Mod Your Lever - Episode 2 - Shaft sizes
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
- Another part you can change on your joystick lever is the shaft,
different length for different size hands & different games.
if you find your joystick lever to be uncomfortable, maybe consider replacing the shaft to see if it help. let me know if you have any questions. 🙏❤️
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Great video! But I think it might worth mentioning that the shaft can be changed without removing the gate? Since sticks like the silent JLF might get damaged if the gate is removed
Great point👍 , that is valuable info, let me pin this comment up, that way everyone sees it 🕹
Why is that? Can you timestamp the video for your point? Idk about arcade stick stuff but I want to learn more. Thanks :)
I actually dont know the real reason behind it, it might be a manufacture secret, if u check the website on let say, focus attack, if u look for the silent sanwa jlf, it actually warns u, if u remove the gate, it breaks the stick. Which i did remove it and it doesnt work, becuz i like to test things out, i gotta play with it more to see
@@Evoskylution17 it’s not in the video but it’s a quote from the manufacturer sanwa, I think it might be the switches they used are more fragile than normal ones so they made this claim?
Finally, the video I’ve been waiting for. shaft sizes...
Hahaha
I also liked "A shaft cover will solve the problem"
Thank you for your patience 🙏❤️
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🙏❤️ thank you
I lost it with the rice example XD
Lol thank you for watching ❤️🙏
I had no idea the whole turning stick/shaft design was also an anti-theft thing. Seriously interesting! People will steal anything lol
Or they can mess it up cuz people get bored while waiting lol
Man your videos are so chill and good vibes all day! I was waiting anxiously for another video haha.
Thank you so much for the love and support 🙏❤️
This video should have more views. I just used this tutorial to switch my square gate and spring for more tension. This is a must know for anyone who wants to customize a fighting stick.
Thank you for the support 🙏❤️
I went through dozens of videos last night trying to find a way to reassemble my lever after cleaning it and this is by far the easiest to follow.
Hey dude, I hope you are okay and doing well. It has been a while since you have updated, but I understand that things can come up and can and should be your top priority. I just wanted you to know that your videos have been and continue to be informative and helpful for a complete scrub such as myself. Wishing you the best.
Thank you so much; i am still here, just work been taking most of my time , i shall be back soon possibly march. 🙏❤️
Thank you for making these. Its cool seeing all these parts being focused on. Good work.
Thank you 🙏❤️ more video to come 😊
I am going to get a second Hori RAP V for the Switch one of these days, and have thought of numerous customizations i would like to experiment with (different spring on stock joystick, larger actuator, octagonal gate, different joystick altogether, etc) so this episode arrived in literally the perfect day for me!
Thank you very much, and keep up the good work!
Thank you 🙏❤️ i have videos for those other parts down the road
Great guide, thanks.
I have big hands and have been considering getting a longer shaft but didn't know what kind of work it would take to fit.
I didn't even know there were extenders available though, so now I have ordered one of those.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you🙏❤️ i am happy to hear the video helped , try them out 👍😊
These videos are so high quality. I have loved every one of them.
Thank you for the love and support, i try my best, still learning how to work the camera, audio and lighting 🙏❤️
You blessed man you!
I didn't even know any of this!
Time to start experimenting.
Try it out 👍😊 thank you for watching 🙏❤️
This was helpful to me because I did not know how to get that clip out to replace the spring. Thanks!
I needed this... was gonna get an extended shaft for my atrox so yeah, but now I might get the extender for now, so thanks for this video!
Appreciate you, thank you for watching, somehow this comment got lost , just saw it
Great information brother! Thanks for keeping us up to date 🌞
Thank you brother ❤️
Great video! thank you so much! I have big hands so I think I need an extender! I'm learning so much from your channel! great stuff!
This video is super helpful and I've referenced it (and some of your other videos) many times. I've been working on a one handed joystick mainly for playing SNES RPGs. I know it might seem like overkill to make a controller just for that, but I have issues with my hands and can't use a d-pad for very long. I started modding my 8bitdo Arcade Stick based on your video and I kind of got into modding and building custom arcade sticks. It's a fun hobby and the parts are cheap! Thanks for all the valuable info!
Thank you, and good luck with your project
Good vid dude ,i just got 2 4 pound springs and 2 8 way gates for my mk arcade1up. keep making mod vids we learn alot from you ty man.
