Atari 7800 Casing - Midi Fighter Mod
Atari 7800 Casing - Midi Fighter Mod Posted on: 28.01.2012 by Alysa Machuta 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. | |
| Estefana Musfeldt 02.02.2012 |
Originally Posted by Dixhouse
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| Alysa Machuta 28.01.2012 | 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. |
| Ada Matzkin 29.02.2012 | use a spade bit http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&b...:0&tx=93&ty=32 |
| Alysa Machuta 29.02.2012 | https://p.twimg.com/AmwVIlVCEAAgA7C.jpg |
| Alysa Machuta 29.02.2012 | 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. |
| Adolf Hit 02.02.2012 | 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 |
| Randal Biza 02.02.2012 | Sounds like an awesome idea. I'd love to see that. |
| Estefana Musfeldt 02.02.2012 |
Originally Posted by Dixhouse
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| Alysa Machuta 31.01.2012 | Thanks, that's sound advice. To drill the 24 and 28mm holes would it be ok to use a masonry drill bit? |
| Estefana Musfeldt 29.01.2012 | 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. |
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