Okay, so I haven't updated this worklog in a while so here's an update. When I get home I will post a bigger update which includes the state of the Wii and shit but for now, I'm almost done with my case. This is how it looks right now:
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I have already test printed a few parts with PLA and I'm NOT happy with the results. All of my prints warped and they are under extruded. I'm now printing a new left controller part with colorfabb-xt and it seems to work much better. One of my test prints has all of the buttons in it for scale
These are my test prints:
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Also, at this point I didn't create the button holder yet to stop rotation so thats why the + and - buttons are aligned like that. The Abxy buttons are from a DS lite, (I killed one for this purpose since the ds lite was free and Its bottom display was dead)
This is the new print:
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I'm printing at 250 degrees Celsius so thats why there is some messed up filament between each part. After filing it should be perfect.
BTW, here's a picture of my
almost final wii motherboard. I wish my hot glue gun was still broken because it would have been a lot nicer. Bluetooth is finally working, after resoldering it 6 times and then finding out that my usb drive wasn't compatible with PortablizeMii... That means it could have been working the whole time...
Also, I know I should be using thinner wire for my data lines (like left and right audio) but I have a lot of this ~22awg wire and I like to use it since it just has a single core and it's easy to solder with. Also, I hate magnet wire since I have to scratch off the coating thats around it everytime.
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Also, can a mod move this back to the contest submissions thread? I think there might be a chance that I finish this in time since I litterally have the entire week free to be portablizing.