Thank you so much 🙏❤️ more to come
great vid as always. I been playing fighting games since 2019 december and i suck with the fight stick but its more fun to use.
Thank you for watching 🙏❤️
I recently modded my wayfair computer desktop with 30mm holes and a 26mm lever hole and put hardware in it plus wallmounts to have what basically amounts to a desktop arcade cabinet. Since the desktop was a little thicker I went with a long shaft for my JLF and an extra stiff spring and it all turned out perfect. Highly reommend if you have a spare computer desk laying around to convert it into a stick desk :P you can wrench on it as hard as you want and its not going to go anywhere, just like the old arcade cabinets.
That is creative 👍 i have seen some photos online, is def a good idea ❤️
Thanks! I finally know how to change the spring :)
Nice 👍 its episode 4 of this series later this years 😃
You are a life saver I am in the middle of building two arcade sticks but feel like the semitsu shaft size was too short I just randomly watched this video and saw you mentioned the shaft extender I never knew that was a thing this should solve my problem.
Always happy to help
Smaller hole, bigger hole, shaft sizes, damage to the shaft, shaft cover. What kind of video did I come across? "It is cheaper to replace a plastic shaft cover than to replace a brand new shaft" I bet it is.
Lol yes, ♥️
I love your videos man, always informative.
Somehow this comment got lost; sorry for the late reply, appreciate you
Luckily, I have the perfect job for this beautyful hobby: I work as an machinist on a lathe machine - it's great!
I rlly want your channel to grow. The stuff u upload is great and has really helped me out. Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much for the support, my full time job takes alot of my time, someday i hope to have more
Time to make content, appreciate you 🙏❤️
You are the best fight games CZcamsr! Thanks for sharing this knowledge and greetings from Argentina 😁
Appreciate you 🙏
Great video. I've always wondered about the shaft sizes lol. Keep it up.
Thank you for the support 🙏❤️
I really enjoying your videos. Thank you and happy new year!
Thank you so much 🙏❤️ happy new year
Very informative. One thing I hated with Japanese levers is that they are short. Now I know there are extended variations of the shaft.
Thank you, try them out and see if they help 😊🙏❤️
I was gonna keep my shaft cover off cuz I kind of like it without but then you brought up the points for having it. Maybe in the future I'll take it off but for now I'll keep it on
Is very slight difference, as long as you are comfortable, thats most important 😊🙏❤️
I love your videos, super helpful and you seem like a really good dude!!
Appreciate the love and support ❤️🙏
It was an interesting video about .... SHAFTS ... I use the stock Sanwa shaft for fighting games but I like the stock Seimistsu LS-32 shaft for shoot em ups and beat em ups.
Thank you for sharing 🙏❤️ its interesting to read everyones preference for different games
I'm really looking forward to the end of "Mod Your Level" series since I want to have all the knowledge before I order different parts and start modding my stick. Thank you for amazing videos.
🙏it may take me a bit of time because i work full time, ❤️ i will definitely make them 👍
great tutorial
Love your videos, keep it up!
Thank you for the support 🙏❤️
Love the videos, I would love a video on tension springs.
Thats part of the series in later episode ❤️🙏 thank you
The Sanwa JLF with the short shaft reminds me of the joysticks on the old Nintendo arcade cabinets...
And the closest thing to the joysticks in the old Nintendo arcade cabinets is the JLF with the octagon gate, add the LS-33 spring inside the JLF spring, and the Kowal actuator...
Oh, and the 30mm balltop...
Yes a little bit , you have good memory 👍😊
Man is this informative, thanks a lot!
Thank you for watching ❤️🙏
Hear that fellas? Everyone has different preferences when it comes to shaft size!
Lol
This channel is so addicting!
Thank you so the love and support 🙏❤️
I sincerely hope you make more of these videos. I'm going to modify my stick at some point, and I want to know how to mod it to better suit me.
Hi friend, thank you for watching; i definitely will, my video output is very slow due to my full time job 🙏❤️
Do you also experiense a weaker input when you start on the left side of the match in sfv ? I noticed when my balltop got loose when playing a match i had more comfort for input in combo's.. i think a bigger shaft is better for me ?
