All the side surfaces are covered in laminate (the black stuff). What I use on top is Lexan or any genaric polycarbonate. It’s like acrylic but is shatter/crack resistant. You can drill it with no fear of cracking.
For the t-molding (red strip), you need a 1/16" slot cutter. 2 of the best places to get them are routerbits.com and mlcswoodworking.com. I get all my bits from routerbits.com because they carry the best brand around (Whiteside) and the prices are VERY cheap.
@50-fiftytrap
PM ponyboy on these forums for your part needs or if you don’t mind waiting a bit, http://www.akihabarashop.com/
Also, if you go to the BYOAC forums look in the buy/sell/trade for richardp171’s thread. Very cheap prices from him.
Ok cool cool, i’m not really into the shopping online thing, i know a guy who works at the arcade and he ordered parts for me and i bought it from him. Thanks for the info on T Molding, i’ll be looking around Home Depot today for that stuff.
Do you assemble your game pad on the same wood as your joystick/buttons, or do u leave it on the bottom?
I am also looking for a the exact same japanese stick that most arcades usually use, does somebody have a link for them?
Damn finding T molding(rubber) is hard, Home Depot doesn’t even carry it. I also asked for laminate, shit cost $50 bucks Canadian and its a big fucking sheet, like 6 feet, i have to look somewhere else for a smaller size cause they don’t provide it.
Don’t be afraid to shop online. www.tmolding.com is an excellent place for t-molding. Very high quality stuff there.
Also for the laminate, are you sure somewhere in HD they didn’t have any cheaper? At the one I go to they have 2’x4’ pieces for $12us. If not, call around local cabinet shops and ask for offcuts.
To answer your PCB mounting question, I mount them on the same wood as the controls, or even the sides. The bottom is left clear.
The Bosch is a very smooth running router and comfortable to use. The Porter Cable is a VERY heavy duty machine, designed for hours on end use. I love it. And the triton is excellent as a dedicated plunge router.
Most importantly though, are the router bits. For those I highly recommend www.routerbits.com. They only carry Whiteside brand routerbits, but honestly, they are the best and cheapest out there. Fine Woodworking did an endurance test with 17 brands of routerbits and Whiteside came out on top. Another brand to look at is MLCS. They’re router bits I’ve heard nothing but good things about and they ship free.
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Yes I am a router freak. If someone was determined they could make a joystick with nothing but a router and a few bits.
shit i got my drill bit 1 1/8 and the drill i have isn’t even powerful enough to drill all the way through the wood, is this really done by a drill or do you guys use those bigger machines that drill holes in the wood with a lever?
Also what kind of Bolts do i use to hold the joystick in? I noticed that the heads on those are flat and roundish like.
Thanks for the info guys, I’m going all that stuff out. Laurie47, by cheap do you mean like $150-$200?? I’m trying to spend less than $200 for a jigsaw and a router, I already have a good drill. I’ve seen a $30-50 jigsaw, and a routers for no less than about $100, I just wonder if they are adequate.
All thats left is to solder my wires to the gamepad, i already have all the wiring ready on my cherry switches, i just need to know if i need to have something on my end wires before i solder it on to my gamepad?
Like can the cooper alone be soldered on to the gamepad i’m asking, or do i need to have something over it?
The wicks for the price is amazing, 30 $55. It has 6 speeds and is very sturdy. Only down side is no on off only a trigger, so when its in my ghetto table I have somebody hold the trigger for me.
But it spins the bit and thats what counts.
Not sure which dewalt it is, I will check tomorrow.
Wish I had my own workshop
nice. Some people actually prefer the trigger for better control. Not me though. I like a positive on/off switch. The triton probably has the best of that.
It is great having a dedicated workshop, or at least a corner of a basement. Where do you do all your woodworking?
ok I’m a router newb, I have no idea how to route out the depth of the mounting plate on my seimitsu, (LS 32 -01) how would I go about doing that? It’s a very thin amount to route out.
I live with my GF in a 1st floor apartment so cant do any here. I go up to my mothers partners shed to work. I do most stuff in the garden on a work-mate. Its annoying having to keep moving tools about, table saw, router, mitre saw, pillar drill. I want to have everything set up in one place. We are looking for a property with a garden so we can have a shed and a Weinmaraner But property i silly money here in the south east.
Alright, I got hopefully only one more question and then I’ll be ready to put everything together in my stick. I started a new thread for this as well, which maybe I shouldn’t have done… but too late now. I cannot find pics or descriptions of the solder points on the Street Fighter Anniversary Pad for PS2 anywhere. I found the pics for the xbox version, but its much different. At the moment I only have one of these controllers and I don’t want to screw it up and then have to find more before I can resume work. Pics or good descriptions would be so helpful. Nitewalker, I know you use these and you’ve been great so far with all the questions I have;) Thanks in advance, and thanks for the previous help.
But property i silly money here in the south east.