12/13/07 .......A new portable, Neo-Geo MVS
Im trying to finish up some portables that I started earlier in the year. The first one Im showing is the portable Neo-Geo MVS and Im just about done with my portable N64. That should be done in a day or 2. The last one Im hopeing to get done by the end of the year is my Gamecube portable. So check out the Neo-Geo page and stay tuned for more to come.....
-Dave
10/29/07 .......Update more pictures of new one handed controller...
Here's a few more picture's of the back side of the controller. All thats left to do is to finish the wiring and put it all together. I should be done with it by wednesday.
10/28/07 ......Update first pictures of new one handed controller.....
Well here's some of the first picture's of my one handed controller. It's only the top half of the shell but this will give you a idea of what it's going to look like. I just painted the back half tonight so I should have pisture's of that tomarrow. The shell is vacuum formed and then painted black. In the pictures you can see it next to a PS2 controller, that show you how big it is compaired to it. I'll more picture's soon...
-Dave
 
 
10/16/07 New update long over do....
In the next coming weeks there is going to be alot of new stuff coming. If you to the left you can see I added about 8 new pages ( portables) that are almost finished. There also will be some other anouncements coming soon. So stay tuned and keep checking back....
06/09/06 May be writing How
to manuals
Right now Im
getting alot of how-to emails on how I made my portables. So I was thinking of putting out
some how- to manuals on them and have them for sale at cafepress.com. If I did that all
you would have to is click on a link and select a book and order it. Then from there it would
be shipped to your house from them. Each book would show you from start to finish on
building that portable. It would have complete part list and where to buy them. Also each book
would have a how-to on vacuum forming from building the vacuum table to useing it. The books
that I will be doing are : Xbox, Dreamcast, Jaguar, Gamecube and PSone. So what do you think
about that, let me know and send me a email onw hat book your looking foreward too.
And for everyone that have been emailing me about making them
a xbox portable, I dont think you can afford it. My xbox cost about $600 to build it so if
that is the case I would have to sell them for about $850 to $900. That would be for parts and
labor. Here's a price break down: xbox used $100, power supply and ac power pack
$120, battery and charger $260 (that battery will power it for 3-4 hrs)screen $50 - 60, misc
parts $80 ( plaster for mold, plastic for shell, screws and nuts, wire and so on) So you
see it adds up real fast and that doesn't even count the labor. it takes about 10-15 hours
just to make the case ( thats form making the plaster mold to forming the plastic to puting in
the screen riser and control parts. The total time from start to finish is about 60 hrs.
-Dave
06/0706 Update
To goto the Xbox page click any picture
The size compared to a DS
Playing
 
People are saying that it looks to hard to play and the buttons are to far away. But if you
look my son is having no trouble playing it. Also people are saying that the controls are too
high and they should be at the bottom. But if you were to do that and put the buttons on the
bottom then the unit would be too top heavy.The way that I made the case is so it would fit in
the palm of your hands, that way you would have more control and you wouldn't break you wrist.
 
