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Dazz:
I've been trying to make a panel for all my retro ports for original controllers to fit into. I have the electronics skills to do all the electronics and soldering, but I lack the skills to make the panel for all the ports to fit into.

This is what I need a a panel that that has sections cut for all the below controller ports. I'm thinking out of 1/4" thick MDF or

2 x SNES (needs to be a short distance from the NES ports since they share the same USB chip)
2 x NES (needs to be a short distance from the SNES ports since they share the same USB chip)
2 x DB9 (Sega Genesis/SMS/Atari)
2 x Playstation
2 x Nintendo 64 - 3/4" round hole
2 x Dreamcast
2 x Sega Saturn
2 x USB - 1" round hole

I don't need any controllers or any of the ports as I have everything already.

Anyone willing to shoot me a quote for such a panel?

drventure:
The round holes would be easy, just a drill.

The others. The way I did mine was to use a 1/2 drill bit (or so), drill  out most of the hole, then use a rasp, chisel, and or scrollsaw to get rid of most of the rest.

Follow that with a mototool to finish it out, then glue the connector plug into the hole. It can be time consuming, but it works.

heemid:
Just curious what chip you are using for SNES/NES, Ive been looking for something.

Dazz:

--- Quote from: heemid on July 18, 2010, 08:04:40 am ---Just curious what chip you are using for SNES/NES, Ive been looking for something.

--- End quote ---
The 4NES4SNES chip from Raphnet.net.  I'd like to get it wired up, but I think I sortta need the panel first.

bkenobi:
If you use thin enough metal, you can use a nibbler to remove chunks of material.  I personally have used a nibbler, dremel, drills, and files to do all of my metal work in the past.  Now, I won't say that all of the mods have turned out perfect as there is a bit of a learning curve.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2289712

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