Best CHEAP Xbox 360 Fight Stick?

[fvgazi]

Woah, that's cool. Thanks for recommending the MDF board. I don't have any tools to cut the holes, how much would you ask for if I shipped it to you to cut holes if need be?

Mephikun

Honestly, it would be cheaper to buy a mediocre drill and a few paddle bits or hole saws and DIY.

You have to keep in mind them the size of the buttons you need too. I think Sanwas are 29mm which are a standard hole saw size in the USA, but the Semitsu buttons are 30mm which I had to buy the special size online because no stores carried the 1 3/16"(30mm) size. It was only like $8 or $9

For your joystick you should get a 15/16" paddle bit. The buttons are up to you depending on what brand you buy.


After my next two stick, if you're interested I might be starting to make boxes such as this.
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 25&t=21596
Now that I'm getting better at wood working and can use a router and stuff, I'll be making much fancier sticks than my first crappy one in that thread.

[noiseredux]

After my next two stick, if you're interested I might be starting to make boxes such as this.
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 25&t=21596
Now that I'm getting better at wood working and can use a router and stuff, I'll be making much fancier sticks than my first crappy one in that thread.

oh an I forgot about that stick you made! That thing is beautiful!

[Mephikun]

Thanks for the suggestion. Yeah, that'd probably be cheaper. my budget is $70 right now, $235 soon. I'm a minor w/o a job so this is going to be difficult. Don't have a drill, my dad might have a broken one somewhere, but I think he chucked it. Could I possibly just get a wired GS 360 controller and just solder the sanwa buttons on?

Thanks,
Mephikun

[fvgazi]

Thanks for the suggestion. Yeah, that'd probably be cheaper. my budget is $70 right now, $235 soon. I'm a minor w/o a job so this is going to be difficult. Don't have a drill, my dad might have a broken one somewhere, but I think he chucked it. Could I possibly just get a wired GS 360 controller and just solder the sanwa buttons on?

Thanks,
Mephikun

$235 is a sizable budget. Is this for the whole modifying project or just the sticks? My sticks are coming in about $100-150 a piece. That accounts for wood, plastic sheets, MDF, paewong ps3/360 PCBs, crimping quick connects, artwork done by my friend, buttons and joysticks.

I'm guessing by GS you mean Game Stop? I would definitely go wired just because some people complain of wireless latency (I've never experienced it, but that may be because I suck at fighting games ). The problem I foresee here is that you still have to mount the arcade buttons. You can't mount arcade buttons into a standard controller. 3 or 4 buttons would be bigger than the whole controller itself.

You would need to check this site for wiring diagrams. I'm pretty sure the GameStop controllers are Common Ground, which is what you want for less wiring and headaches especially if you're a beginner.
http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/pcb_wi ... B_DIAGRAMS


**Edit**
I also forgot, if you plan on wiring up the TRIGGER buttons from a 360 controller(only if you've pad hacked it), you need to implement a simple resistor mod when hooking it up to the arcade button. There are tutorials on youtube. On my first stick I chose to not connect those buttons because I was still very new to wiring and soldering. I just made a 6 button stick a la Street Fighter layout
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Are you mounting the sticks into that panel in the front that looks like it can fold down, or are you making separate sticks like the one I made?

Try making a pricing sheet with what you want. Here are some reputable sites with arcade components.
http://www.focusattack.com/
http://www.lizardlick.com/
http://etokki.com/
http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/

Things can start to add up, especially with an ambitious project like this. If I lived in Maine near you i'd let you borrow my tools.

[Mephikun]

Thanks for the links, those should prove useful, since I have no soldering skills

Also -- for the entire project. And I'd tweak the fold-down thing in put them in there. then pick up a crt tv from goodwill or something.

Yeah, I'd use the fold-down thing and cut the hols in that. I just realized, I wouldn't even need an mdf board, I could just cut that haha.

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Edit: Alright. that sounds easy enough to do, should be worth it.
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So what I need at the moment is:

The desk
(maybe) Black spray paint
Xbox 360 (may be getting a semi-broken one from Stark)
CRT TV from Goodwill/$119 LCD HDTV from Walmart)
2 Wired 360 controllers/2 Fight Sticks
Sanwa buttons
Tools to cut the wood with
(maybe)Smart power strip

I think that's it.

Mephikun