Presenting.... The L64! (L337-N64)

Includes but not limited to: SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, PlayStation 1, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Game Gear and I guess the Virtual Boy.

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Post by HK-47 » Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:04 pm

Wow! :shock: That thing is awesome! Thats one of the nicest n64ps I've seen. I need to invest in a vacuum forming machine. ;)

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Post by gamemasterAS » Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:05 pm

looks realy profesinal like something you would buy in a store
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Post by Lucretius » Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:38 pm

That is one hot port, marsh. You have definitely joined the ranks of the high portablizationingizers...
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Post by timmeh87 » Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:54 pm

anotherperson wrote:Haha. That's the only reason why I don't throw my L button out the window. For the amount of times you will use the D-Pad and L button (just Pokemon Stadium, Kirby and Smash Bros. as far as I know) It isn't really worth the extra effort.

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Post by Neildo_64 » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:25 pm

OMGWTF!!! TETRIS!!! I <3 tetris.
I second that. 8) Tetris are the roxx0rs my boxx0rs!!. Ahem, sorry about that. But yeah, tetris uses them.

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Post by Bíg à » Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:15 am

yeah great case, now to build a vacuum forming table ...

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Post by codeman » Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:12 am

wow, that thing is amazing. Did you build your own vacuum forming table? If so do you have plans for it or something? :D
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Post by marshallh » Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:25 am

codeman wrote:wow, that thing is amazing. Did you build your own vacuum forming table? If so do you have plans for it or something? :D
Yes, I built my own - it's quite simply a plywood box with holes drilled in the top. I never planned it out but I don't think it would be hard at all to make if you have the right tools (tablesaw, router etc)
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Post by codeman » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:09 am

I've been doing some searching on google about them. Does yours have a heating unit built in, or did you heat the plastic before hand? How hot does the plastic get (will it melt ABS?)

I've been working on some CAD plans to make a case with the CNC machine we have at work, but it would be so much cooler if i could vacuum form it. Just trying to get some tips from someone who has done it already. Thanks
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Post by joevennix » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:40 am

He probably put a sheet of the plastic in the oven then transferred it to the vacuformer when it was ready.
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Post by Gamelver » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:58 am

damn. probably the nicest N64p I've ever seen. I like how you used wood to make the case casts real nice and even :).

congrats on finishing such a beautiful portable, marshallh :D.
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Post by G-force » Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:40 pm

Zowie! Thats spectacular. There is one slight deformation on the case though, a small black dot...oh...thats a bad pixel on my screen. It's perfect! Quite an improvement over the old case design.

And your method of vacuum forming is probably the easiest, only takes up a small amount of space, and is the cheapest method I've seen yet, and you can't argue with those results. Makes me want to try it.

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Post by Motoman » Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:41 pm

OMG that looks like a perfect portable! As if it was manufactured by Nintendo itself its that good. Great job marshallh!!
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Post by demonofaj » Sun Apr 16, 2006 3:53 pm

Once again I come back to say leetness! But you could add a second player with a real controller and play say Pokemon with that....but then again it'll think that 1p is permanently connected...maybe a DIP switch (3 pin) wouldn't serve to bad, but still, leet portable!
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Post by Sir Games-A-Lot » Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:03 pm

GOOD GRIEF!

It's truly amazing, honestly I think this must be the the smallest (and certaily cleanest) n64p EVER, it's even smaller than Ben's! :shock:
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