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Curly Maple Joystick

Project by Kaytrim posted 458 days ago 735 views 1 time favorited 8 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Here is a project that I had fun working with. This was built for a customer to work on his Playstation 2 console game system. The joystick and buttons are real arcade controls and are connected to a Playstation game pad. All the buttons have a shop cut veener inserted and the joystick top and dust cover were turned on my Jet mini lathe.

The only part that I am not happy with is that one corner did not meet up properly so there is a nice ugly black line there. I used a tung oil for the finish after sanding through 12000 micromesh.

-- Computer programmer by day, fine woodworker by night. Custom made joysticks for Console Systems and Personal Computers.


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Dusty56

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posted 458 days ago

isn’t it funny how we can always make three perfect miters ? LOL …great job and certainly unique : )

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Greg Wurst

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posted 458 days ago

Now you just need to do a wood case-mod for the PS2 and he’ll be all set! Nice work!

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Mark Shymanski

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posted 458 days ago

Nice looking control. If we made them triangular there would be one less corner to worry about… but then would it be the last corner that gives us grief? LOL…well it was funny(to me?) when I wrote it :-)

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Bigbuck

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posted 458 days ago

Very nice

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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Kaytrim

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posted 457 days ago

I am currently working on a set of shooting boards to make this miter problem a thing of the past. I’ll post a project on them when I am finished.

-- Computer programmer by day, fine woodworker by night. Custom made joysticks for Console Systems and Personal Computers.

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thetimberkid

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posted 455 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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skywalker01

92 posts in 190 days


posted 29 days ago

Your wood will move in the opposite direction of the grain on that top (unless it’s plywood) and further complicate those miters. Just a point of notice. Really cool. My brother plays street fighter 4 on one similar to your pad with the picture on it. Sweet.

-- LAS

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a1Jim

16928 posts in 474 days


posted 29 days ago

looks great

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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