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Alright...I've been bitten by the arcade bug. I've been spending alot of time over at the Build Your Own Arcade Controls forum, getting help putting together my arcade sticks that I plan on selling. While on the forum I see alot of people building arcade machines, or restoring old cabinets...things like that. Then today...I happened upon the technical specs of a Street Fighter IV cabinet. Well...at least the hardware inside.

Well...spent most of yesterday in prep work, getting setup to start on the remade sticks. Ended up only being able to find 3/4" thick MDF board, but thats ok. Not too huge of a difference than the particle board.

Got the first box cut out and assembled to make sure the new board thickness wouldn't interfere with the guts of the stick. And to me it looks perfect.

Also, the joystick assembly fits nicely into the routered area. Nice and snug...no router template necessary.

Well...spent most of yesterday in prep work, getting setup to start on the remade sticks. Ended up only being able to find 3/4" thick MDF board, but thats ok. Not too huge of a difference than the particle board.

Got the first box cut out and assembled to make sure the new board thickness wouldn't interfere with the guts of the stick. And to me it looks perfect.

Also, the joystick assembly fits nicely into the routered area. Nice and snug...no router template necessary.

My project has been dealt a horrible blow this week. Found out the wood I was using was not MDF, but particle board. Particle board does not paint well....takes alot of work to paint.

So I'll be making a trip to Home Depot this weekend to get some MDF board and pretty much start over.

The good news though is that I can use the particle board pieces as templates for the MDF board. So it shouldn't take too long to get 3 more cut out and assembled. So Im looking at having a completed joystick by Sunday if things go smoothly.

My project has been dealt a horrible blow this week. Found out the wood I was using was not MDF, but particle board. Particle board does not paint well....takes alot of work to paint.

So I'll be making a trip to Home Depot this weekend to get some MDF board and pretty much start over.

The good news though is that I can use the particle board pieces as templates for the MDF board. So it shouldn't take too long to get 3 more cut out and assembled. So Im looking at having a completed joystick by Sunday if things go smoothly.

Spent the last 2 days measuring, cutting, drilling and routing the ever living shit out of some wood.

And here are the spoils so far. Its still WIP, but its getting closer to the final product. Tomorrow after I fix Jules Xbox, Im gonna start drilling and setting all the parts together and start the prep for painting. Since its particle board, I've gotta use some heavy (fast drying) non-water based paint to prime that puppy.

Spent the last 2 days measuring, cutting, drilling and routing the ever living shit out of some wood.

And here are the spoils so far. Its still WIP, but its getting closer to the final product. Tomorrow after I fix Jules Xbox, Im gonna start drilling and setting all the parts together and start the prep for painting. Since its particle board, I've gotta use some heavy (fast drying) non-water based paint to prime that puppy.

Well they aren't new technically....they've had 3 albums I believe. So Im a bit late to the party. They are the Editors. And I'm hooked on their new album "The Back Room".

They sound like The Killers with a bit of Radiohead.

Here's a few videos:

Blood:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWFrzh4Elko[/youtube]

Munich:

Well they aren't new technically....they've had 3 albums I believe. So Im a bit late to the party. They are the Editors. And I'm hooked on their new album "The Back Room".

They sound like The Killers with a bit of Radiohead.

Here's a few videos:

Blood:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWFrzh4Elko[/youtube]

Munich:

Since it was announced earlier in the year, I've been eagerly anticipating any tidbits of info that drops on the net.

I grew up on Street Fighter and love almost every iteration of the franchise. So in anticipation, I'm gonna build a 360 arcade joystick for when the game finally does drop.

Here's 1 overlay I was tinkering with. Ultimately I want more than 1 character on it....just not sure where/how to fit them all right now. We'll see. I may just have to build more than 1 joystick. ;)