Paddle controller in a can

[JingleJoe]

After the subsequent discussions in this thread regarding making a paddle controller less sensitive, I built this device in order to test out different potentiometers to see which ones gave the best increase in turn range while still maintaining full movement of in-game movable things.

 

Pics!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Empty corn cans make surprisingly comfortable controllers to use

[Cebus Capucinis]

 

Now you need to sell that ULTRA RARE R10 LQQK PROTO on eBay for big bucks!

 

 

Very clever idea!

[4Ks]

I have to question the logic behind this.

[JingleJoe]

I have to question the logic behind this.

There was little. I needed an enclosure, I saw an empty can and thought "This looks good enough"

 

 

 

Now as for selling it, if someone wants it I will gladly sell it for a few units of currency although one should know that it is very ramshackle and it's wire is likely to break off inside or at the connector

[BigO]

Wow, that is truly...well...hideous. But, I admire the sheer thriftiness of it all.

 

 

In some circles (possibly not politically correct ones), that'd be called "ghetto-fab".

 

While in more politically correct company, I'd say it's the "rat rod" of video game controllers.

Edited June 5, 2010 by BigO

[uglyclone]

Wow, that is truly...well...hideous. But, I admire the sheer thriftiness of it all.

 

 

In some circles (possibly not politically correct ones), that'd be called "ghetto-fab".

 

While in more politically correct company, I'd say it's the "rat rod" of video game controllers.

I think it looks really cool. I'd say it's more of a "steam punk" look. People love that stuff. Run with it!

[JingleJoe]

Wow, that is truly...well...hideous. But, I admire the sheer thriftiness of it all.

 

 

In some circles (possibly not politically correct ones), that'd be called "ghetto-fab".

 

While in more politically correct company, I'd say it's the "rat rod" of video game controllers.

I think it looks really cool. I'd say it's more of a "steam punk" look. People love that stuff. Run with it!

Thanks for saying its cool but it is so not steampunk you poor misguided fool.

 

 

 

Also; Rat rod, I like it.

I made a rat rod power supply for my camera too to take these photos with, take a gander old sport:

 

 

 

 

[DickNixonArisen]

Ah, steampunk. What does it mean? As a punk rocker, owner of victorian era-clocks, sci-fi and fantasy fiction reader, and long-time tabletop RPG'er, I have no fucking clue. Basically they put gears in it.

[BDW]

I disagree with BigO, I think that looks damn sexy

[A.J. Franzman]

DickNixonArisen, you're describing clockpunk, which many people mistake for steampunk -- neither of which has anything to do with punk rock music. They're very similar, embodying the Victorian design ethic of brass, copper, and glass, along with exposed working mechanical parts; as well as optionally including nicely finished dark wood. The difference is, that steampunk is literally steam-powered, or should at the very least include metal piping or tubing that gives it the appearance of being steam-powered. If it only has a lot of exposed mechanical elements with nothing relating to steam, it's clockpunk.

Edited June 6, 2010 by A.J. Franzman

[Cebus Capucinis]

I'm more of a caveman-style sundialpunk person.

[BigO]

BTW - Me saying it looks hideous doesn't mean I wouldn't do exactly the same thing.

[jetset]

The ingenuity and creativeness of you people here never ceases to amaze me. That's damn awesome if you ask me.

It would be 10X better had you left the label on!

[tremoloman2006]

I think your "paddle in a can" is freakin' cool as hell...

 

A set from a heavy-duty V-8 can would be perfect IMHO.

[JingleJoe]

I dont want to get started on defining steampunk etc and I'm sick of people putting the word punk on the end of things, all I will say is what I allways find myself saying: Sticking gears to it or painting it brass doesn't make it steampunk.

Lets leave it at that

 

 

ANYWAY! Thanks for the compliments as to my design chaps, for the lols I may sell one or two, but the button on this one is starting to stop working So I'll need to get some better parts.

[DickNixonArisen]

DickNixonArisen, you're describing clockpunk, which many people mistake for steampunk -- neither of which has anything to do with punk rock music. They're very similar, embodying the Victorian design ethic of brass, copper, and glass, along with exposed working mechanical parts; as well as optionally including nicely finished dark wood. The difference is, that steampunk is literally steam-powered, or should at the very least include metal piping or tubing that gives it the appearance of being steam-powered. If it only has a lot of exposed mechanical elements with nothing relating to steam, it's clockpunk.

 

Well DUH anyone here knows that, basic stuff. I was merely using the more popular form so as not to offend the other posters by pointing out their mistake. I felt it the gentlemanly thing to do.

[A.J. Franzman]

Ah, steampunk. What does it mean? [...] I have no fucking clue. Basically they put gears in it.

DickNixonArisen, you're describing clockpunk, which many people mistake for steampunk [...]

Well DUH anyone here knows that, basic stuff. I was merely using the more popular form so as not to offend the other posters by pointing out their mistake. I felt it the gentlemanly thing to do.

[BigO]

Ah, steampunk. What does it mean? [...] I have no fucking clue. Basically they put gears in it.

DickNixonArisen, you're describing clockpunk, which many people mistake for steampunk [...]

Well DUH anyone here knows that, basic stuff. I was merely using the more popular form so as not to offend the other posters by pointing out their mistake. I felt it the gentlemanly thing to do.

I wonder if it's your humor detector that's out of calibration or mine.

[DickNixonArisen]

Jes' Funnin boys, put yer derringers back in yer boots

 

 

 

[nathanallan]

Things liek this get me going, too. I love it when people make stuff out of things they were never intended to be and they still work. I do the same type of thing when I have time. My joystick tester is testament to that.

 

Great can controller!

[DickNixonArisen]

Step right up and get yourself your very own 'Tari 1300! Ol' HoboJoe makes them hisself out of pie plates, wild turkey bottles, and bits o' that weird round ship what landed in his backyard last summer. Fitty cents! Plays good!

[JingleJoe]

Step right up and get yourself your very own 'Tari 1300! Ol' HoboJoe makes them hisself out of pie plates, wild turkey bottles, and bits o' that weird round ship what landed in his backyard last summer. Fitty cents! Plays good!

YES! Holy friggen pacman I am doing that

[BigO]

Jes' Funnin boys, put yer derringers back in yer boots

 

 

 

(That was kinda my point.)

[DickNixonArisen]

BigO, what is shown in your avatar? Is that the rollercontroller? I don't know CV very well.

[BigO]

BigO, what is shown in your avatar? Is that the rollercontroller? I don't know CV very well.

It's a scratch-built 5200 controller.

 

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