Jarska333
What do you want?
I do believe, that control with Dave's cap is the best one can attain with the joystick internals being fubar. Rather nice.
dave19711998
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I hate to sound like a complete moron but, where can I purchase the joystick mod?
yaustar
UK GP32 & GP2X Owner
From DaveC on the boards.
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TelcoLou
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Just send DaveC a PM.
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jmetal88
Erm.... Woohoo!
I just recieved mine today... It's still a little awkward (sp?) to use, but it does feel much better, plus I like the fact that I can slide along the outside edge to change directions.
The biggest advantage:
YOU CAN USE IT LIKE A D-PAD!
That's right, it's wide enough and flat enough that you can press the sides of it just as if it were a d-pad.
The biggest advantage:
YOU CAN USE IT LIKE A D-PAD!
That's right, it's wide enough and flat enough that you can press the sides of it just as if it were a d-pad.
Khellros
Still Fresh
I ordered mine yesterday and I can't wait to get it. Does anyone know how long shipping takes to Europe? I'm in Sweden.
k1d
Still Fresh
i'm waiting for mine too. shipping to europe should not take more than one week.
raven
Active Member
I received mine 6 days after I ordered/payed for it (Netherlands)
Edit: typo
Edit: typo
Khellros
Still Fresh
Ok, that means I should get mine next Wednesday or so. Thanks!
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Paradox
oh em gee
i got the cap today, i like it better than the stock one, but its too wide in diameter for my thumb, sometimes my thumb will slip around inside the cap, from the pictures, it also looked like a sort of rubber, but its actually quite nice quality plastic (but being plastic and not rubber, still a bit slippery)
its also a bit too high ...any way i can make this smaller by making the hole deeper?
its also a bit too high ...any way i can make this smaller by making the hole deeper?
Yeah press it down farther. You should be able to press it down until the cap actually hits the top of the case, then pull it up slightly. You probably just pressed it until it got to the complete round section and then stopped. You need to go farther, just twist and press more.
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Stenrad
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Got my cap today as well - it was waiting for me when I got home from work. 
Terrific improvement over the old one. Many thanks DaveC!
All the best,
Stenrad.
Terrific improvement over the old one. Many thanks DaveC! All the best,
Stenrad.
Silberstein
Member
I got mine a few days ago, (actually just the day after I got my Gpx2, and the very same day my memory card arrived, so the timing was perfect ). Now I can't see how I possibly could have managed without it. I was very dissapointed with the original stick, but thanks to Dave's mod, I'm now perfectly content. It also looks much better than the original, factory made, one. I really can't find a thing to complain about.
). Now I can't see how I possibly could have managed without it. I was very dissapointed with the original stick, but thanks to Dave's mod, I'm now perfectly content. It also looks much better than the original, factory made, one. I really can't find a thing to complain about. 
moz
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got my cap, thumbs up
cheers
DaveC
now my 2x controls like a zodiac (which under normal circumstances wouldnt be a good thing)
cheers
DaveC
now my 2x controls like a zodiac
(which under normal circumstances wouldnt be a good thing)nugsolot
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Just got my Cap today and WoW.... i performed my first dragon punch in Streetfighter II on mame. Joy!!! Most helpful is the fact that you use as a Dpad would be used, pressing up for up instead of up from the bottom like on the original cap. Makes me appreciate my GP2X alot more. Thanks DaveC for a great fix to a huge problem with this great handheld.
I would Highly recomend this to anyone who has an extra 10 bucks well worth the price.
Nugsolot
Joy!!! Most helpful is the fact that you use as a Dpad would be used, pressing up for up instead of up from the bottom like on the original cap. Makes me appreciate my GP2X alot more. Thanks DaveC for a great fix to a huge problem with this great handheld. I would Highly recomend this to anyone who has an extra 10 bucks well worth the price.
Nugsolot
Paradox
oh em gee
Just got my Cap today and WoW.... i performed my first dragon punch in Streetfighter II on mame.
I would Highly recomend this to anyone who has an extra 10 bucks well worth the price.
Nugsolot
what do you mean you use it like a dpad? you use it like a normal joystick, you are just used to having to press a joystick from the bottom because of the stock stick being crap
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jmetal88
Erm.... Woohoo!
Just got my Cap today and WoW.... i performed my first dragon punch in Streetfighter II on mame.
I would Highly recomend this to anyone who has an extra 10 bucks well worth the price.
Nugsolot
what do you mean you use it like a dpad? you use it like a normal joystick, you are just used to having to press a joystick from the bottom because of the stock stick being crap
A normal joystick you grab and push or pull as well as swivel.
This you can use like a D-Pad by pressing down on the edges rather than having to center the thumb and press outwards (which you can still do if you feel like it).
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DaveC, get a patent, before somebody copies you and sells it for less!
P.S. That is the first time(in my memory)I gave DaveC (good)advice........
Well thanks guys.
Unfortunatly I don't think you can patent a stick cap. Even if you could the cost of that would be more than I would ever make. I am not getting rich on it, I have to take out postage, plus paypal whacks me some too. Some on here have whined about the price but honestly after postage and paypal fees if I sold it for less it really wouldn't be worth the time to make. I have to make each one on a lathe, it is not like I have a mold or CNC to pump them out cheaply. Eventually maybe GPH will even come with a molded cap for dirt however I don't know how good it will be. Theirs will be certainly made from cheap styrene or ABS. My caps are nylatron GS though which is a kind of metal impregnated (molybdenum) nylon and is much tougher (and expensive material) than anything GPH will come out with. Look at them in a bright light or sun, you will see a kind of steely sheen to them.
From a website:
"NYLON
Nylon is the generic name for a family of long-chain polymeric amides. General characteristics of the nylons include toughness, strength, abrasion and fatigue resistance, low coefficient of friction, resiliency and heat resistance. Many of these properties can be enhanced by the addition of fillers such as molybdenum disulphide (Nylatron-GS). Nylons are resistant to hydrocarbons, alkalies, keytones and esters"
Why no reverse lathe a piece of metal that you could pore pasltic into and let it setup and then pop them?
I'm sure there is some way you could figure a way to produce them faster then the way you are doing now. There are a lot of cheap materials out there to produce molds from now. I found one that was a clay material that can take in molten metal and still with stand the temps.
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Why no reverse lathe a piece of metal that you could pore pasltic into and let it setup and then pop them?
I'm sure there is some way you could figure a way to produce them faster then the way you are doing now. There are a lot of cheap materials out there to produce molds from now. I found one that was a clay material that can take in molten metal and still with stand the temps.
Well the material to pour into a mold would be poor for a stick. Not too durable. This Nylatron is tough shit. Even the chips made when machining are strong. Sometimes the curly chips get tangled around the workpiece and are a bitch to get off some times due to the strength. Pour moldable plastics that aren't made by high temp and pressure injection molding are very brittle. As soon as you would press on to the shaft it would split.
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mooseknuckle2000
Member
just paypal-ed ya DaveC...look forward to the cap!!