Featured Stick: MuffMan's VAS22

In November of 2002, to celebrate his nephews birthday, Vice President Miyamoto Tanaka of the Umbrella Corporation commissioned an arcade stick to be built by two custom builders, one Voltech and a Kuyo Joe. That same year, Vice President Tanaka is believed to have been killed in a freak lab accident, and the two builders are still to this day missing. It is rumored that Miyamoto Tanaka hid access codes to the Red Queens Main Frame System. No pictures of the custom build exist and many doubt its existence. Until now...

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Featured Stick: Teddy Eddy's Mass Stick Update

DJ Teddy Eddy's Updated Mass stick

Dj Teddy Eddy had me reboot a Mass stick for him
After some custom 8 Bit art from Zong Hui, (the guy who produced the 8-bit version of the Evo Moment #37) and arranged by me
a fresh new coat of paint and all new hardware
Here's what he gets

Click the pic for more
Here's the before pic for reference

Featured Stick: Bad_Boy_Brazil (VAS-HG Reboot)

Updated VAS-HG for Bad_Boy_Brazil
White River Powder coat
White PVC Frame
Added Tiger maple trim
New Custom Art
New wiring
New bottom Plexi

Voltech Arcade Sticks and accessories - News 

   I'm taking my previous idea to make the welded on OEM style stick mount bracket to the next level and turning it into a bolt on solution. This would mean a couple of things.
1. I could make different mounting plates for different sticks and heights including (Sanwa, Seimitsu, Happ etc)

2. While they wont be available for my first run, the mounting holes will be pre drilled so you won't need it to use my custom plates but you can upgrade to it in the future once they become available.

3. You will be able to remove your stick without having to first remove all the buttons and art from your custom plates =D Tell me that's not Awesome!!!!



This might be old news and I might be the only one that cares but I just fitted the LS-32-02 PCB into my JLW and it works like a dream!!!! =D

 All I need now is a JLW short shaft for mounting it to a metal panel and I'll be able to install it into any TE or V.S. sticks. Anybody know if Sanwa already makes such a thing or if I need to make one myself?

Custom Mounting plates - Coming Soon!

I'm going to start making custom mounting plates and plexi's for some of the retail Arcade sticks on the market, ie the Madcatz TE and V.S. as well as other custom panels and cabinets.

I'm currently  working on getting the measurements I need so if you guys have any panels you want to see made I am excepting donations or loaners to help speed things along.

Contact me at voltecharcadesticks@gmail.com for more info

Featured Stick - Dezertg's VAS-TE

VAS-TE Elite
Harley Davidson Black Texture Powder Coat
Ebony wood trim w\ High Gloss Finish
Sanwa JLF Stick and buttons (6 on top 2 on the side)
Joytron Dual PCB
Premium Tech Flex wiring
Neutrik 4 pin XLR port to USB
Black and white Voltech Art

Featured Stick - unlim's VAS-BSS

VAS-BSS Dragon Plate edition
Brushed Stainless Steel Case
Dragon Plate Trim
Sanwa Stick and Buttons
Dual mode Joytron PCB
Premium wiring harness

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

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

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

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.

DJQwikStop's VAS-HG Cody Stick

Suichoken's VAS-HG

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

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.

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.

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

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

Made this to show how to change the art on the VAS-HG

Click on the pic for slide show



(Stick not for sale)

This is actually a stick we're making for the Sticks For Joy foundation to help victims of the Tsunami in Japan. Tickets for the Raffle go on sale at Evo 2011.

Thought I'd post up some of the CF option I have available.

Basic CF Vinyl (Black, White, Silver) in stock

3D CF (White, Red, Black, Blue) in stockl

Dragon Plate Real CF (Matte and Gloss finish) in stock

VAS-22 Prototype Drawings and alternet button layouts

Final design still pending but I may be able to offer a couple of different button layouts