CND Custom Gaming Swag

Posted: 02/02/2013 in General News
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I guess like any starting out entrepreneur, the time comes when one has to start making the face time with potential clients and really start to work on getting their name out there.  Though I’ve been quiet for awhile, believe me I’ve never been busier in my life. With several projects underway and the time for marketing said projects only mere months away, I decided to take Vista Print up on some of their very nice business card offers as well as a few other treats!

Now that I feel all cool and hip with my own business cards, magnets, pens, stamp and cool engraved card holder, I can get back to crunch time with these projects and hopefully be able to break my silence that I’ve been keeping for the past couple of months. (more like 6 months, but very quiet for the past two)

Thanks again to everyone who has stuck by me this far and the help they have all been willing to give! Big things will come because of it and for that I thank you again!

Completed Case for SS

Posted: 01/19/2013 in General News
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Finished off a nice little commission from our old pal Shock Slayer. He sent me the .dxf files for a design he worked on and I turned it into a machinable file. This came out quite well with the exception of the back slats where on the last couple of cuts, the clamp I had holding the case down failed and that screwed up a couple of the slats before I could fix it.  More pics can be seen HERE.

Anyway, overall I think it looks pretty decent and I’ll be doing a couple more for him in the near future!

In other news, I’ve got some pretty big things I’ve been working on with fellow MBB member RDC. The guy is circuit board genius and his help has proven to be what I think will make these ideas of mine take shape. More to come on that later once we get closer a working prototype or two.

Thank You SS and MBB!

Posted: 01/08/2013 in General News
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This is just a quick thank you post to my bud Shock Slayer for his help which led  to (in a matter of three days) increasing my You Tube subscribers by nearly 50%! This only goes to show the power of the Internet and how the right people can make all the difference with a simple video.
However, though this was an excellent boost to one aspect of the overall experience that is the modding community, I still have to be greatly thankful for all the opportunities and helpful advice the Made-By-Bacteria forums have done for me over these past few years. So thank you to John for continuing to have me on as a mod and being a part of the most active and helpful modding communities on the net!

There are big things on the way, but it’s been a very slow process in getting anywhere with it, however the knowledge that I’ve gained by doing so and pushing myself to do better has been worth it in it’s own right. Big things are coming in 2013. When, I’m not sure, but they will be here soon enough! Thanks again to everyone who’s stuck by me while I’ve taken on these tasks!

SNES-001 Advance II Completed!

Posted: 12/28/2012 in Current Project, General News
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It only took about 4 months or so, but the project is finally finished! The evolved version of the the original SNES-001 Advance is now functional and working nicely! Though the other posts on this suggest that this may have been a mod that I had an idea what I was doing, this for several reasons was a completely new project all together.

The fact that these controllers can be used by any SNES system whatsoever is a huge jump from the original. This “Breakout Box” (as you’ll read about in the forums), though simple, is something I’ve based a much larger project off of and have continued to perfect its design. This could easily have been accomplished by wires and connections in that respect, but the CNC machine that has been so relevant to my current progress continues to be tested in a variety of different methods.

So, with that said, the completion of the project is just a mere shadow of what’s on the the way and will surely be looked back on as the foundation stone to which I built my best projects off of.

Anyway, enough with all that. Have a loot at the video below to see exactly what I’ve been talking about!

SolidWorks learning curve worth it!

Posted: 12/14/2012 in Current Project, General News
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In the two days since I’ve sat down and forced myself to learn SolidWorks 2012, I’ve got to say that I’m exceptionally excited with how the results are progressing. I’m still in the infant learning stages when it comes to being proficient with this at all, but the example above shows just how nice this system works.

I’ve been concentrating on adding my components into SW and making sure everything is accurate and then once those are complete, I’ll work on how to use the Assembly feature in SW which actually allows you to assemble your project in a virtual environment using the components you designed individually. The above pic is a pretty close representation of a Game Cube D-pad. No perfect, but close enough to work as place fillers for the actual systems I’m working on.

Anyway, this was just a quick update as to how that’s going and I’m quite happy!

Controller #2 cut and looking beautiful

Posted: 12/10/2012 in Current Project, General News
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Not sure why I didn’t think of this method before as its simplicity is only over shadowed by its brilliance! By simply painting the casing a different solid color from the base material and then engraving it, the effects really just “POP” out at you! Though this was slightly misaligned, the effects still came out acceptable and I’m quite happy to move on to the next stage with this. This is also the first time I’ve ever used Blue as a color and I’m quite pleased with the turnout.

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