GCN Introducing the Sh*t Cube

[Tom]

I ended up burning a hole through my original soldering iron through the course of normal use, though I did not clean it like I do now. It was a Harbor Freight 30w iron, normal tip, leaded flux-core solder. My new tips, freaking DealExtreme ones, have withstood everything so far, though I clean them between uses (usually).

So I'm not the only one XD, My original one was a wellington I picked up at homedepot, not too good for micro-soldering but I managed. I didn't clean it unless I was doing a tricky job. I use lead free solder , not as good as lead solder in my opinion but I guess it's better health wise.

 

[Tom]

Great, my soldeirng Iron has a defective tip , heats up to the right temp but doens't melt any solder( only on one spot it melts ) I'm thinking it doesn't have that special coating, all wiring is at a stand still, I did do case work though

 

[Sicklyboy]

Great, my soldeirng Iron has a defective tip , heats up to the right temp but doens't melt any solder( only on one spot it melts ) I'm thinking it doesn't have that special coating, all wiring is at a stand still, I did do case work though

I've had a lot of tips do that. RadioShack sells a soldering tip cleaner that kinda fixes it

 

[Tom]

I've had a lot of tips do that. RadioShack sells a soldering tip cleaner that kinda fixes it

thanks, if they don't send me a replacement tip then I will defiantly try that

 

[kisamesama]

wow looks nice! gj

 

[Tom]

Got new tips (they sent me four, awesome) A new Dol-101 Gamecube . But now the screen ribbon cable is shot and I need a new screen . Always something. At least I can install a wii-key and everything now. And Devin if you haven't got a power brick yet, I got one with the gamecube i can give you.

 

[slingblade1170]

Its cool, looks like a creature you raised from the dead on a surgery table with lightning. lol

 

[jonthedit]

Glad to see you're still active! I don't know if you remember me, but about 1 year ago I was planning on making something similar to this. Sadly, things didn't go well and I am still unable to find a refurbished / new / used GameCube for a reasonable price. The only thing I really remember is that there are different GameCube revisions (A-C) and I should stay away from one... Can't remember which one though >.<

I'd really appreciate it if you could PM me some information such as:
-What to use for a Battery Pack
-Monitor/Screen
-What version of wiikey would work best with this kind of project

Edit: Might consider getting Stray Sheep Sales' GameCube, however it doesn't come with a power brick, etc. Where might I find that sort of supply?
Meh Power Brick? Found some of my old posts

 

[Yepi69]

Nice modding so far, lol I loved the name ''Shit cube''

 

[Hop2089]

Interesting modjob, it has an artistic touch to it.

 

[Joe88]

he hasnt logged in since mid may so I dont know if we will be getting any more updates on it

 

[Tom]

There may or may not be an update in the near future

 

[Tom]

The Update that changed the world (echo echo echo)

New case 3d printed out on my crappy diy printer, Printed in 2 pieces. Took about 6 hours in total. After both halfs printed it was promptly joined together and maimed.

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Front remained the same pretty much

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It is "only" 2 inches thick. This actually leaves me quite a bit of room for batteries which I shall add later ( I have one now from my taser project that is the right voltage but it would only give me 45 minutes of play time)

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It needs to be sanded/ painted and I need to add a fan. Controls that need to be hooked up are the c-stick, shoulder buttons and the x-y buttons. With all the room I may even add a speaker instead of just a audio jack and a rumble motor who knows. Long story short, shit got done.

 

[jonthedit]

The Update that changed the world (echo echo echo)

New case 3d printed out on my crappy diy printer, Printed in 2 pieces. Took about 6 hours in total. After both halfs printed it was promptly joined together and maimed.

It needs to be sanded/ painted and I need to add a fan. Controls that need to be hooked up are the c-stick, shoulder buttons and the x-y buttons. With all the room I may even add a speaker instead of just a audio jack and a rumble motor who knows. Long story short, shit got done.

Holy shit!
Nice work Tom!
How did you have access to a 3D printer?

 

[Tom]

Holy shit!
Nice work Tom!
How did you have access to a 3D printer?

I made one a couple years back, still needs a good calibration though.

 

[jonthedit]

I made one a couple years back, still needs a good calibration though.

You MADE a 3D PRINTER?

 

[Tom]

So, in order to get new parts for other projects I think I sold my gamecube games? That's dissapointing, now I need to decide between batteries or games. Thoughts?

 

[jonthedit]

So, in order to get new parts for other projects I think I sold my gamecube games? That's dissapointing, now I need to decide between batteries or games. Thoughts?

Batteries.
It is critical for any PGC.

I thought you wired a WKF to the MB?
You could get rid of the disc drive.

 

[Tom]

Batteries.
It is critical for any PGC.

I thought you wired a WKF to the MB?
You could get rid of the disc drive.

I did but it was giving me problems that I didn't want to trouble shoot so I got a new mb and kept it simple

 

[Tom]

Got a battery, Spent copious amounts of time trouble shooting. I hate trouble shooting.