Who wants to do an Arcade button Mod?
Who wants to do an Arcade button Mod? Posted on: 22.09.2008 by Adolf Hit A few of us seem to have finally got round to busting out the arcade button mod lately and others are asking questions about the process.Cutting the holes is the easy part, the crux of the mod is making your VCI look pretty again as the arcade button mod will leave you with unsightly holes where the original buttons once where. One way of getting around this is to add some backing material inside the case and using a filler to fill in the holes then, sanding, priming, sanding etc etc. This is both costly and time consuming for those who don't have the tools and and materials on hand, and if you don't know what your doing it can come out looking really shit. What I propose is getting some acrylic surrounds laser cut. These would sit between the flange of the arcade buttons and the top of the VCI, similar to the metal plate that is there already. If we could get 10 people keen on this the cost would be around 15 USD and allow anybody to achieve a professional result. As the acrylic is clear you could paint it any color you want, and without any prep-work asides from cleaning it first it will come out glossy and will never scratch as the paint is under the acrylic. This would also work well for people who are getting the SE overlays as the acrylic will neatly cover up the holes in this as well. If we get enough interested we could get the labeling engraved on the top as well. | |
| Xavier Emanuels 21.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by mindbug
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| Xavier Emanuels 06.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by dj_ajay
Originally Posted by lukesmiles
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| Ronny Vergara 06.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
Cheers, luke_ |
| Roger Gomez 05.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
Originally Posted by BentoSan
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| Xavier Emanuels 05.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by lukesmiles
Originally Posted by thebeatworx
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| 03.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by TJP
Originally Posted by Aanrii
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| Adolf Hit 13.04.2009 | I know a lot of people have expressed interest in this but Ean will have overlays in stock with cutouts for the arcade buttons soon so it makes this redundant. |
| Vernon Vanderberg 13.04.2009 | I would be interested as well! |
| Tressie Elsas 12.04.2009 | I would also be interested in purchasing an overlay which has the VCI 100 SE layout but with the arcade holes. |
| Xavier Emanuels 21.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by mindbug
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| Steven Pierce 21.02.2009 | Hi guys, This thread is slowly losing it's focus and if you are as eager as me to mod your VCI-100 with arcade buttons you won't mind that we bring up this topic again. Midifidler said that we need 10 people to reduce the cutting cost. There are allready 40 people who are all interested in doing this mod so I wonder what the next step is? Greetz, |
| Xavier Emanuels 06.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by dj_ajay
Originally Posted by lukesmiles
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| Ronny Vergara 06.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
Cheers, luke_ |
| Roger Gomez 05.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
Originally Posted by BentoSan
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| Cristian Carmona 05.02.2009 | I want to do this mod to "A" VCI-100, but not to my SE, thats my baby. I'll most likely buy a used one and do it myself or send it to Ean. |
| Xavier Emanuels 05.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by lukesmiles
Originally Posted by thebeatworx
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| Ruiz dB 05.02.2009 | Just out of curiosity, would these overlays be without any holes for the buttons? Or will they be precut with the round holes in them? My suggestion would be to have the user cut out their own holes because not all of us may have used the same template, and/or button. Is this what DJTT had in mind? |
| Daniell Ramji 05.02.2009 | Same here, definitely interested. |
| Ronny Vergara 04.02.2009 | I'm also interested in this project. Something with arcade button overlays that cover the squares would be ideal. G'day to BentoSan and shedg from another Aussie! luke_ |
| Reena Buckel 04.02.2009 | Definitely interested in this project please let my now something |
| Roger Gomez 03.02.2009 | I would most definitely purchase them Ean! If possible in a DIY Black version for custom mapping. (also I sent you an email requesting if you can send me your latest cutting guide for the arcade buttons - thanks heaps). |
| Random X 03.02.2009 | Voted 'Hell yes'. It's a shame the Arcade button mod is not possible on the BCR. |
| 03.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by TJP
Originally Posted by Aanrii
