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Hello all, I'll be posting my progress on my N64HHV2 project here.

Warning: I am a noob so some things may be ugly. Viewer discretion is advised ;)

So far I have:
Bought and tested an n64 (thank you for your sacrifice, n64)
Printed most of the shell
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Yet to do:
Sand the shell (please forgive me for not doing it earlier)
Gather 90% of the parts
Wiring
Bang my head against the wall
Look into good carrying cases
Play Iggy's Wreckin' Balls in places god did not intend me to play in

Tips are also appreciated as I am basically going blind into this (I know, stupid idea)
 

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Looking at the print, I'm not sure sanding is going to help much with the control areas. You'll definitely want to print this with supports since the angle is pretty aggressive.
 
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Looking at the print, I'm not sure sanding is going to help much with the control areas. You'll definitely want to print this with supports since the angle is pretty aggressive.
Odd part is I did use supports. The holes look weird mostly because there is still some support material on the front from the print.
 

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Part of the issue is your filament is wet as fuck
 

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Like stitches suggested about wet filament. I personally use orca so our settings won't directly match, but having "hashed" interface layers (3-4 layers) ontop of the support material itself could help. Also increasing the spacing of the interface layer will help. Its been a while since I had to deal with tricky supports, but I hope what I said makes some sort of sense. Attached was an ASA print I did with supports.

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It's worth mentioning that ASA supports are much easier to remove than PLA or PETG supports
 
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It's worth mentioning that ASA supports are much easier to remove than PLA or PETG supports
Back into this project after giving up for a bit. I'm looking into possibly just paying a 3d print manufacturer for a nylon print. Is there a better material than nylon? I'd be looking at about 150 as the subtotal for simply the front and back pieces but my theory is I can PLA print the interior plates.
 

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SLS Nylon is generally very good, many people have had their shells printed in nylon and they came out great. It's kinda like a dry Gamecube controller texture.

You can indeed print the internal parts in cheaper PLA. They should fit fine, but you may need to adjust the scaling a bit
 
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Gotcha. I am also considering re-planning my build and doing Cy's Cyxty Four design instead.
 
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Shifting gears and going to @cy 's Cyxty Four design!

Does anyone have a PMS 1 I can buy?
 
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Shifting gears and going to @cy 's Cyxty Four design!
Good luck with the build! The build process may end up being a bit unpolished since I've only finished one iteration and even that had different solutions for various stuff than what you'll most likely end up doing. If you have any questions or need help with anything, feel free to dm me on Discord or ping me on here!

It's exciting to see somebody else take this build on!
 
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More and more parts are being bought each day! Should have everything done by end of may-early june!
 
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