Wii Portable: 90% done! PICS UP

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:12 pm

joedog86 wrote:You make us all so very proudand enviousCTF. Sounds like you have one heck of a deadline to push you to finish it!

Haha, yes I do!

But it seems that everything wants me to fail!!! I couldn't get the old paint and primer layers off, and when I primered over them, it crackled, of course.

So I took the plates, soaked them in hot water, and stripped them completely with steel wool. One's done and stripped to its original state, and the other is about half done. This is probably one of the most frustrating paint jobs ever! Good thing it'll turn out quality.

EDIT: Okay, the case is now 100% done, and I must say, it looks pretty nice! The wiring is about 30%, but the component video is already done, and that was the hardest part, so there is no doubt in my mind that I'll finish this by tomorrow afternoon.

Although I do have one question; wiring up the sensor bar, I'm using the original sensor bar cable, which contains that crappy stranded wire stuff that's in headphones and such. I've never soldered to it before, though. Is there anything special I have to do to prep it, or do I treat it just like normal wire?

CTFan

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:57 am

ahhhhh when will we see pics?!

ATOMICMAN · Post by **ATOMICMAN** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:13 am

CronoTriggerfan wrote:Although I do have one question; wiring up the sensor bar, I'm using the original sensor bar cable, which contains that crappy stranded wire stuff that's in headphones and such. I've never soldered to it before, though. Is there anything special I have to do to prep it, or do I treat it just like normal wire?

twist them up as tight as you can and tin the ends (if you dont know what tinning is, heat up the end and put some solder on it, it helps hold it together as you solder).

i really hate that junky stranded stuff.

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:30 am

Yes, twist it, put some flux on it, then tin it. If you do it well, you can just use it like like a solid wire at that point.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:46 am

joedog86 wrote:Yes, twist it, put some flux on it, then tin it. If you do it well, you can just use it like like a solid wire at that point.

Okay, cool. Can I just use lemon juice instead of commercial flux? 'Cause that's all I've got right now.

And ATOMICMAN, I know what tinning is.

Thanks for the tip, though.

CTFan

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:24 pm

CronoTriggerfan wrote:
joedog86 wrote:Yes, twist it, put some flux on it, then tin it. If you do it well, you can just use it like like a solid wire at that point.
Okay, cool. Can I just use lemon juice instead of commercial flux? 'Cause that's all I've got right now.

And ATOMICMAN, I know what tinning is. Thanks for the tip, though.

CTFan

yeah but i would reccomend flux instead

twilightprincess · Post by **twilightprincess** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:23 am

u said u'd have pics ages ago wii are dying for pics!!!

jedi knight · Post by **jedi knight** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:10 am

twilightprincess wrote:u said u'd have pics ages ago wii are dying for pics!!!

Don't rush him!

twilightprincess · Post by **twilightprincess** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:36 am

i s'pose but wat about progress pics.

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:53 am

twilightprincess wrote:i s'pose but wat about progress pics.

I mean really what about the Progress pics.

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:21 pm

So are you done yet?

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:37 pm

Um... guys... isn't he in Florida now?

nightwheel · Post by **nightwheel** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:32 pm

can't wait to see pic's of it when it finshed

Klefmung · Post by **Klefmung** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:37 am

*comes out of hiding*

show pics, ctfan! NOW!

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:25 am

Well guys, I have some bad news. I can't finish this project.

My stupid little sister went crying to my parents when she heard the words "Wii" and "mod" in the same sentence, and they've forbidden me from working on this project because "they paid good money for an extended warrantee for me to just go and void it".

I really don't know what I'm gonna do with this thing now, as it's a good project, and I'd like to see it completed. Maybe I'll sell it in the Trading Post, or perhaps lend it out to someone who'd be capable of completing it, I dunno. The whole ordeal just gets me kinda pissed. Oh well.

I'll post some pics later tonight should I get the chance, you guys can see just how close I was to getting this thing done.

CTFan