Poor man's joystick box

Tech Talk
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I saw someone mention they found a project box which could funtion as a joystick box but was rather expensive. It took me by surprise as i’ve seen these project boxes for around $26 :wink: Which is very cheap if you ask me. It would be cool to see someone make a stick out of that.

http://www.pactecenclosures.com/Plastic-Enclosures/PT-10.jpg

http://www.pactecenclosures.com/Plastic-Enclosures/PT-10.html

Apex

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Damn that is pretty cheap…Is the quality good though??

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Check out the drawings and you tell me :wink:

http://www.pactecenclosures.com/Plastic-Enclosures/PT-10-drawing.html

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They look to be sturdier than tupperware and shoebox cases atleast. Man, I don’t know how much money they’re making with the products they sell. But if they get in on the SF4 hype right now, they’d be probably make quite a bit of money. (for the meantime, anyway)

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Saw it and it looks good to me…The price is $8.59?? I might get one once i get money lol…finally my own custom stick…

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Value sticks ftw!

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That’s got an aluminum top too, apparently… so yeah… thinking about hoping on this for another custom down the line.

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its 8$ if you order a ton :wink: If you order 1 to 99 its $26.20.

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It’s actually almost 30 bucks. It’s 8.95 if you buy in super bulk though.
edit: ^beat me to it^

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Looks interesting, only problem is that the angle of the box might be a bit too high. 5-10 degrees is more than enough, but if it doesn’t bother you, go right ahead.

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Is this thing thick enough to hold a sanwa joystick or would you have to cut a hole or grind something down etc.?

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check the custom joystick thread, someone HAS made a joystick out of this.

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Tight. I’d look it up if I had any idea what to search for in that humongous thread.

EDIT: nevermind, found it searching for “plastic enclosure.” Looks like I’ll be ordering up one of these too. :lol: I’m an addict for this stuff now.

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That’s a cool find! :smile:

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dam slap a graphic on that thing and itll be pretty nice… great find

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I sent him a pm about it. There was a blog someone posted here last year about it but I lost the link to it. Buyproduct did an awesome job with the mod.

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that is pretty cool, though the angle looks a little too much for me.
what are those things normally used for?

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LOL I used the same box. Its really nice. Just got to add some weight to it and BOOM. It rocks.

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I can see it now.

“Due to high order volume, PacTec orders may be delayed 2 - 3 weeks before they ship. We have no clue why suddenly there’s an influx of people ordering our PT-10, but we thank you for your business and this is only a temporary situation.”

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LOL. I’ll keep this in mind for the cheapo joystick build I do for somebody.