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There's no point in starting a new portable if you've already gotten a good ways through your first. Just finish it off, and start collecting the parts for your next project. Besides, you can't kick Ganon's (Cough, cough! Inside joke. Sorry. ) ass on the PlayStation, can you?

Your design looks a lot like a Gameboy. You'll be very hard-pressed to squeeze an N64 in there. I suggest making it wider, otherwise, you might be in trouble. Try to get all your parts together and tape them together, like Ben suggests. That way, you'll know exactly how much plastic and aluminum you ...

The book just arrived from Amazon today! I was reading up on the hand-built cases, and needless to say, the case designs are top-notch. No more annoying questions from me! My next post will hopefully be the one with pics of my new portable.

I guess my problem is that I'm thinking too much, and doing too little. If I want to make this thing, I should at least start some testing. I'll try to get working on a wooden case tonight, and hopefully make a mold by next week. The fact that I'm visiting my cousin tonight, who happens to be a ...

I remember seeing that on Hack a Day when it was first posted there. I got excited, until I learned about it's $37,000 price tag.

I've just found a great guide on making molds, but I'm still wondering how Ben makes the originals. Are they all cut with the CNC router, or does he cut the plastic by hand? I'm fairly confident that making the original from wood would work, but how well it would work is my main concern. Thanks ...

Ben's recent silicone molds gave me an idea. I could make a case from wood, sand it down to be super-smooth, then make a mold by placing the wood carving in a shallow container, and pouring silicone over it. The result would be a mold which I could then inject plastic into. To make a backing, all I ...

Thanks, Gannon, you half-horse-man-beast, you. :P Finding a CNC shop would be pretty good. Any idea as to what it would cost me? I'm already on a rather tight budget. I'd say maybe $200 dollars. :? I suppose I could go a bit over budget, but not much. I figure if I want to make a nice system that'll ...

'Lo, everybody. I've been meaning to build an N64p for a while now. I've been gathering parts, and I'm getting the book so I can get a better grasp of the whole process soon. I'm curious, however, as to how in the name of God Ben makes his cases so nicely! I don't have access to a CNC cutter, but I ...