Dangit, I accidentally made something nice, SOLD

[Osgeld]

So as I refurb a lot of Atari systems, I am out of controllers, and my little tact switch on radio shack perf board tester kind of sucks when I am testing a system out (aka playing games on it!)

 

SOOOOO looking around I though well I got a couple arcade buttons, a project box with a knife mark across its face, and a joystick missing its knob, great I will make a a 2600/7800 arcade stick

 

might as well I paid for all this stuff

 

well I got online, ordered some metal (I actually used one of the face plates of this box for another project heh), played with the laser engraver at work and took a step back and said, hm that's actually pretty nice I bet I can sell that

 

 

Asking 25$ + postage, US and paypal only please, you can guestimate 10 bucks postage east of the Mississippi River and 15 west of

 

Features include microswitched arcade stick and buttons

Laser engraved satin aluminium faceplate

Soild satin aluminium 1& 3/8th inch diamater ball top (its very nice to throw around)

Official Atari 7800 cord

and a nice bud industries case that is meant to be stack-able, but thanks to its shape fits on your leg really nice, that mouser sent to me with a darn box cutter slash right on the top

 

realistically this would be much more expensive if I wasn't cleaning out the garage

 

Arcade stick 9$

2 buttons ~10$

Metal Ball top 7$ + postage

1 foot Aluminum strip 2$ + postage

Project box 14$ + postage

9 pin controller cable 7$

Labor 0.50$ (doh!)

Access to a 40 watt laser, priceless (hehe)

 

so I feel I am asking a good price

 

Thanks for looking

Edited February 26, 2017 by Osgeld

[+orpheuswaking]

Very nice. I'll bite!

[Iwantgames:)]

Very nice. I'll bite!

Darn it

[VicViper]

Damn 25 is a steal for a build of this quality. Make more!

[cjameslv]

Very nice indeed!

[Shawn]

Nice clean work.

[Osgeld]

thanks everyone, this is pending sale btw

[+davidcalgary29]

So are you going to make more?

[Osgeld]

Doubt it

[Andromeda Stardust]

Holy cow, what a steal, congrats!

[+GoldenWheels]

Nice work and really cool case, I may have to try one of those.

 

How'd you mount the stick Osgeld? I notice there's no bolts/rivets/screws on top, it looks very nice and clean that way.

[Osgeld]

there's 4 screws under the dust cover, that usually attaches a metal plate to the joystick

 

they are countersunk and are attached to nuts on the underside of the stick

[+TrekMD]

That is a steal for the price. You should make more!

[Osgeld]

That is a steal for the price. You should make more!

 

 

that's the thing I cant make more for that price, like I was trying to say I got a hobby box with a box slash and mouser replaced it, the joystick and arcade buttons I scavanged out of a busted to all hell icade, I happened to have a 7800 controller cord

 

to make more it would cost me 50$ (ish) just in parts + I would have to make a little bit for labor and all of a sudden im in a market, vs just "hey I have this stuff laying around lets spend 10 bucks to make it super spiffy and sell it"

 

it honestly started out as a garage project so I had a joystick to test refurb consoles with

Edited February 28, 2017 by Osgeld

[+davidcalgary29]

You've got one order if you want to make more.

[Bratwurst]

Man there are some real dense people in this thread.