SRK to blame, cough cough. I mean thank for all the great tips and useful information. I fixed up my WWE Brawlstick with; Seimitsu PS14 KN clears, red ball top, clear dustwasher. The stock stick has been rebuilt and fine tuned and will stay in until it fails.

chuu · February 4

Wow. Another awesome SE...

TheGlyph · February 4

agent_jones, post: 7963996, member: 81356 wrote:

Hey guys, I'm a little bit of a newbie here, been lurking for ages, finally found a good reason to post. This is my second fight stick build, and the first one I'm really kinda proud of. I designed and built the box myself out of plywood and swamp ash. The buttons and stick are all Sanwa, and inside there's a Toodles Cthulhu board running everything. Also, as if it wasn't obvious, I'm a bit of a Guilty Gear fan. What do you all think?

Looove the abnormal shape! Nice work

HanSoo417 · February 5

Just got my Madcatz MLG fightstick today and did a few simple mods. I think it looks much better :)

Madcatz MLG Fightstick body
Blue bezel
Blue side panels
Clear dust washer
Blue plungers x6
White buttons x6

Now I'm just waiting on a plexi from Tek Innovations :)

and I need to figure out a way to get rid of that MLG logo. lol

0sh · February 5

HanSoo417, post: 7972049, member: 50135 wrote:

and I need to figure out a way to get rid of that MLG logo. lol

Is it just printed on there? If so, you can probably just use sugar to remove it.

Pasphy · February 5

Hi everyone, i´m proud to show mi first stick:
Joystick [SIZE=13px]Sanwa JLF-TP-8YT[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px]Buttons Seimitsu [/SIZE][SIZE=13px]PS-14-GN/DN[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px]PCB Dual Strike v3[/SIZE]

Nothing special compared with the great ones i´ve seen here but it´s my "baby" and i love it XD.
Thanks a lot for the support and ideas. Greetings from Spain, se you soon! [SIZE=13px][/SIZE]

njck cannon · February 6

@HanSoo417
I scratched my logo off with a razor and it didn't even leave a mark. Just be gentle and it'll come straight off.

Br0ken_Engli5h · February 6

Balls, SRK just swallowed my post.

b15sdm, post: 7967975, member: 5528 wrote:

Finally had some time to build myself a stick. Went with solid acrylic case and this thing weighs about 8kg (woops). Black and white case with purple and teal accent. Colours are off for some reason, my digital camera is playing up.

Love the new stick, Sam. Those chunky clear acrylic sides look great with the buttons inlaid like that.

Are you still hand polishing the insides of the button holes? I've found that a rag wrapped and taped around a screwdriver bit (and doused in T-cut or similar), then put in a drill chuck saves a lot of time and blistered fingers. The rag won't last long and it's best to hand finish the piece, but it saves a lot of donkey work.
Hand polishing the insides used to absolutely fucking ruin my fingers.

b15sdm · February 6

Br0ken_Engli5h, post: 7975699, member: 6200 wrote:

Balls, SRK just swallowed my post.

Love the new stick, Sam. Those chunky clear acrylic sides look great with the buttons inlaid like that.

Are you still hand polishing the insides of the button holes? I've found that a rag wrapped and taped around a screwdriver bit (and doused in T-cut or similar), then put in a drill chuck saves a lot of time and blistered fingers. The rag won't last long and it's best to hand finish the piece, but it saves a lot of donkey work.
Hand polishing the insides used to absolutely fucking ruin my fingers.

Cheers mate. I didn't polish the holes on the side. I just flame polished the chamfered edges around the button holes. In future im going to paint the rebated holes to match the colour of the case so it becomes more invisible and not soo frosty. Nice idea about the rag wrapped drill. I will give it a try on the next one :)

|Galen| · February 6

BE and B15 don't they have a finishing kit for a Dremel? There's probably something I'm overlooking but why aren't you two just using that?

|Galen| · February 6

BE and B15 don't they have a finishing kit for a Dremel? There's probably something I'm overlooking but why aren't you two just using that?

MagnaTurban · February 6

Hey peeps, long time lurker, first time poster. I've done some modifications to my previous sticks (mostly art, nothing too crazy) but this is the first time I've been truly proud of the artwork. I also changed out the buttons and what not. I'm waiting on a bubble top for my joystick but also waiting for The Link jlf shaft quick disconnect. So far so good though! Anyway, here's my stick (EightArc Fusion if anyone is interested).

I found that image of the weighted companion cube on nik.bot.nu I laughed really hard when I saw so that was what made me go with an Aperture design. I switched out the logo for eightarc with the aperture one too. And I'm really proud of the design around the joystick but I'm now thinking I should've made it smaller lol. Well, I've learned and when I make the next design, I'll do things a bit differently.

gahrling · February 6

Pyramid Head and Portal.

It had to happen some time..

MagnaTurban · February 6

gahrling, post: 7976020, member: 8713 wrote:

Pyramid Head and Portal.

It had to happen some time..

It was an interesting combo so I decided, why the hell not. It doesn't make any sense which makes it even better.

Br0ken_Engli5h · February 6

|Galen|, post: 7975919, member: 31287 wrote:

BE and B15 don't they have a finishing kit for a Dremel? There's probably something I'm overlooking but why aren't you two just using that?