For me, both side feels the same, maybe i have gotten used to it for so long
@@JoystickNY i only have trouble with dp and critical art motion on the left side.. but i found this technique on youtube that you can do a dp in a fireball motion. Holding down forward and then back down and down forward Iam gonna try it later. ;) I wonder do u use any shortcut for dp ?
No short cut, i try to do everything as official as possible, becuz it will help with your over all input and growth. Shortcut takes the same amount of time and energy to do also, you can technicaly do a dp and doing down forward , down forward twice, but it doesnt feel smooth to me
I have to stop watching your show. Since I have started, I bought a 8bitdo arcade stick, full set of Sanwa Buttons, Sanwa Jlf stick, female to female 5 pin cable, 4lb spring, 8 way gate. Now I am looking at a short shaft, plus a bat handle. :-) Great videos, I really enjoy watching these, I learnt so much after watching them . I was able to fully mod my stick that I loved, but was not used to due to the cheap parts.
O no, It can get addicting 🤣 well everything is going well, somehow this comment got lost in sea, i just saw it
Great video, hope to see a gate video as well
Thanks for all the info
Thank you for the support 🙏❤️
LOL the rice part was funny
Thank you 😊🙏❤️
Thank you!
Thank you for watching 🙏❤️
I like detailed videos.
Appreciate you 🙏
Talking about SF4 like it's some ancient historical release sure makes you feel old.
Lol for real, time flies
One thing I appreciate about extended shafts is that if you combine it with a battop, you more or less get a joystick that is the same length/height as a western joystick. This is good for people like me who prefers western parts, having grown up with American arcades.
Great info 🙏👍 thank you for sharing
I love sanawa for it's short shaft ez input without effort ez character dash
Thank you for sharing 🙏❤️
i dont have budget for arcade stick but still watching cause its you XD
That means alot, thank you for the support 🙏❤️
Great video
Thank you so much 🙏❤️
Was always intimidated by sticks until I found this channel. That was what kept me playing only Smash Bros. Now tomorrow I am ordering my first stick and am ready to drive into other games. Thank you for your videos, they helped me out a lot.
Thank you, i am very happy to hear the video helped 🙏❤️
I just got a Hori Fighting edge. I absolutely love it but want to swap the buttons and stick to something more responsive/stiff. Also a Bat top and maybe extender because I have big hands. Modding just seems fun too! Thanks for the video and if anyone has any tips or advise I'd love to hear it.
Thank you ❤️🙏 btw, i do recommend using the hayabusa parts for awhile, and see how you like it first
Any chance we get the restrictor gate video soon?? I got super excited when you mentioned that in a video from almost a year ago I just watched and thought “oh I gotta watch that one next, it’s gotta be out by now, super curious how those make the games feel different” and then I saw part two of five only came out three weeks ago lol 😔 thanks for these videos, super interesting!
Thank you, and sorry for the delays, i wish i could have more time; due to full time job, my output is very slow 🙏❤️
Another amazing tutorial!
Could you do one about arcade sticks shells? There are not many and they are kinda expansive. What would be your choice/recomendation?
Thanks! Keep up the good work :)
I will add this to my list 😊 thank you for the suggestion, i havent bought a shell yet, havent had time to mess that area yet, but i will look in it 🙏❤️
ty for your comitment man
Thank you for the support 🙏❤️ i will continue to make better videos for everyone
I have no idea nor have a plan in getting a stick, I finished watching the video lolz!
Maybe I would say the lazy way is to get an extender than to dismantle the stick. That’s my way of a lazy person xD
Yup That works too 😉 they say lazy people are the smart people, because they always finds a better way to do things ❤️
Nice
Thank you for the support 🙏❤️
3:00I'm not sure but i think the shaft cover is mostly to prevent corrosion / rust from sweaty hands.
I actually forgot to mention that, i had it in mind when i was thinking about the video, as my video dont follow a script, sometimes i forget 🙏❤️
Great video. It would have been even better if you went into detail about what the spring and actuator do. I can't seem to find an in depth video about em.
I actually have plans for them also, but my job schedule doesnt allow me yet, been busy with life n work
@@JoystickNY Ok I see. Well as someone who watches alot of your videos when it comes to arcade sticks, I look forward to a great video. Also take your time and I hope all is well.
can you do an episode on the different restriction gate sizes & shapes?
