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SodaPopinksi:
Wow, you know, after all this time I just realized I misspelled Popinski in my name... lol :banghead:
Timoe:
Wow, Soda, your projects are sick. Way to take it to the next level. :cheers:
SodaPopinksi:
Thanks Timoe, that is high praise coming from expert stick makers like yourself and Kaytrim :) I actually made the bulk of the Ivy stick before the holidays but put the finishing touches on it recently. This is a stick I just made recently and finished. A little while back I asked HarumaN to hack some SNES controllers for me. This particular controller, or well now it is a pcb :) was my own SNES controller back in the day but it was pretty worn so I decided to try and "immortalize" it hehe, into a Donkey Long themed stick. I think it's cool that it's an actual Nintendo pcb and you can see the Nintendo style font on the pcb.
I used MDF this time, MDF feels light as a feather compared the hardwoods like curly and quilted maple. So much easier to sand and rout. Primed and spray painted it, then gave it a few clear coats of Polycrylic, sanding between coats but I didn't sand the last coat, I felt it looked pretty decent with just a bit of texture when you get a good reflection on it.
Sanwa JLF + Sanwa buttons and HarumaN's fine soldering job on the pcb :) The SNES has a common ground so it makes wiring easier. This is the first control panel I have not used leds on as a matter of fact and it reduces the wire count by a good bit. The printing of the cp graphic was done by the ever-excellent MameMarquees. I messed up in two places: First, you can see the select (1 player) button doesn't quite line up with the graphic :cry: dunno how I messed that up but it's not too bad considering how everything else with the graphic came out pretty nice. I suppose I could redo the cp art to accomodate it, but it's for me, so I can live with it :) Second I had no idea the orange translucent plexiglass was 3/16 thickness... :banghead: I measured for a 1/8" bottom so I was bummed when it didn't sit flush! So instead of buying more special colored plexi off eBay (which is kinda expensive due to shipping) I decided to try and rout 1/16" off the edges by having the edge of the plexi sticking out from under a board clamped down. I used the board to keep the router level and set the bit depth just so. It worked, but it didn't look too hot on the edges with all the router swirls and areas where you can see the change of thickness, so I took some leftover parts express vinyl and covered the edges. I think it looks ok.
I chose a SNES pcb because it's... well, because of it's Nintendo-y-ness hehe plus the fact you can hook it up to a pc with retrousb's SNES-PC adapter. Also, retrousb just came out with Wii adapters (ones for nes and snes pads) so virtual console play is a go. I don't have the game yet, but I noticed some people saying they can't use their digital Wii Hori stick with Super Smash Bros. I was kind of hoping to be able to use this stick with that, but it seems like digital controls are only accessed in that game by turning the Wiimote horizontal and using it's d pad.
Kaytrim:
Nice DK theme on the case. What about using the Wii classic controller as the base for the stick. I've heard that it is easily hacked. Would that work for Supper Smash Bros? My son wants that game so much. Thought I might make him a special controller for it as well.
Keep at it and you'll be selling some too ;)
Kaytrim
javeryh:
Wow! Awesome job! Do you have a template that you've developed or do you build each stick individually? I wonder if there is any way to make a few sticks at once using templates and jigs... :cheers:
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