MoonBaseTom

First look at, Mini-Stick ver. 3, finally coming together. Still a lot of work left to do, taking longer than expected. Loving that silver inset between the deck an frame. Trying to do as much with color separation I can. #FightStickFriday

Had a spool catastrophically fail. Still some useful bits in there.

Finally got my push button redesigned, The new design works just like a regular push button. Put it through the deck and bolt it in with the fastener. It's really light an fast. Been needing to do this for a while. Project in a project.

Been inactive here for a while, but I've not been idle. Trying to claw back what quality I can from my aging printer. The top deck is the most visible part of this build and I need this to print well, I can't get the colors to match the original but at least I've gotten close.

Not many updates. But do have colors! #FightStickFriday

Scrub level soldering skills aside, I think I'm good.

Yes, time to get this old classic working again!

I don't think it's ever been worked on, but the original battery doesn't look like it's leaked all over anything, pretty clean but needs replacing.

When I got up today, working on a CPS2 set up, was not what I was expecting LOL. The machine was a total gut job of a Nintendo super system, an whoever did this "conversion" didn't do it with much care or quality. Might be able to rehabilitate it.

Just a tad bit of Friday left, quick comparison of where the lever started versus where it's at now.

Well, this is my evening. How's yours LOL.

Sorry I've been MIA from streams for a bit, still having some problems in my left eye, will be getting it looked at this Monday. Until then I'm just taking it easy trying not to make the situation worse.

Working on a new mini stick. New features, and it's easier to build! I want to offer this sometime in 2024. Still, it's early in development, so tons of work to left to do. Last project of 2023, would have loved to have something built for this post, but the CAD is almost done.

Seem like the right time to share this Legend of Zelda themed wrapping I did a few years back.

Now with bullet handle! I started this project almost 4 years ago, and I'm really amazed that it continues to evolve. Even though I consider this a novelty, I still wanted to look good and perform well.

Redesigned the mechanics, old design used guide rails with these small dowels to open the iris, new design is gear driven and far more robust. Really pleased with the progress on this, don't have to worry about it breaking. Alignment and speed are better too!

Had wonderful growth this year, I try my best to give back to the communities too! A huge thanks to all these wonderful streamers for a great 2023!

Been a wonderful year-2, I want to thank everyone for their support, Your all awesome! The year was turbulent, but we made it through! looking forward to 2024!

Finally made some progress on this project, got the bottom panel built, has an articulated arm that operates the Locking gate on the lever and itself has a centering locking mechanism. This little stick is complicated. All printing done, need PCB/switches now. #FightStickFriday

It's been a minute. Since September things have been a little difficult, productivity stopped and I'm just pulling myself through this rough patch. Fortunately a buddy dropped off a filament care package and I was able to get back to it.