Sunday, September 18, 2011

Featured Stick - Crime_in_Partner's VAS-HG




VAS-HG Elite
White Gloss Powdercoat
Afzelia burl wood trim
White PVC Frame
Vewlix 6 button layout
Semitsu's, with PurpleArms' Arc Eye 2's installed.
The joystick is a JLF, retrofitted with a Toodles' Spark.
The white marble balltop comes from Butteroj.
The artwork comes from Dragon Age:Origins.
PS360, Arduino Mega for LED programming of the ArcEye 2 with an an Imp in order to switch to programming of the Arduino
Jinx's Aluminum feet, painted white to match the case

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Featured Stick - eperelez's VAS-HG Dragon Plate Edition




VAS-HG Dragon Plate Edition
Black Carbide Powdercoat
Dragon Plate Carbon fiber top and side plates
Black PVC Frame
Sega Six with 2 on the side
Joytron PCB w/ Premium wiring
Seimitsu Smoke buttons and Smoke bubble top
Premium TexhFlex Wiring Harnes

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Voltech Arcade Sticks Interview at Evo 2011

Here's a quick interview I did at Evo 2011 with Eric Zhang,

Some of the best parts of Evo are the great variety of thigns to do/see/talk about while you’re there. While waiting around for the SF2 high-rollers tournament to start, I had a chance to talk with veteran arcade-stick maker Voltech from voltecharcadesticks.com. Being an amateur stick modder myself, I shifted our conversation from good footsie-options with Super Turbo Chun Li to arcade-stick making. I also wanted to have a quick talk with him about the Sticks For Joy foundation here

Follow the link for the whole interview http://ewic.us/?p=151

Friday, August 12, 2011

Featured stick - HG's VAS-BSS



VAS-BSS
Brushed Stainless Steel shell
Purple Heart side trim
Carbon Fiber top sheet (Matte finish)
Joytron PCB Dual system
Premium Techflex wiring harness



HG's VAS-BSS, a set on Flickr.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Tech-Flex Premium Wiring Harness


GH's VAS-BSS Wired, originally uploaded by Voltech Arcade Sticks.
Here's an example of the Premium wiring I'm offering as an upgrade to the standard. I did this one for SKR member HG.

Monday, July 11, 2011

VAS-BSS Limited Edition

VAS-BSS Limited Edition, a set on Flickr.
Here's 3 of the 5 Limited edition VAS-BSS (100% Brushed Stainless Steel) cases I'm making. All that's left is to get them wired up and ship them out. I'm so glad they turned out as well as the did considering all I went through to get them done. I nearly went broke getting the metal shells for these made as I was mis-quoted and ended up paying nearly double to get them done. But I think the end result is worth the effort.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Featured Stick - Amboyna Burl Vewlix 2 Player


Amboyna Burl - 2P Vewlix, a set on Flickr.
click the  X on the bottom right of the picture to go full screen

  Hello everyone, Voltech here. I just wanted to show off my latest creation I'm calling the Amboyna Burl Vewlix 2P. I built on commission for a customer of mine. The case is 100% Ambouna burl, the worlds most expensive burl wood usually only seen on the dashboards of Rolls-Royce motor vehicles or in very thin sheets of veneer. This was built from 3 - 2 1/2"x12"x 8" solid blocks of highly figure Red Amboyna Burl. I also built a custom mounting plate out of of brushed aluminum as well as the base plate. It features 2 Sanwa JLF arcade sticks with white Mesh ball tops, 14 Sanwa 30mm snap in buttons, 2 24mm sanwa and 6 Seimitsu 24mm clear\white buttons on the back. It measures W-31"x L-9 12"x H-2 1/4" and weighs in at 13.5LBS. It will work on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. This is a one of a kind build and quite possibly the worlds most expensive arcade stick? So far my greatest accomplishment "in the arcade stick building world". I think she's beautiful, what do you think?

Please leave a comment =D

Friday, June 24, 2011

First early pics of the VAS-BSS

It's not quite finished but here's a few shots of the first VAS-BSS
A case made from 100% Brushed Stainless Steel