Picture of the motherboard and wiring
 
Is side of the top (screen, controls, speakers)
Motherboard
-Dave
06/05/06
The Portable Xbox is Done...
( click the picture to go to the new xbox page )
Specs:
Xbox v1.1
5" lcd screen
Polymer Li-Ion Battery Module: 14.8v 11Ah (163 Wh) with
PCB of 12A limit
60 gig laptop hard drive
Custom vacuum formed case
Earphone jack
External CD-rom drive (to come later)
This project took about 60 hours to complete from start to
finish. My portable Xbox will run off the built in batteries or you can use a ac adapter.
Im not sure about battery time because I just finished it but I will be testing how
long it will last when I get the time to play it for that long. The hard drive is a 60 gig
seagate laptop drive. The reason I went with a laptop drive is it's small and it runs off 5v.
The LCD screen is a PSone screen and I did a LED mod on it. The Battery that I used was a Polymer
Li-Ion Battery Module, it has 14.8v 11Ah (163 Wh) with PCB of 12A limit. Polymer
li-ion is the way to go because o f the light weight and it can put out all the
power you need that other batteries cant. This has been one of
the hardest portables that I've done to date and has cost the most to make. This project cost
me about $ 600 to make and it was worth it. All I have left to do is to make the external
CD-drive. I couldn't fit the cd drive into the portable so I made a external Ide conector so I
could hook it up with out taking it a part. The CD-rom will be housed in a case that looks
just like the portable it self but smaller.
-Dave
4/10/06
Here are some new pic of the Xbox
case......
More to come...........
-Dave
4/02/06
New Update:
The first XBOX portable is being made as we speak..... Im trying my hand at making the first one
and the only reason that Im doing this is because they say it cant be done. The funny thing
about that, thats what they said about the Dreamcast.. The system is only 1 3/4"
thick, I'll use a laptop hard drive and it will have a battery pack that clips on the back. It
will also have ac power for when you are charging the battery so you can still play. There
will also be some other stuff that I'll show when its all done, so it will be a surprise. Here
are some pic of it so far:
First drawing of Xbox portable
Plaster cast
Plaster cast with " X " cut out
Getting ready to vacuum
form the shell
Shell formed
Shell cutout
I'll will keep everyone up to date as I build it. Should have this done in of
couple of weeks, so stay tuned......
Dave
1/12/06
As of today I will not be taking anymore orders for portables
!!! I will finish up the 3 oders I have ( 2 playstations and 1 dreamcast you
guys know who you are...) The reason is I dont have enough time to do this and the spare
time I do have I dont want to spend it making things for everyone else. I understand that when
you order something you want it fast and I understand that. Like I said, I do this as a hobby
and I try to make these in a timely matter. But when people send me e-mails" I sent you
money were is it" or "are you done yet" it just takes the fun out of it.
To put it simple" I dont need this ". Sorry that I had to do this but if for
some reason I decide to start up orders again I'll post it here.
But on another note Im allmost done with my Dreamcast 2.0. It's a new
dreamcast protable with some added things like vmu slot, charging leds and a couple of up
grades. The N64 protable is almost done I just need to paint it and put it together. And Im
going to start my gamecube portable. I know I've been saying this for a long time but Im now
going to start it. Any question fill free to go to the forum and ask...
Dave
12/17/05
It's been 2 months sence my last update so I thought this would be a
good time to do a update. I've been real busy with my job because of the hollidays, I've
haven't been able to work on my portables as much as I would like to. A lot of you have made
me put you into a que, but when I contact you your not ready for me at that time. This has
happened more then once... The only reason that I make these is 1.) I like to 2.)
because you have asked me too. These take up alot of my spare time, so if I email you to see
if your ready and you tell me not right now, it just tells me nobuddy cares what it takes to
make these. So I start to think why shoud I do this and what am I getting out of this? So for
now on if you would like one built you will send the payment first then I'll start building
it. And just remember I do build these in my spare time and I try to do it as fast as I can.
So if I do start on one for you dont email me everyday asking me are you done yet? I will send
you emails as I build it.
So if you want one of the portables built send me a email and tell me
what you want and be ready to send your payment in. If and when I ask you to send in the
payment and you dont I will go to the next person who emailed me with there order. I will only
take on 2 portables at a time, so if you want to be one of the 2 you better email me now..
Thanks for your understanding..........
10/17/05
Update: Im still
getting a lot of emails on people wanting to buy my portables. Dont worry if you dont get a
reply right away. As I get your email I put it into a queue . That way it's a first come,
first served.... Im also trying to finish up my N64 portable and Im stsrting on the gamecube
portable. So with working and building these thing's it's taking up a lot of my time... Im
going on vacation this week so I hope to get a lot done with these and maybe ship some out
hopefuly. So stay tune and watch for more portable's on the way....
09/08/05
As alot of you saw, I was having bandwidth problems. I went from 10-20 hits aday to 9000
hits in 2 days. I hope I have that promblem fixed now. With the down time I also updated the
site, and gave it a new look...The new forum is also up and running so be sure to check that
out.
At the bottom of the page you can see the pricing and the trade in value im willing to give
if you send me some of the parts. In the next day or so Im going to start e-mailing everyone
so I can finish the que. That way I have everyone in order with there order. any questions
feel free to e-mail me or post your question in the forum...
New Portable Dreamcast with VMU on th bottom..
New
Portable Playstation shell
09/05/05
Well I see that my Portable Dreamcast made it to a few top site in
the last few days. So far I've been getting around 30 e-mails aday so far and alot of you are
asking to buy them. I will be selling them soon.. Right now Im making one for someone and as
soon as Im done I'll be taking orders on a first come first served. Everyone that has e-mailed
me so far are in the que and I will be emailing you soon..
This is just a small update and I will be
updating the site in the next couple of days. I will be adding mor picture's and Im going to
start some how- to's real soon. Also I'll be adding a new fourm and getting rid of the one I
have now. Priceing is also changing too(prices will go down alittle) , more on that soon...
Any questions feel free to email me...
Coming soon : N64, Nes 8bit and Gamecube portable.....
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