I think it turned out alright. Sorry for the crappy mobile phone shots and bad lighting - it looks much nicer in person. I made it out of hickory and gave it a natural finish. Astro City button layout.
My dad owns a cabinet shop so he helped with the initial construction. His planer was particularly useful since my screw-on buttons would not work with 3/4" wood.
I couldn't find any metric drill bits locally so I had to order them online. That held me up almost a week because I ordered them the Friday before Columbus Day.
Here is a comparison of the natural finish and an unfinished scrap piece.
I also had to chisel/file out the recess for the piano hinges. If I were doing this again, I'd use a band saw before putting the box together. The chisel and file worked out in the end though, it just took a while.
Re: I built my first arcade stick
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:07 pm
by the7k
Good stuff, man. I need to make some arcade sticks myself. (Really wanna make some Saturn arcade sticks.)
Re: I built my first arcade stick
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:43 pm
by 8bit
Wow! That looks super nice! I really like the bat stick choice. Great job! What system(s) does it work with?
Re: I built my first arcade stick
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:50 pm
by bmoc
The Cthulhu PCB works with
PS3 PS2 PSX PC Gamecube Wii through Gamecube controller support Original Xbox Dreamcast Sega Saturn TurboGrafx-16/PC-Engine NES/Famicom SNES/Super Famicom
It can also be modded to work with Xbox 360. I am pretty sure I have seen mention of people using with NeoGeo though I am not sure how they managed it just yet (I also don't have anything NeoGeo so it isn't a big deal to me at the moment). I am told that you can also get Genesis/Master system support using an adapter like this along with a PS1/PS2 cable: http://www.tototek.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=23&products_id=54
Re: I built my first arcade stick
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:58 pm
by dsheinem
awesome! i dig it
Re: I built my first arcade stick
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:04 pm
by TSTR
Good stuff!
Re: I built my first arcade stick
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:08 pm
by noiseredux
Really slick!
Re: I built my first arcade stick
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:31 pm
by jeffro11
Good job it looks really nicely finished!
Re: I built my first arcade stick
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:45 pm
by mjmjr25
Great job, bmoc. Super clean wiring.
What did you use for your finish?
Re: I built my first arcade stick
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:49 pm
by bmoc
Just polyurethane. Four coats on the top. Three on everything else. I accept that I may have to sand down the top and refinish every few years if it gets super discolored from use.
