Reply to *BUILD LOG* My DIY Controller

Hey everybody!

I've been lurking around here for a few months now, trying to get started dabbling with Traktor and saw a lot of really great DIY controllers out there. So, I figured I'd try my hand at my own DIY controller.

My setup is going to be a fairly basic 2 deck controller for use with Traktor Pro, based around the A-Pac from Ultimarc.

I've more or less lost track of how much everything has cost me so far, but I'll do my best to give an approximate ballpark figure for everything.

Parts list (so far):

9x Sanwa OBSF-30 buttons.
-4 Blue
-4 White
-1 Red
~$30 after shipping. (Should have just gotten all my buttons from the DJTT store. Shipping from Hong Kong is freakin' expensive!)
8x Sanwa OBSF-24 buttons.
-4 Black
-2 Green
-2 Fuchsia
~$17 after shipping
1x A-Pac from Ultimarc
~$43 + s/h from UK
1x sheet of 1/4" thick acrylic from Lowes, cut into 2 15"x7" pieces.
~$15
Various nuts and bolts
~$5-10

Still need to finalize what potentiometers/knobs I'm going to get.

A few pictures of the parts/build process so far (sorry for the crappy quality, had to take them with my iPhone as my camera's batteries died):

The OBSF-30 buttons


The OBSF-24 buttons


The A-Pac


Size difference between the 30 and the 24

A few pics of cutting the acrylic. I printed out a rough template with Paint (was going to use AutoCAD, but it didn't want to cooperate with me) and taped it to the acrylic, then drilled a hole in the center of each button location. I then used a dremel with a cutting bit to cut out each button, then a sanding bit to make any fine adjustments. Took about 1 1/2 hours to do.




A wasp decided this seemed like an interesting project and decided to come supervise:


The end result:


Not the neatest work ever, but it'll do.

Anyway, off to work, I'll post more as the project goes on.