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Hello,
This is my first project. I've recently purchased a midi fighter. I'm going to add 2 rotary , 2 slide potentiometers and 4 extra arcade buttons. This is all going to be re-housed in an Atari 7800 casing.
What would be the best way going about getting the 24mm and 28mm holes bored/drilled and the spacing for the sliders made without damaging the casing?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Here is a pic of the case I'm going to use.
https://p.twimg.com/AkHPLh5CMAEXt9W.jpg
use lots of tape to mark out were your gonna drill, drill through from the inside out of the casing, on top of a block of wood and go very very slowly so you don't crack the plastic. best way to do slider hole's would be to drill 4 or 5 small holes in a line then use a file to saw out the gaps between your holes to get a nice straight line.
Thanks, that's sound advice. To drill the 24 and 28mm holes would it be ok to use a masonry drill bit?
you can but it would be rough edges, i would use a core drill bit don't know the real name use my dad's tools it basically cuts out a piece of the plastic to leave a 24mm holeQuote:
Originally Posted by Dixhouse
Sounds like an awesome idea. I'd love to see that.
Cool idea - cant wait to see how it comes out.
With practice and a little technique a dremel should be good for everything you need to do there
Hey guys thanks for the advice.
I have decided to used use an Atari 2600 casing that I acquired on eBay. Reason being is that on the 7800 casing has a silver metal strip with the Atari logo and detail. Problem being was that I wanted to keep the 4x4 button arrangement which would mean drilling through the logo which I wanted to keep.
I'm still in the process of modding my MF and fitting it into the Atari 2600 case. In the meantime as a side project I used the original 7800 case to make another custom midi controller, mostly using some parts cannibalised from an old UC-17.
Here it is :-)
I will post some more pics when my MF mod project is done.
use a spade bit http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&b...:0&tx=93&ty=32