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Mini Arcade model
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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