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| donavan djarkasi 03.02.2009 | At first I was like hey cool new idea but then I noticed this thread was almost half year old. What's the status indeed as it would be really great solution. I have the exact problem ahead, drilling the holes without any good tools. So any progress on this or has this idea already been buried to the ground? I definitely hope not. |
| Roger Gomez 02.02.2009 | Hey Midifidler Definitely interested in this project, what is the latest status? |
| Dan Winston 11.10.2008 | It would be cool if you could purchase a fully modified VCI-100 mimicking Ean's old mod with coloured arcade buttons and jog wheels. I am not to cued (no pun intended) up on the overlays but would it not be possible to produce whole new overlay that fitted the arcade buttons? It could have many names to distinguish it from the Special Edition, how about Ean Golden's Arcade Classic? lol. Im sure it would have no trouble selling. Anyways this was my first post, all the way from dunedin, new zealand. Big shouts to ean, this website is fantastic and all your posts and videos are awesome and inspirational. Also to all the fantastic community members, i have learnt alot from your posts. Thanks for listening. |
| Mauro Marcelo 08.10.2008 | okay thanks for the precisions personally i dont juggle but i just hate the feel of the buttons and would like swifter ones this way i wouldnt miss a cue or whatever may be missed by a misshit. i dont wanna have to punch em hard all the time.... maybe Vestax could provide the latest buttons from the SE who , according to Ean , seems to be softer and better... but at wich price !? lol and i was trying to bring ideas up to help others for the mod |
| Adolf Hit 08.10.2008 | @peoplecanfly Yup your right, if you found arcade buttons or any button with a 25mm or less external diameter they would cover the original cut outs. You really do want to space them out though as fucntionally the whole point of the mod is to allow frenzied fireballs of beat juggling. The 24 mm refers to the cut out size for the button, the overall diameter is about 27 mm from memory. |
| Mauro Marcelo 08.10.2008 |
Originally Posted by midifidler
if you get small enough buttons you could fit them all in the same row , centered in the original holes original holes are 19mm wide and 6mm between each buttons so there would be 3mm of meat to cut into the board on each side of the original hole so makes a maximum available space of 25mm for each button without moving any center points of the original switches there is some 24mm arcade buttons available on www.lizardlickamusements.com/ but i am just wondering if 24mm is the total dia or the button(plunger part) itself... but then again i guess its pretty usefull to have the buttons a bit spaced out so you dont hit two buttons at a time.... |
| Mauro Marcelo 08.10.2008 | i would be interested in some plates cut to install those arcade buttons. i seen some 24mm buttons at the arcade website http://lizardlick.com/images/ps_14_d_k.jpg and yes i'd like to have them printed or something but if its made of clear acrylic i could have my own solution to printing i got a vinyl plotter at the shop i could maybe make myself some nice surface stickers under acrylic and make it backlit with LEDs . and i was believeing about cutting holes for arcade buttons with a CNC router we have at the shop but i would need a correct drawing file of the plates to export to the program and im not a machinist....either can operate it.. my friend does it , he's exporting Corel drawings to another program to control the router. if i could have the correct drawings with holes drawn and the correct dimensions and everything i could cut like 40 of them in an acrylic sheet. im pretty sure it could be less expensive than lazer but the cuts wouldn'T be as clean since its a rotary blade. so... anyone got real precise template drawings? |
| Axiss Xs 26.09.2008 | go to http://www.lizardlickamusements.com/...hbuttons.shtml and then try the Sanwa OBSF-24 Pushbutton with Vertical Microswitch. i believe they are perfect. I will create my arcade button mod in a few weeks... |
| Xavier Emanuels 26.09.2008 |
Originally Posted by shedg
Originally Posted by shedg
I saw these but they are too big 33mm wont fit |
| Roberto Carenzi 25.09.2008 | How bout some of these?? They're pretty shallow. http://www.highway.net.au/parts/push...ns/4680_1.html |
| Roberto Carenzi 25.09.2008 | Hey Bento, where did you get your arcade buttons from?? |
| samir abu-sharar 25.09.2008 | @Midifidler: I guess you got the results expected? Yipiie! Arcade Mod Acrylic project - soon? hehe |
| Roberto Carenzi 25.09.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
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| Xavier Emanuels 25.09.2008 |
Originally Posted by shedg
Btw Midifidler lives in NZ so you will be paying less postage than most people who would be buying them infact |
| Roberto Carenzi 24.09.2008 | Yeah for sure I would be keen, but I live in Cairns, far north Queensland, Australia. |
| Karolis Petrauskas 24.09.2008 | I'd love it. |
| Axiss Xs 23.09.2008 | more interested please...it |
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