CNC Control Box Update

Posted: 02/15/2013 in Current Project
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Made quite a bit of progress over the past few days. Though I ran into a nasty snag yesterday trying to get the PC to even turn on. Turned out the On/Off header that the power button connected to was color coded incorrectly. So instead of hooking up the switch, I was plugging in the LED instead which just shorted out the power supply!

So after 2.5hrs of screwing around with that, I was able to start making some real progress. With that said, the list of accomplishments go as follows:

  • PS1 screen mounted, wired and tested. Composite for now.
  • All buttons, LEDs and Spindle control installed.
  • Face plate rough mounted.
  • All wires extended and plugged in.
  • ATI X1300 128MB graphics card installed.

A full update and pics can be seen on MBB as always.

Progress still needing to be made:

  • Finish wiring up the CNC Controller to the face plate
  • Cut plastic panels and mount back hardware (i.e. spindle and stepper motor jacks)
  • Prime and paint the main box
  • Label buttons and add decals

I’m hoping by the end of Saturday I’ll have much more complete, at least to the point I can get my router running again as I have a few jobs that I need to get started on, including another case for a ShockSlayer commission. If you didn’t see his previous video of the last case I sent him, have a look. Quite comical in its approach and not the format I was expecting, but fun to watch regardless!

 

 

CNC Control Box: Small side project to distract me from my snow shovel

Posted: 02/09/2013 in Current Project, General News
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I know for the past few months I’ve been pretty quiet all around with posting anywhere on the net. But as most of you know, I’ve been working on a fairly massive project for the past 6 or 7 months. Because of this though, I needed a bit of a break from it and decided to do an old fashioned “off the cuff” hack that will help spruce up my CNC set-up a bit.

What you’re looking at is a CNC Control Box that houses not only the CNC controller but also the PC that runs the software for it. The idea here was to save a bit of space in my shop and make a more centralized control center all around. The siding, base and top are made out of MDF which is something I’ve never used until recently. It’s got its pros and cons but I love it’s milling properties and how flat/sturdy it is. I don’t like how well it holds screws though and it splits quite easily if not pre-drilled. Anyway though, we’ll see how well it holds up. I mounted all the components to the MDF using Pine spacers, super glue and screws. Everything holds in quite nicely.

As always, there are more progress pics and more details over on MBB, but once complete this will also include a 5″ PS1 screen, a numeric key pad and keyboard mount. Now I’m just waiting on a few parts to come in.

Continuing on this this morning was the plan, and then of course I wake up to this.

Snowedin

25 to 30″ of snow all piled up in a drive way with no where to put it! My dog Dakota was standing in a low spot that we had cleared away last night and it was still up to her shoulders! So that took us a good 2 hours worth of shoveling to get the cars out so the snow blower could get in and clear the driveway for us. Fortunately everything is cleared now and I can get back to work. I don’t really care much for winter anymore, but it comes with the territory I guess. Anyway, I’ll have more updates in the next day or so and we’ll see how this turns out.

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!

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