Refreshing my AES stick

[awbacon]

https://youtu.be/EKtBlzqajvQ

Since they aren’t getting any younger, maybe this will help someone in the future my A button was dropping half the inputs, and playing some Pulstar was becoming near impossible. I tried to revive the micro switch but was unsuccessful in the end

[Sumez]

Really well made video. You have a good talking voice, and the explanations move ahead at a brisk pace which IMO is ideal for an instructional. I wish there were videos like this for the things I normally need help with

EDIT: Just noticed the classic Bomberman music Thumbs up!

[Mantrox]

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Nice video.
I'll have to do the same eventually, although i would use quick disconnects and i also wanna get something heavy like a metal plate inside, to stop these sticks from flying around.

[awbacon]

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Nice video.
I'll have to do the same eventually, although i would use quick disconnects and i also wanna get something heavy like a metal plate inside, to stop these sticks from flying around.

Unfortunately my quick disconnects were too tall for the shell. I couldn’t fit the two halves back together. I could have ground the case (or disconnect posts) down a bit but in the end I just went solder to terminal

[Sumez]

You can twist the legs of the buttons 90 degrees quite easily, that would be one way to adress it I suppose. Honestly, I don't think you need replacing buttons in a stick like this often enough for it to matter though. Desoldering something is only a tiny bit less inconvenient than unplugging it when you have to take apart the casing anyway.

[awbacon]

You can twist the legs of the buttons 90 degrees quite easily, that would be one way to adress it I suppose. Honestly, I don't think you need replacing buttons in a stick like this often enough for it to matter though. Desoldering something is only a tiny bit less inconvenient than unplugging it when you have to take apart the casing anyway.

That was my thought. It could be decades till I need to replace the buttons so solder really didn’t bother me too much