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All set up and under way!

Small update, managed to get my new joystick adapted/surround sorted during the week. I've just set up a bit of alloy on my machine so I should have some correct case rear sides by tomorrow afternoon. Then I'll move onto the hand grips!

Yeah he's still only little, about 5 months old now. He's an absolute terror compared to our last cat, bites scratches etc. But he's nice when he's calm. Still trying to get the kids used to not winding him up too much haha. He's actually a Ragdoll x Birman but you really can't tell. Got a bit...

First PCB done and some of the components fitted. RGB is mostly working, kitten approved!

My Arduino micro and larger battery turned up! Now I really need to get started on those PCB's!

Maybe not to you, but maths is definitely one of my shortcomings haha. I could probably work it out, but I'm not sure if its worth all of the hair pulling..... Yeah that's what I'm thinking. I've checked and I have room to straighten it up without having to remove the existing standoffs. I'll...

Just realised I've made a huge mistake with this design. I mounted this joystick on an angle to try and keep it as far from the shoulder buttons as possible. But its just occurred to me that means I'm going to need some pretty tricky maths in the controller program to "rotate" the axis to make...

Well I've officially made my first mistake of the project! I accidentally toolpathed some of the pockets on the second side of this job for the wrong sized tool. I also didn't realise that I hadn't taken the USB ports deep enough on the first side of the job. If it was just the USB port holes...

Looking awesome mate! I could make those light pipes out of a bit of clear plastic pretty easily if you ever wanted them done. One thing I wish I was better at is PCB design. What software was this done in? I have the basic principles of circuit design down (for simple things, anyway) but I...

It's a bit hard to describe... It's definitely louder when the cover is up but I wouldn't say it makes a HUGE difference to the volume. I am planning to line as much of the inside of the enclosure with foam as possible to help keep the noise in. It does seem to take a bit of the harsh "edge" off...

Well the bad news is the store I was going to get liquid silicone from has closed because of Covid-19 so guess I'm ordering it online instead! On the upside, the connectors for the switch joysticks turned up so I went and grabbed some PCB material so I can work on the PCBs this weekend.

Nice find mate! I've found a few videos of people testing games but they were mostly newer and required ultra low settings to even be close to playable, which is just not what I'm looking for. I should have time today to check it out so thanks! Arduino micro. I've got one on order, just...

Joysticks, clear plastic joystick surrounds and temporary 3D printed hand grips fitted! And thanks to quarantine I have tomorrow off work so I can start tracking down stuff I need to have a go at casting these buttons! And before anyone asks, no that is not where the main board is eventually...

Took a quick video just to show how need for speed performs on the little tablet. Also this thing makes Gameboy games look great haha. Probably a bit of a waste to play on it though. Also, excuse the tissue box prop. Needed something to keep it standing up for the video

Its my own design. 3 Axis, 350x300x100 work area, 25mm linear rails, 16mm ballscrews, Nema 23 stepper motors (on 24v), gecko g540 stepper driver, an ethernet smooth stepper for PC interface and a 1.5kw Chinese spindle. The whole thing is enclosed in a 600x600x600 box which helps keep the noise...

I swear I'm still just a hobbyst! I did (and still do occasionally) run a CNC for work, but I am by no means a pro. My job position is currently a draftsman, so I'd like to think I'm pretty reasonable at CAD work. But the stuff I'm paid to design is nothing like this, unfortunately! Seriously...

Thanks guys, I really appreciate all the feedback! I'm printing some hand grips for it today so I'll get some photos of that when they are done. Apart from that though I'm waiting on some stuff before I can keep going with it. I'm going to try casting the buttons from resin so I can get a nice...

Oh man, words can't describe how happy I am with how this came out! I swear the photos don't do it justice! 0.02mm step over on the 3D machined parts. This side took another 4 hours or so of machine time. The first two hours were just roughing out the stock down to the surface. Most of that was...

Second side is all set up for machining! Fingers crossed!

This weekend I machined the inside of the front part of the housing. This is the largest single part of the entire job. Total machining time on this part so far was roughly 5 hours. Three of those hours were just with the 4mm end mill which did the bulk of the work. The finer details were done...