Let's make PANDORA'S BOX better 

Stupid Box

Awesome! That film protector removed made it look brand new!

Surely they feel more… SOLID!?

Steve I used to work for an amusement company back in my 20's (30 years ago) and leaf switches were the norm. But you had to clean them all the time, even if they had gold contacts. take a 1MM / 1/8" slice off the side of a red eraser and use that to slide in between the contacts to clean them. At the time, micro-switches were the bees knees, a lot less maintenance. Love your videos brother.

We need more qualitier videos like this

As a fighting game player, I open and tweak my arcade stick all the time. It was entertaining watching you try to learn how to swap the parts

i thought there was a plastic film on it earlier in the vid.. was going to tell you.. but you found it.. looks so much better.. nice.....

I agree with comments made about moving the led strip to the side. Its also begging to be turned into a table arcade machine with a cabinet. Just like the picade!

Steve is playing with his knobb again

Move the LED strip to the side wall so its less dazzling. maybe upgrade it to a 'chasing'/addressable strip (argb) so you can have different modes or lower the brightness.

if you need to tighten up the knob/ball (it will loosen over time from general use) just put a screwdriver into the centre screw on the underside of the joytsick. Turn that one way (right) & the knob the other and it will tighten up

That peel olala. Great work Steve looks good,

I'm 45 and still laughed like a child at "Knob".

I literally came for the knobs and peels in this video. Nice job, Steve, I'm spent.

You’re supposed to put your screwdriver in the bottom stick screw to tighten and loosen the “knob”

I like the idea of having a row of red buttons and a row of black buttons for each player. It would be more visually appealing. My 2 cents.

Awesome seeing you work on some arcade equipment. I’d love to see more. One thing I learned is when removing the … “knob,” 😂 there is a slot for a flathead screwdriver on the base of the shaft. Set a screwdriver there and twist the ball top. That way you don’t risk damaging the shaft with pliers. All the best! I have really enjoyed your content!

Also, just thought, if you're into pinball emulation, you could also add flipper side buttons to the ends of the Pandora box.

excellent work on upgrading it! to nippick a little i would have made the P2 side with blue buttons since P1 is historically red

Great video. Ya, I built a tabletop arcade and bought the generic buttons and the Sanwa and man they are night and day with how they feel and sound. I wouldn't use anything but the expensive ones now.

That peel was epic.

That would be solid to build a cabinet around

Looks a ton better.

I love this red buttons so much ❤❤❤

Red tipped knob action. Nice

I was wondering why the surface was cloudy. These buttons are a huge upgrade.

Depending on how much you love it, I would be tempted to "mask out" or make the plastic more opaque except on the PacMan characters, or perhaps replace/move the lights inside to look less tacky. Or even get a switch/colour changer for the lights ya know. Depending on how much that bothers you. Good video as always :)

The whole video I was screaming "it's got a film protector on it" thank God you answered me

I love everything about it! Great work Steve! Better then factory for sure. I wonder if adding some kind if diffuser to the LED strip will help with the harshness of the light. Something opaque-ish and plastic like a strip from a milk jug? 🤷

Glad you agreed with that it deserved an upgrade

Definitely way better now. Great channel for customizing videos now.

Good upgrade

Definite improvement in look and function...... I like it

Damn... A bonus Peel - you have almost a completely new device now! I am exceptionally jealous... I've wanted to make my own arcade machine for ever... I just lack the...skills... to actually build the cabinet itself. Maybe an idea for a future second channel project? Put that Pandora into a full size cabinet. I'm sure your new house will have room right? :P

it is always a pain when your knob gets in the way of the sexy stuff! really cool video on customisation. love ya stuff thank you. and Happy Easter!

the whole time you were putting in the buttons i was like.. those nicks and marks look like they have air around them like a protective film, then validation

That ending 😂😂😂 You might be able to install Pandory to that box, get 4:3 aspect and make Metal Slug run a ton better 😊

Second LED strip, maybe?

i think the next Upgrade to is should be a diffuser channel for that LED Strip and surely a re-routing of it.

