Just want to post and update on these Atari Clone DB9 joystick I mentioned earlier. I was quite impressed with them as they felt very compact and had a satisfying clicking sound which gave me a feeling that there was some decent quality microswicthes inside, like the original.
But the other day there was another not so nice sound that apeared while using it, and after this it got much looser at one side and not so good to use. I opened it and found there is some thin plastic "leaf springs" on the bottom of the handle that is used to engage the swicthes, and one of these was cracked. And it turns out there are no microswicthes inside either, just some metal that bends down and clicks when pressed together.
I managed to repair it though, by 3d printing an enforcement ring which I superglued to the springs, and also made a thin spacer plate to compensate for that the enforcement got the springs a bit to close to the switches.
Now it works quite well again, and I hope my repair will last
