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AlienInferno:
Got bored today and wanted to build something so I built this.  Modelled it after a TMNT/Simpsons/Bucky O'hare cab that I got the plans for off Jakobud.com.  It's built out of 1/8" balsa sheets I had laying around.  Built it just to build it and put on a shelf somewhere but my 11 year old stepson thought it would be cool to make it work.  I thought about it and have an old cellphone laying around with Tetris and PacMan on it still so if I can figure out how to make a small enough joystick that works I might do it.  Either way I'm going to finish it and put some graphics on it and call it good for now.









danny_galaga:

Ha! Do it! Patrickl made a joystick from some mini microswitches and a nail. And made a ball top from some sort of putty I think. His was only two way, but it's food for thought.

Printing out the artwork from stiff paper should work a treat.

AlienInferno:
Shortly after posting this I found a how to on the joystick using switches and a half a pen.  It was top fireing too.  LOL.  Shouldn't be hard to make a four way but I want to keep the model to scale so I'm not sure if I can make 4 switches fit.  On the graphics I was just going to print it on regular paper.  Smooth the balsa, paint it, then glue the paper down similiar to vinyl.

danny_galaga:

Yeah, four micros would be too big to fit, wouldn't it? If you are handy with a dremel, you could cut out some button pads from a wrecked controller. Even a basic joypad will have at least six or so. You could arrange them 'standing up' like this (looking down from the top):

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with the rubber pads facing inwards and the joy obviously pushing on them in the middle. This would be very compact with a trade off of extra depth, but with luck that can be accommodated in the cab without changing any dimensions (",)                                                               

Xiaou2:
The simple option may be a hack of a Analog joysticks "Hat" controller.  The Hat has very tight and tiny switches.

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