Coffee table joystick

Rilot · 25 Feb 2013 at 04:44

Slam said:
looks excellent, did you do anything to help tidy the cables away?

I made a hollow section directly under the table top where all the wires and the interface go. I have cats so it was vital that all the wiring was hidden away.

BodgeITandRun · 25 Feb 2013 at 07:01

Nice Job. Makes me wanna have a go at building something myself. I won't cos I am too lazy but makes me think about it.

PaulyD · 25 Feb 2013 at 11:00

That is awesome.

Want that so much but can't see my missus going for that

HaloUK · 25 Feb 2013 at 11:20

First thing I thought whan I saw this was "hmmm, that would kill my back after 5 mins of gaming". Good on ya for doing it... hope your back's up to it!

kreutzner · 25 Feb 2013 at 11:38

Dude, that would be so awesome for Mame!!

PhillyDee · 25 Feb 2013 at 11:42

Thats awesome!

A build log of it on instructables would have went down a storm.

d_brennen · 25 Feb 2013 at 12:12

You should sell them OP, how much did the stick and table cost?

Rilot · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:16

d_brennen said:
You should sell them OP, how much did the stick and table cost?

The table I already had. It's only a cheap one though so £60 ish?
The buttons, sticks and USB interface cost £52.

It took me 3 hours to drill the holes, design the layout and wire up the interface.
I'd need to sell them for £200+ to make decent margin while paying for my time and I can't see people going for that.

I'm thinking of using some better buttons as the ones I used were only budget ones. If I do replace them I'll do a full build log as I will need to completely disassemble it anyway.

d_brennen · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:41

IDK, £200 might not be a big ask for some retro/collector gamers. They tend to be 30+ and have disposable income

List one on the bay as made to order and see what happens

Space Monkey · 26 Feb 2013 at 00:26

Sweet, love it

Philtor · 26 Feb 2013 at 01:55

That turned out well I have to say!