any companyies that will make a premade case

stephen0205 · Post by **stephen0205** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:32 pm

em i have seen the psone thread from bacteria, jumped through the pages, what a sweet ass case man, really nice.

Although im not entirely sure what vacum foaming is ?

What would i need to do that, i would like to make cases that would look like retail ones, if it was a real console, u know ?

And thanks for all the replys, this forum has a great comunity, im looking forward to being apart of it.

stephen0205 · Post by **stephen0205** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:43 pm

YEY

looks like i have a lot to tinker with, was clearing the gfs mothers house the other day, found the following.

ps2 slim - laser broken
gamecube - fully working
ps1 - fully working
xbox original - fully working
ds original - fully working

so as i wanted them all, i asked if i could buy them from her, ended up she wouldnt sell me them, she asked me to buy her a chinese takeaway and i could have them. Now i have a few consoles to tinker with.

Modding here i come.

mmoshkowich · Post by **mmoshkowich** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:48 pm

Bacteria has a page on his site on how to make a table and how to make a case. Here are the links

Make a table
http://modded-by-bacteria.com/index.php ... cuum_Table

Make a Case
http://modded-by-bacteria.com/index.php ... ming_Cases

mmoshkowich · Post by **mmoshkowich** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:48 pm

Bacteria has a page on his site on how to make a table and how to make a case. Here are the links

Make a table
http://modded-by-bacteria.com/index.php ... cuum_Table

Make a Case
http://modded-by-bacteria.com/index.php ... ming_Cases

stephen0205 · Post by **stephen0205** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:12 pm

NICE

thanks for the link, looks hard tho, guess this is going to be an after xmas thing, cant afford it rite now. Plus making that would be awsome for future products

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:27 am

stephen0205 wrote:em i have seen the psone thread from bacteria, jumped through the pages, what a sweet ass case man, really nice.

Thanks, appreciated.

Vacuum forming is easy but not for the faint-hearted. Bear in mind also, you will get wastage with the plastic sheets; you might for example buy 10 sheets to make 5 cases but only make 2-3 cases - the plastic can end up too stretched, or creases form; etc.. Also bear in mind that if you are new to building systems, the chance of you making a case too small or too big are substancial; consider buying my kit as you know everything will fit (all be it a squeeze). Would save you lots of headaches; and ultimately be cheaper overall anyway.

I have spent quite a lot of money so far on "my venture"; probably best part of Â£200-Â£300 on materials (small bulk), and stock to (hopefully) sell some case kits. This doesn't include the system contents. I need to sell about a dozen kits just to break even; so let's hope they sell!

stephen0205 · Post by **stephen0205** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:02 am

awsome, well i apreciate that you took a lot of time to make the case, and yeah you making the case and me buying it would make the whole process easier.

But i would rather make it myself. I have a few design ideas, and id like to have a bash at vacum foaming my self.

I Think because this is my frst project, i would like to make it all myself, and then try to improve on future projects from the mistakes i have made.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:15 am

Good luck stephen0205, keep us posted.

As you are new to this, best advice is to make your system work first, then think about a case. I am doing it the other way around this time as I know how things fit and work in a system.

stephen0205 · Post by **stephen0205** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:43 am

Well hopefully i can achieve it that way in the future, obiously u have tinkered with them and have more experience.

I was planning on getting it up and running before i even started the case

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:27 am

That's fine too. Having all the components wired together first means that you can base the case exactly on what you have.

stephen0205 · Post by **stephen0205** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:17 am

Hey guys i ghttp://forums.benheck.com/posting.phpot my screen and ps1 today, left it lying and when i came back in my little cusin had colored it in with crayon, anyways still works fine, em i had a question , will the screen work, its a ps1 screen, but its a logic 3 one, with volume contrast and pal ntsc switches on it. Just hope it will work

stephen0205 · Post by **stephen0205** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:43 am

stephen0205 wrote:Hey guys i ghttp://forums.benheck.com/posting.phpot

wtf

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:53 am

i know that screen. It will only take RGB. Also, the resolution is not very good (for PAL anyway, haven't tried NTSC)

Also, it's very big and has 5 small boards AND an LCD controller board (inside the LCDs metal casing). I can send you pictures of guts, if you're interested

stephen0205 · Post by **stephen0205** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:15 pm

that would be kool, just wondering if it will work or if i have wasted my money. Thought this one was the same res as the original ps1 screen ?