I'm probably going to be modifying my Hori Alpha lever with a longer shaft, bat top, and octogate, so this was really helpful! Do you have any recommendations on where to buy the actual parts?
I always wondered if some person out there ever modded a gear shift from a truck to be an arcade stick. I could see buttons on table to slap and gear shift stick mounted to a chair.
Me too, or even other controllers or buttons, there is a button at work that looks like a arcade stick button. 😊
Great video! Can you please provide a link with the smaller center dust washer? I can't seem to find it anywhere...
watching this, it made me feel like i need glasses... but i already wear glasses, i no understand
Thank you for that! Any video to assemble different gate?
Not yet, sorry, i been slow with the content,
@@JoystickNY No need to be sorry! You are AWESOME! Take it on your own time, super appreciate your channel (buying the Alpha N and NHM as an inspiration from your modding vids :) )
When you're pouring the stuff into the stick I'm like noo don't do it 😂 ocd
Its was very easy to clean 😊
I would go with the standard shaft.
Yea that one usually works well for me too 🕹👍
part 3 please
Please advise some links to buy those parts you are talking about: Bat top, lever etc.
I just got a joystick extender put on but now I don't know where to get a longer shaft protector to cover the whole thing.
U can use it without a shaft cover, i actually never use it, i prefer the metal feeling
You should do a video on actuators they're important too
Thank you, that video is on the later episodes ❤️🙏
Shafts should be thick, long and hard
Lol ayo 😂 thank you for watching 🙏❤️
in Brazil the optical arcades are being used a lot, have you tried any ??
great videos!
congratulations
I have one at home, but havent had a chance to test it out, will probably make a video on it later on 🙏❤️ thank you
Good videos thanks. Please do some videos. The Brooke fighting boards. Like how can I connect my PS5 to custom arcade controls.
I have those on my list, but pretty far down the road, i want to start from easy to advance, becuz if i make video on boards and customizing stuff, alot of people will be confused ❤️🙏 great suggestion 😊👍
After watching this video and the previous one on balltop vs bat top, if I install a bat top (or the new bullet lever from Seimitsu) will they rotate on their self too like the ball top? Ii is something I really dont like on sticks
The plastic shaft cover on my Hori RAP N has a wider bottom and a narrow top. The shaft cover demonstrated in the video seems equal sized top and bottom.
Thats strange, really? I never seen that before 🙏❤️ i am gonna check it out
Should the lever rotate freely? I have the mayflash f500 elite and sometimes when performing combos, my hands slips and then the lever rotate and goes to different direction.
I really don't like this and perfer if the lever/shaft would move but not rotate
Love your videos, just a recommendation though, if possible in the camera don't use auto focus for the Parts and details of the joystick, it's hard to see with the focus changing constantly with the movement of your hands, still awesome video
Great advice,thank you 😊🙏❤️ i should film the video with a higher aperture stop, which makes more things focus, that way it wont change focus too drastically, i am learning everything 😉
Could you do a video comparing/swapping out different tension springs?
Hi friend, that video is on the list, part of this series 😊
@@JoystickNY ❤️❤️❤️
what are the joysticks and the size of the shaft used on ALU arcade machines?
Hi there great video and channel I have just subscribed 👍
Can I ask I have an arcade machine with a Sanwa JLF and have used an extender. With the extender I am unable to use the shaft cover as it is now not long enough. Are you able to purchase longer shaft covers?
Thanks and keep up the great content 👍
Great question, i actually realized it too when i was messing around with the shafts and extenders, i personally dont use a shaft cover, and i never seen a longer shaft cover, try doing a search on focus attack, paradise arcade shop and arcadeshock and ebay, if no luck, i think you can cut a shaft cover and crazy glue it to a shaft cover for the coverage. If you have extra shaft cover laying around, and then just sand down the unflat side 🙏❤️
Is there a playlist of this?
What's the use of the grease/lubricant that being sold with the arcade shops and where do you apply them?
It makes the pivot , kinda like the ball joint where you rotate more smooth,
U apply it near the pivot, i can make a video on that down the road ❤️🙏
Hi great vid, but I have a question I do not see mentioned, you have what looks like very smooth satin finished ball tops with no mold marks, can you please tell me who makes those, what brand are the ball tops in this video. I would like to get some of these and have yet to find any like the ones in your video. The ones in your video appear to be much better quality then most I have found.
