armad1ll0 that is
your website and your product, right?
I'm only selling empty cases for DIY purposes.
The geometry on mine is distinctly different from that one. I built a couple units earily similar to that one over a year ago... model one on my arcade joysticks website
http://www.geocities.com/pungstad/playstation2.htmlThe thing about melamine is that only Home Depot sells it in 2x4s and that's only in white, so if I wanna buy any other color it's gotta be in full sheets.
Personally, I like disconnects, parts can be interchanged without a soldering iron saving time.
BTW yes melamine sucks to work with, it chips very easily during fabrication but is actually a very durable material so long as the edges are protected.
As far as acrylic (Plexiglass) is concerned I just don't like that plastic in that small a thickness it tends to crack way to easily, I built a prototype for my model one design using plexiglass, and I will not use that type of plastic again. Lexan polycarbonate is my panel plastic of choice now. .093 sheet lexan will not crack or break, it's just impossible, even in manufacturing that stuff presents its own challenges for that reason, too bad lexan scratches way to easy and will tend to turn yellow over time.
Somebody needs to build Hagstrom-pattern encoders way cheaper (like $5). I hate hacking gamepads, the smell of solder and flux floating around, my fingers being burned....
Black melamine will yield a product similar to this: