Aluminum hucard

[shubibiman]

Bonknuts, you rock.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I like it!

hopefully wonder momo or rastan saga ii

I'm pretty certain it's Drop Rock Hora Hora Rock Drop*

*palindrome

Nah, he put Timeball/Blodia in there just for you! 

[TheClash603]

That's definitely awesome!

[Bonknuts]

Hmm, this probably shouldn't be in the dev section. I didn't make that hucard necessarily because I'm dev'ing on it. I've actually had the idea for make something like that for quite sometime. I made it because I'm merging two hobbies; machining and pce/tg16. I'm just getting into machining as if late (the equipment is damn expensive, but I now I have access to it). I need a bit of practice so I think I'll make some other TG16/PCE related stuffs.

 What do you guys think about a TG16 gamepad shell? I'm not sure I have all equipment for it, but I'd at least like to try.

 Mod: Please move this thread to either TG16 or PCE section.

[tggodfrey]

God i could have you running that Bridgeport for hours with things i would like made.

[roflmao]

Howabout an aluminum TG/PCE-compatible power glove!  Of course you'd have to say "Groovy." every time you put it on.

[HercTNT]

I want a brushed aluminium gt case thats all........i'm not asking for much 

[TheOldMan]

What do you guys think about a TG16 gamepad shell?

Yes, please.
And not to be pushy, but how about new versions of the 2/6 button controller? With real buttons, though

[Damon Plus]

Put in a Magical Chase and sell it for 6000$. Someone will pay that silly amount of money for it.

Or maybe not...

[Tatsujin]

next step, transparent aluminum huey

[Bonknuts]

Hey, hey, hey... I'm not a professional machinist. I'm not even an amateur, I'm still a novice ;>_>

 I worked on the "alucard" for about 6 hours. Most of that time is just setting up the machine/calibrating for each step of the process. Hell, after all of that I was off 0.001 of an inch on the hucard pcb area at the top compared to the bottom and the pcb wouldn't fit at the top because of it. Had to modify it by hand 

 There are some angles and stuff that I can't cut because I don't have the tool bits for it or tool attachments. Machinist make a lot of their own tools too and I'm not that far yet. I'd love to be able to machine a tg16 or pce shell at some point.

 Anyway, if I make some duplicate stuff I'll give it out if some of you guys are interested. I can't guarantee it'll be pro grade stuff though.

[Arkhan]

make aluminum covers for Turbobs for people who don't have the original black ones

[soop]

I worked on the "alucard" for about 6 hours.

Hahaha, Alucard

[incrediblehark]

Pretty impressive and very cool looking, nice work Bonknuts! you should do the controller shell next as mentioned, or an aluminum pc engine

[esteban]

Anyway, if I make some duplicate stuff I'll give it out if some of you guys are interested. I can't guarantee it'll be pro grade stuff though.

Hell yes, of course some of us are interested in that.

I am trying to think of projects that don't seem (initially, at least) to be too complicated...

(1) a gampad seems challenging (all the angles, the rounded edges on bottom, the "bump" raised center where the PCE/TG-16 logo is) -- BUT, if you simplified the design (keeping things flat, eliminating extra bumps) you might be happier (as a "beginner" project"). Regardless, this would also be the koolest item because pads are constantly used and visually interesting due to all the intricacies of design.

(2) Turbo/DUO Tap shell might be the easiest...though it isn't as visually interesting as a pad, and it doesn't get used/handled as frequently.

(4) THE MOST POINTLESS PROJECT: Make a TV Tuner shell (TG Express)! I might be the only person who would actually think this was kool. Sadly, I would only use the item for the A/V IN.

(5) I won't even mention the TurboBooster(Plus).

(6) TRULY THE MOST POINTLESS: A pachinko controller! You would probably get death threats from the less-mentally-stable members here for dedicating time and energy into a PCE pachinko controller.

I'll stop now, but, a DUO/Turbo Tap seems like a (relatively) easy project for an item that would actually be used.

I fully support any direction you decide to pursue, even if you simply want to make cigarette cases with the TG-16 logo .