Message me on fb ig or twitter, that way i can remember to find it for u, its been a while. Cuz this comment will get lost in sea
I do have question since I'm pretty new to modding arcade stick. But ever since I changed the spring to a 2Ib the stick now make this squeaking nosie when I move it to certain direction. Any idea on what it could be😭?
I'd expect a shorter shaft would take less motion (I.e. from your hand/forearm) to execute a move resulting in faster execution. Like picture rotating a pencil from the middle or from the top, you'll find the arc it travels gets progressively larger as the distance from the base grows.
Am I wrong? I fail to see how so, perhaps the difference is negligible?
Ive been using a short shaft paired with a 2lb spring (stock is 0.9lb) and it is noticeable how much less you have to move the stick, it especially makes DP motion and guilty gear 632146 supers easier to do
Good point, i think once you get used to it, you kinda not notice it; scientifically i think your are right,
Its kinda like buttons with diff activation distance, they exisit; but its very hard to tell
boring? that was fucking awesome
Appreciate you
If you watch Segaholic's channel, he's an arcade OG who was custom building some of the first E sports sticks for Virtua Fighter players in the early 2000's, in his video he shows that some places or people use a dust washer up top as normal, but also one directly under the same surface so there is even more protection, that would obviously have to be a smaller circled one for shaft width only, not for a cover. So shaft cover,, shaft cover washer up top, and a shaft only dust cover directly underneath the playing surface and maybe 4 lb spring is maybe good to stand up to the daily wear and tear of the public in an arcade as the spring also softens over time
czcams.com/video/IMkLzSXigEU/video.html 14:20
for the two dust covers shown, I think it may even be put upside down perhaps, I wonder if this affects the joystick height as well depending on the mounting plate
Thank you, 😊let me check out his channel 🙏❤️
Please profesor, Can u make a guide on how is the best way to play characters with “hold and release” inputs? Like birdie and Cody, I play on stick and I find it really hard to hold a button while trying to play my neutral game, I don’t know which one to hold or how is the most efficient way to do it.
Let me add that to my list , i still have a long list of video to make, may take a very long my friend 🙏❤️
Currently waiting on episode 3
Thank you , i be back soon 🙏❤️
Your cameras focus makes me dizzy bro 😂
Sorry bro, will improve it
would you be able to put a standard sanwa shaft into an ls-32 lever? ik the ls-32 has a slightly thicker lever and im jw if you could
I am not sure, i have a feeling it wont work cuz the ls32 shaft is abit thicker from the top of my head
Hi, thank you for your videos. I have a question, i bought the Mayflash f500 and upgraded the buttons to sanwa but forgot the joystick. My hands are big as well. What is the size of the stock joystick shaft? Is it standard or short? Because I would need to buy an extended shaft or standard with an extender. :)
The stock one is the standard size; if you want to go bigger, u can get the extender or get the extended shaft 😊
10:50 That washer got me a little worried tbh. Last time I tried to take apart and put back together my Sanwa I realized that something was wrong. Basically whatever direction I was pressing it always felt as if something under under was getting on the way. I took it apart again, and I found out that that washer was sticking to the actuator, thus moving out of its base, and I was wondering if something like that was normal, due to the grease applied onto. (In the end I put things back together and it got back to normal, even though I kind of got traumatized that my input execution has worsened a bit 😅)
Thank you for sharing ❤️🙏 you just reminded me to order some etsu grease 😊
@@JoystickNY Apparently I wasn't placing the PCB and the restrictor gate properly 😂
just ordered a LS-40 Seimitsu lever and will be installing it in a Razer Pantera Evo. This is my first time doing anything like this. My question is do I need the M4x10mm screws to screw the LS-40 into the SE mounting plate? Or can I use the screws that already come in the stock Sanwa JLF mounting plate?
You can use the screw from the sanwa mount, i always just reuse screws, sorry for the late reply, somehow the comment got lost in sea, i just saw it
@@JoystickNY Thanks for the reply. yeah I just used the Sanwa screws, and it worked fine.
The main purpose of the dust washer is to wash dust
Lol 🤣 that works too 👍