Knobs can be big and small .. make sure to pick the right knob and polish it too

U should get an octogate for them it truly brings out the potential of the fighting games

That could be in the main channel, Steve

Great work Steve. Personally I’d prefer concave buttons of different colors, same for 1p and 2p and I’d turn off the light.

Brilliant, thanks 😊

I've never seen anyone change micro switches for leaf springs, the reason you don't remember hearing the clicks from them years ago is that arcades were LOUD

The peeling of the protective film and the sexy music, you definitely should’ve marked this video as NSFW. Lol.

It went from being a broken piece of crap to a decent arcade experience 🕹️ Great job.

Looks much better 😉. Great 👍 work

Ought to have had a personalised vinyl printed for the top 👍🏻

If you ever re-visit this again some aluminuim tape around the led's could improve the glow.

Looks good. Now you should redo the lights

In my opinion it would look better if you put each button in different colour. Just like these Pacman ghosts. Each button have other function so each button should have separate colour but same scheme for 1 and 2nd player.

What you call boring, I consider cathartic at times. 😁 Keep up the great work. Came out looking awesome. Maybe add some leds to the other half ?

Another qualityer video stez

Yes! Time to mod 👏👏👏👏

I didn't know you had a second channel! :D

Trash to Treasure. Simple Upgrade & still better than a 1up Arcade 🤣 ITS STILL: GOT THE FILM!

that does look a lot nicer

The end killed me, I was hoping you would turn it back on to see if the lights were any better 😢........I'll never know but can probably guess

that light would be better if it was more centered and not on the bottom I bet.

Always firmly grip the shaft when twisting your knob. Love your content. Quick question where do you get your consumables from such as flux?

I think me personally to make it more arcade authentic I would have gone with concaved buttons

“… wasn’t quite as sexy as I’d thought it would be”. Sadly, that’s true of many things in life. 😎

8:30 *peels back protective plastic* *cues in the sexy music*

NICE!!!

Programmable LED’s Steve to go around the edges. Use WLED and an ESP8266

Gotta love a good knob joke! 😂

Nice 👍

Note: Some arcade buttons that don't click sometimes use Alps (clone) switches.

Nice video. I think it doesn't matter the order of the bottom cables, the only thing that the button does is a little short, i believe

Did you put the knob shaft-covers back on? They hold the black, plastic disks down.

Dirty Steve, fiddling inside Pandora’s box lol

I like your vids. What buttons are the best?.

Also nice 💥

I like to start with the nobs, too. 😅

How are the buttons and sticks holding up ? Would you recommend them still? I'm about to replace everything and I have no clue what stuff to get ^^

The black small buttons would look cooler on the red side and the red small buttons would look better on the black side

Nice job the mods you done. The factory didn't do a very good job with the led and diffuser I'm sure you could do a better job of the led than the factory did

Would you put more LEDs inside the box?

Honestly I’m more interested if we can load custom software on this thing. The emulation sort of sucks not to mention that forced filter.

Awesome Vid......can i have the old ones? 😃

grab an old lcd tv grab the defuser out and lay over lights it will spread the light out

Pity they didn't make a better effort with the lights, maybe in time you could add your own!

nice music.

I can't help wondering if half the illumination isn't working.

Red for me - looks more old school

Up grade the strip with a longer one

Now do the cabinet for it, please

Missed a trick at the end of the video there. Should have said, "Wasn't as sexy as as I thought it was going to be... the knobs got in the way" :)

What's with the hum/buzz Steve?

The next move it's to put a raspberry pi inside!

Is your camera closer to your face now? The FOV seems a bit weird

did u get it from the official store ? it doesnt look like a PB :/

Awesome 😁👌

The way you look at the camera and say "knob".. Are you asking me out on a date, sir?

I'm pretty sure traditional arcade joysticks also used leaf switches.

you need to replace in a new Pandora Box 10th v2

Having to mess around getting the protector on and off your knobs can certainly detract from the sexiness I find.

Where can I buy one of these systems?

Is this a new channel? Where’s the old one? I wanna watch some videos