I've never looked for one specifically for the dremel, as I don't use one, but all the pads I've seen for drills have been flat and and bit large to be polishing the insides of 40mm (or thereabouts) holes. By wrapping a rag you can make a fairly small and rounded pad. It's a bit of a ghetto solution, but it does the trick nicely.

b15sdm · February 6

Also those polishing mops you get for dremels are pretty garbage.

godspu · February 6

i second that

KST · February 11

My latest toys.
Player 1 and Player 2.
Layouts are inspired by Sega's Astro City and Virtua Stick.
Buttons are inspired by Super Famicom colorways.
Full Sanwa sticks and buttons.

Aurohralora · February 12

Just finished my stick the other day, been waiting on the forums to come back up to share. Hope you enjoy it :)

Running Wild · February 12

Got my Hori Real Arcade Pro 2 today that I bought from fellow SRK user hibachifinal. Came equipped with all Seimitsu.

hibachifinal · February 12

^thats an awesome stick yo :V glad it arrived without and major damage, I was worried because of all the recent rain.

here's some simple 'mods' i did to my White BlazBlue TE.

Changes from stock TE:
- Clear bezel (needs replacing, this got scratched up quite a bit overtime)
- NOIR layout Panel
- clear Plexi by Art's Hobbies
- Seimitsu LS-58/56-01 (58 with 56 spring) + Sanwa Mesh Balltop
- PS-14-GN's PS-14-DN's all white.
- 6-Button! No more Dick!

art inspired by idol group Momoiro Clover Z, actually, its a recreation I made based off an iPhone4 casing merchandise they had. which was in turn their rendition of a Louis Vuitton design.

It's matching with my Seimitsu T-shirt \o/

jmanDMC · February 12

Hi all,

Hopefully it's okay to post here. Since this is the main SRK thread to showcase new FightStick designs, I wanted to mention that focusattack.com is holding a new photo contest called "Snapback". Each month, players and builders can submit a photo of their joystick for a chance to win a $50 store gift certificate. Community members and around the net can vote their favorite photos, plus share them on Facebook and Twitter to encourage others to vote. In December, we'll showcase the 10 previous monthly winners for a final vote. The top winner gets a $250 store gift certificate!

Hope you'll check it out: http://bit.ly/fa-snapback
Vote on photos: http://bit.ly/fa-snapback-vote

Inka · February 12

Great work agent! Sick stick.

Dr. Faust · February 13

Anyone know where i can get a custom plexi. I need one for my etokki stick. I'm trying to get a six button layout but no one makes one for my stick.

KST · February 13

Dr. Faust wrote: »

Anyone know where i can get a custom plexi. I need one for my etokki stick. I'm trying to get a six button layout but no one makes one for my stick.

Try http://www.tek-innovations.com/arthobbies/
If none is there, try contacting him. Maybe he'll make a custom one for you.

DanDan · February 13

I can finally call this beauty finished!
Now, I can move on to buy another stick and get a hold of an American stick.
Madcatz MVC2 TE.
OG art and PCB "swam with the fishies"
XvSF artwork
Plexi and Art Print by Art's Hobbies [Thank You SO MUCH!]
New screws [Phillips/Flat] and nuts installed
PS1 Non-DS PCB [Insides are a god dang mess.]
First 6 buttons are Silent - Last 2 are standard
Cannot wait to lug this around with me to gatherings!

STEZO_ONE · February 13

Finally decided to put some buttons and stick into my VAS-HG. I had this for about a year and a half and its just been sitting there. Awaiting ps360+ and 24mm buttons.

BRAND NEW. Just came in the mail!

SEPU7V3DA-jIn · February 13

Scv TE
[IMG]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/LonelyLoser_16/20130212_085149.jpg[/IMG]

d3v · February 13

Completed paint and art job for a friend.
2013%2B-%2B1

Dr. Faust · February 13

KST wrote: »

Dr. Faust wrote: »

Anyone know where i can get a custom plexi. I need one for my etokki stick. I'm trying to get a six button layout but no one makes one for my stick.

Try http://www.tek-innovations.com/arthobbies/
If none is there, try contacting him. Maybe he'll make a custom one for you.

I've emailed him before and got no reply. That's why I was wondering if anyone else made them.

ed1371 · February 14

Finished up a stick for my son. B15 blank case and wired as neat as I could!

KST · February 14

ed1371 wrote: »

Finished up a stick for my son. B15 blank case and wired as neat as I could!

Damn, that wiring job is simple and clean as fuck!
Loving the unique sides haha.

defghui · February 14

man i want those counter sunk screws. where to find them!?

ed1371 · February 14

defghui wrote: »

man i want those counter sunk screws. where to find them!?

They are what Sam (b15sdm) uses... I was blown away with the quality of his stuff once I got my hands one them... Super solid and easy to work with. Hopefully I will finish my other B15 tonight!

Btw if you get a chance to get one of his stick/cases... DON'T hesitate lol... Well worth the money for amazing craftsmanship.

W00P MstR FresH · February 14

Need to post up my ttt2 b15

Running Wild · February 14

Finally got my art and plexi for my TE-S+

Looking into getting a different color bezel and those new TE sides Madcatz have on their store now.

STEZO_ONE · February 15

So I got my VLX diamond in and was very disappointed to find three dings in the metal! the box was perfectly fine so im guessing this came from the factory like this. Has anyone had this problem? Here are some pics.

KST · February 15

STEZO_ONE wrote: »

So I got my VLX diamond in and was very disappointed to find three dings in the metal! the box was perfectly fine so im guessing this came from the factory like this. Has anyone had this problem? Here are some pics.

Well, that blows. Did you get it from a random seller or a company/site?
You can try hammering it out with a rubber hammer from inside. Maybe that will help.

Check Out My New Arcade Stick! (No Image Quoting)

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