First Few Steps

So far, everything has gone pretty smoothly. Old buttons and joystick have been removed uneventfully aside from having to pry the little metal c-ring off the bottom of the stick. Widening out the holes to accommodate the extra 2mm of width that the Sanwa buttons have was a snap. Which is how those new buttons went in. Turns out I'm a fucking surgeon with the dremel tool. Next up is wiring those buttons to the PCB. Then the joystick, which the only part that scares the hell out of me. I haven't done any soldering in quite some time, but I brushed back up on it, did some reading and I feel pretty confident. Also, black shit all over my kitchen table now. Mayflash smoke. Don't breathe this.