Are the colored panels UV reactive? How well would it react bright whites/UV LEDs? Anyone know? Considering on ordering a case after helping out my friend Maxoplata on his build.
Well Ive had my baby for about a week now
(My Thoughts)
Its a great looking case and iād say as far as cracks go its pretty durableā¦(outside of the building process lol)
I only say this becasue to my bad luck i installed some wonderful rollie buttons 30mm and while putting them in i noticed they didnt go down all the wayā¦ but at the same time i than realized one of the led boards was still in a button so i attempted to take one out and i have a crack nothing sever hardly noticeable from certain angles but its still there =[
While im playing i find that its pretty easy for the top panel to come loose which has happened to me once to many but I see many people have posted a āfixā for this i shall give it a crack this weekend since im going to re wire the stick nicely this time.
Also i would love to take my buttons out but lol have to be honest im extremely scared to crack my case anymore than it is and dont have the patience to wait another 2 weeks for a new panel so anyone out there having the same experience that ive had with these buttons any tips on how to shimmy those bad boys out without cracking it
Has anyone flown with a weight-added TEK-case (with BBās) as carry-on?
Just wondering if TSA is fine with the BBās.
What if you store the BBs in you checked luggage and re-install them after you land?
do your thing art, people understand, as business isnt slowing for you lol. if you ever find time to visit us here @ srk again, please let me kno what font you use for the nameplates. i kno its sort of a stencil font, but it contains lowercase letter, and i cant seem to match it anythingā¦it shalleth be revealed soon as to why its important for me to acquire this font, but not as important as your business, so your thing 
iāve been wondering for some time now, how sturdy is the plexi case? it looks fabulous, but iām worried about the durability, since i play a littleā¦rough with my arcade sticks :V
Now i want this sweet case
all good. pretty sure peeps understand. good products take time so keep your head up and good luck with the move.
Thanks for understanding guys. I will try to chime in whenever I can =).
Sorry to hear about the ācheap screwsā issue with the top panels. It has more to do with the tapping of the threads within the diamond joints. While the majority of the joints are threaded well, there are some that may have been overlooked when Iām tapping like hundreds of them. If you have diamond joint issues, please email me, and Iāll place you in a queue for free replacement diamond joints. I donāt know the exact date Iāll get to that queue, but it shouldnāt be longer than a couple of weeks. I will do the best I can with the time I have.
If anyone has emailed me about diamond joint issues and have not heard from me, please email me again as I may have missed the emails during really hectic days.
@ShinMessiah, The stencil font I use is āStencilia-Aā
@Edgeman, When I went to EVO last year, I did transport my TEK case completed and filled with BBās within my carry-on. I had no issues going through security. Although, when the guy scanned it through the x-ray, he paused for a moment, then took the bag through again at a different angle, then let it through without any issues. Nowā¦ results will obviously vary depending on the level of security of your airports.
On the way back, however, I took my case apart (since I didnāt need to use it anymore) and bagged the bbās separately. So another good thing was compatibility of the case if you donāt mind taking it apart =).
thank you very much art
Havenāt had issues with the top/bottom panels coming loose at all (although that may be due to the gorilla glue and the special washers) with Project IS. The screws on the side however, seem to have a mind of their own.
To piggyback off d3v, his top and bottom panels arenāt going anywhere. To make sure the holes never stripped, I countersunk a hole in the diamond joint and pressed in some 8/32" nuts, which I then glued into the joint. Since the screws are now metal to metal, thereās no chance of stripping. The fit for the nuts in the joints was already pretty tight (I had to press them in with a clamp), but with the glue hereās little if any chance of he nuts spinning in the joints. Youād probably crack the plexiglass plates first. Iāll probably take a picture for my Project: IS blog at some point. The only other thing I could think of is some sort of threaded insert that could go in the diamond joint. Something like a drywall anchor or threaded brass insert. Of course, I didnāt have the time to experiment with that, so I used the nuts instead.
As I mentioned before, this is in no way a knock against the case! For most people, the threads in the diamond joints will be just fine. Worst case scenario, longer screws will do the trick if the screws start to feel a little less tight
As for the sideplates, Iāll e-mail d3v on thatā¦
I just finished building my FFVI stick. I just need to wire it now. Also waiting for a new balltop to ship.
Here are some pics.
Flush mount that Neutrik!
I just finished my Tek-Case. Here is a brief review.
-Unbeatable price for a DIY case of this quality. I looked at all of my options, price was not an issue, but I would have taken the Tek-Case over many other much more expensive options any day.
-Looks great. The fully acrylic case gives it a sharp clean look that no other DIY case can pull off. Wood vs acrylic depends from person to person, but thereās no denying that the Tek-case is sexy.
-Very customizable. Many configurations to choose from when it comes to color, button placement, PCB mounting, you name it. Plus having your artwork printed and cut perfectly to match your button configuration is a huge plus.
-Very easy to put together. My first time doing anything like this, and the case was by far the easiest part. If youāre having trouble with this, youāre probably fucked on wiring anyway.
The only problems I had were with the screws and diamond joints for the top and bottom. The screws would not tighten properly. I bought screws (8-32) from my local hardware store and it fixed the problem 100%. I actually bought two Tek-Cases and one of them only came with 3 top panel screws. Weird. Costed me a whole extra $2.00 for all of the replacement screws, so no big deal.
I canāt comment on durability. I havenāt had it for long enough yet. I had some plexiglass covers before and cracked one (my fault), but this feels pretty sturdy. I also cracked one of the PCB holders by screwing it too tightly, but thankfully it came with a spare. Weāll have to wait and see how it holds up in the long run. It will surely scratch with wear and tear, but I purposely chose art with a white background to make it less noticeable. If you want a black/mirror stick, any scratches will be more visible.
My only other issue is with S&H. I live in Canada, so we get raped by S&H. This is more-or-less out of Artās control, but it makes the product less accessible to international buyers nonetheless.
I give the Tek Case my highest recommendation.
Done. Thanks for the tip. This looks way better.
sigh hey artā¦apparently something went wrong with the zip code on my orderā¦so it got sent to west virginia. It may make it to me (quite late), or the post office said theres a chance it may even get sent back to you =\
Have anyone did a hitbox with one of these cases? I would like to use this case for my hitbox that I will be building.
i got my case about 10 days ago and the bottom brace was cracked by the usps. art replaced it pretty damn fast, got the part today and put everything together. heres a link to the pics:
for whatever reason, imgur wants to post them upside down, and iām too tired/lazy to fix them. also, could probably benefit from fingerprint removal, but again laziness prevails. iād like to have the nameplate on the stick light up, but i think iāve done enough project for now.
the case came together really easily. my only regret is that i should have purchased an opaque bottom panel so that my ugly wiring job woudnāt be so visible.
Has anyone mounted the Ponyboy transparent snapins in one of these cases? Not sure if the art inserts are the same sizeā¦
What spenzalii did with IS was he pressed in some nuts (held in with Gorilla Glue) in the diamond joints for the top/bottom panel. Itās something that IMO Art should look into for series-2.