Yeah they’ve told me that before too when I was trying to get them to make a blow up picture into a small poster. That’s kind of what I was afraid with these.
What size page is the TE templates supposed to be printed on?
same size has they give you when you download the pic. just don’t change res and all should be good.
according to irfanview it’s 14 by 8.5, so ledger it is.
Custom Cut Acrylic
So, I got my custom cut acrylic piece today in the mail. Cost was $32 which included shipping. The place used was http://www.pololu.com. Create an account, free, and then click the link on the left that says Custom Laser Cuts. The piece was in my hands in two days and I chose the cheapest options which were 5 days to process and then ship! Nice. It came bubble wrapped and in an official US mail priority mail box. Very well protected for shipping.
The file you’ll need to upload I’ve hosted at:
http://www.zshare.net/download/56586519657675bb/
If there are problems with downloading the file, let me know of a better place to host it.
Now for my review. It came EXACTLY as ordered. Which is great. The only problem I have is that I ordered it at 1/16th" thick. That’s 1/16th of an inch thick. This is about twice as thick as the standard art on the stick. Not the metal plate, just the artwork layer.
That being said, it sits taller than the outer plastic red trim/bezel that runs around the artwork. You can feel it with you fingers that it is not flush (even) with the height of the bezel. This may be considered minor. Depends on you.
The ideal way would be to have a piece cut that is 1/32" thick. That is half the thickness of the 1/16th. However, this place online does not offer 1/32.
The great part about an acrylic cover is that is is not tied to any piece of art work. So, you could print out at Kinkos or where ever all day on just regular paper, or at least not laminated, and come home and switch it out and still have a nice hard, clear top.
I’m very pleased, but the 1/32" thickness would have been nice. EDIT I don’t think acrylic comes in 1/32" thickness. It would be to flimsy to work with. Could be wrong. I think at that thickness lamination and other options are the route to go. I’m still investigating online though.
MODS: Some people have asked if the layout could be changed to 6 buttons by deleting the holes for the last two; yes that can be done. Can the cutout over the turbos be deleted? Yes, but there is a slight plastic ridge around the turbos that is part of the black plastic housing that they sit in…so the acrylic wouldn’t naturally sit flat over them. I suspect that once the screw are in there really wouldn’t be much of a ‘bump’ but that is for you to decide. You would also lose access to the Home button…so…you’d have to handle all that through a separate controller when playing.
P.S. The brown paper on it that you see simply peels off when you’re ready to apply it. I haven’t printed up artwork yet, so I’m leaving it on to prevent it from getting scratches and such.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/gxempire/Stick%20Templates/IMG_1259.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/gxempire/Stick%20Templates/IMG_1260.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/gxempire/Stick%20Templates/IMG_1261.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/gxempire/Stick%20Templates/IMG_1262.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/gxempire/Stick%20Templates/IMG_1264.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/gxempire/Stick%20Templates/IMG_1265.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/gxempire/Stick%20Templates/IMG_1266.jpg
I’ll take more photos this weekend when I get a printout of something to put underneath it. I’ll peel off the brown wrapping and put it on my stick to show everyone.
bad ass :smokin:
I really like the look of this template … looks clean …
Kinko’s will gladly laminate your art if you bring it in already preprinted. (unfortunately most people don’t have a good printer).
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7682/p3030023w.jpg
I’ll do mock ups for people if they want anything similar. (just tell me what character and color scheme they plan on using)
Death or Glory I like your use of pink there. Nice to see it with somebody besides Dan on the art.
GXE you could remove the ridge around the turbo panel with a Dremel… You could also mount a Guide/Home button in the side of the stick by drilling a hole with a hole saw bit. But losing the 3-way switch would be the bad part.
Hackdizzle, can you please reduce that picture’s width? It’s too large. The button colors are excellent for your art though!
Sure thing…
Yeah, if you want to chip away or use tools to shave down the ridge around the turbo area, I believe that would work just fine. And sure, you could relocate the HOME button somewhere on the side…
My information was for the person that may no feel comfortable doing mods, even easy ones on a TE stick. My goal with the plex is to be able to print up lots of different images and switch them our fairly easily and have a nice hard clear surface for the stick.
But I do like the idea of covering up the turbo area…give ya more art work space…
Since I can’t reply to PM’s yet, I’ll post the link to my template here. It can only be downloaded 10 times.
Any Chance any of you Can make something incorporating marijuana leaves and the colors green and purple? I got green and purple buttons translucent pkn?s Any simple patter would be sick
That’s a really dumb idea.
Yes, yes it is.
^^^^^^^^^^^Be very carefull on that Acrylic piece you have there, especially when taking the the buttons out, i have crack so many already. gl
If anyone is planing to do this go with polycarbnate, it will cost you alot more but its worth it, you wont regret it at the end. polycarbnate will not crack.
Here is a picture of my te with polycrabnate.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/rockabilly7777777/DSC02189.jpg
Here is the acrylic piece that i use before. I now learn my lesson to never ever use acrylic again, pay the money and get it done right, go with polycarbnate
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/rockabilly7777777/DSC02192.jpg
so… in theory if you have those coverings you could just print up your templates at home? rather than having to go to kinkos and have them lami label them? you could just do it on say… photo paper or something? Cause I have a nice printer just not a laminator lol
Yes Akka, a plastic cover would prevent you from needing lami-label or printing the art as a sticker.
Wow that is an awesome knob on your stick. Someone should make those!