Sprocket64: N64p Worklog

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Sprocket64: N64p Worklog

Post by Mario » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:00 pm

I'm in the process of making another N64 portable, this time to sell. Plus, these things are just so fun to make! :)
Here's the battery and screen I am using: (Has my NESp hooked up)
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Here's a close-up of the screen:
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It has great quality, but not really comparable to the PSone screen.

It goes into widescreen with the flip of a switch:
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Back of the screen:
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The screen is 7" diagonal, by the way.

Here is the back of the case cut out, with an N64 cart for size.
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Can anybody guess what these are? :P
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What about now?
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^My vision for the case. I'm going with an extremely simplistic design. It'll be about 1.75" thick, but the controls (the vacuum-formed pieces) are .5" thick.

More later, gotta get to bet right now.

Total cost so far: $0. :mrgreen:
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Post by samjc3 » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:03 pm

cant wait to see it! what screen is that, and how much was it?
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Post by mikeyg » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:05 pm

I had the same question as sam. Also, what battery?
E: I don't like that the buttons are far up, personally, I think I would want them near the middle. Keep us updated.

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Post by thewise1 » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:35 pm

Seems really cool. But there's no place to rest your palms on besides the screen. But I suppose letter boxes are finally useful.
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Re: Sprocket64: N64p Worklog

Post by Mario » Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:12 pm

I got the screen for free, because my uncle works at an electronics processing plant. He got me 4 DVD players (only one of which didn't play DVDs), two of them had batteries that work. He got me two screens, one of which is this one I'm using.

EDIT: Going to get these batteries instead. They'll fit in my case better. Also, changed the name of the project.
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Re: Sprocket64: N64p Worklog

Post by metalcookie » Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:02 pm

it's cool when your relatives work for places like that. my dad works for mead westvaco, and he has brang home bunches of stuff free that would cost 100's of dollars at a hardware store, like pipes, valves, an unused photo processing room door(it's a huge sliding door!) 100's of feet of wires, power sanders, reciprocating cutters, a welding machine, a big ass pipe wrench, grinders, a broken impact wrench(that can be EASILY fixed) a huge assortment of allen wrenches, a huge assortment of wrenches, 50,000 rpm electric motors, a giant air compressor, and even huge sheets of bullet proof plexi-glass.
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Re: Sprocket64: N64p Worklog

Post by XCVG » Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:04 pm

metalcookie wrote:it's cool when your relatives work for places like that. my dad works for mead westvaco, and he has brang home bunches of stuff free that would cost 100's of dollars at a hardware store, like pipes, valves, an unused photo processing room door(it's a huge sliding door!) 100's of feet of wires, power sanders, reciprocating cutters, a welding machine, a big ass pipe wrench, grinders, a broken impact wrench(that can be EASILY fixed) a huge assortment of allen wrenches, a huge assortment of wrenches, 50,000 rpm electric motors, a giant air compressor, and even huge sheets of bullet proof plexi-glass.
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Post by eurddrue » Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:09 pm

I live on a farm, got all that stuff :lol: Except for the photo processing door. The only downside is that everything gets broken and then put away, so when the next person comes, they have to fix it. :lol:
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Post by Rixer 1337 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:39 pm

I live on a farm to so we have all kinds of power tools and what not. Even a four wheeler and a golf cart. Just wish I was able to get electronics free like that though!
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Post by metalcookie » Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:06 pm

don't forget the bullet proof plexi-glass!!
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Post by eurddrue » Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:36 pm

metalcookie wrote:don't forget the bullet proof plexi-glass!!
Isn't all plexiglass bullet proof? Because we have loads of it, but I'm not supposed to mess with it. :(
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Re: Sprocket64: N64p Worklog

Post by metalcookie » Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:52 pm

no, not all of it. the bullet proof plexi-glass my dad has is like 1/2 inch thick, but you can get it in sizes smaller
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Post by blaze3927 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:06 pm

no such thing as bullet proof plexiglass :lol:
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Re: Sprocket64: N64p Worklog

Post by metalcookie » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:23 pm

oh, there isn't?
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acrylic sheet is a 1.25" thick, transparent cell cast acrylic sheet. ACRYLITE BR sheet is listed as a UL 752 Level 1 bullet resistant product for indoor and outdoor applications.
i'm pretty sure acrylic is plexiglas
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Re: Sprocket64: N64p Worklog

Post by vskid » Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:11 pm

What brand of DVD player is the screen out of? I have a screen out of a Durabrand (something like that, cheap walmart brand) that looks very similar to yours.
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