the Woodie DS

Tibia · Post by **Tibia** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:53 am

Wow! Gotta bookmark that one! Not everything, but damn, that's a nice selection! Thanks Khaag!

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:40 am

Yes, and very decently priced as well. If I'm not mistaken, I believe Ben's mentioned somewhere that he uses McMaster all the time also. They have pretty much everything you need as far as hardware goes. They even have those nylon spacers that Ben talks about in his book; the ones you can use as screw posts and such.

Rekarp · Post by **Rekarp** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:53 am

McMaster only has #2 1/4" Wood screws in brass or steel... No stainless. booo

DK · Post by DK » Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:52 am

I love the brass screws personally. Complement the wood perfectly.

nitro2k01 · Post by **nitro2k01** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:39 pm

DK wrote:I love the brass screws personally. Complement the wood perfectly.

Agreed.

GoldenfrankO · Post by **GoldenfrankO** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:53 pm

Let's hope it doesn't ever get covered in Body spray, and over heat.. Anyway Awesome so far. Looks Kickass. what are you planning to do for buttons? Make them out of wood too? That'd be killer!

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:11 am

Looks sleek so far. If you can only get brass screws, how about making a small dome top out of bondo to go on top of the screw, then painting the bondo to a similar colour to the wood? Such a small point but would make quite a difference, IMO. Would make it look similar to the rubber domes on the top of the PSOne screen which conceal two screws inside.

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:43 am

I like the brass screws.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:15 pm

Entirely personal choice if you like screws visible or not, point is there are ways to conceal them if preferred.

Rekarp · Post by **Rekarp** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:38 pm

I am keeping the Brass. I do not want to cover them encase the DS has to be disassembled later.

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:47 pm

If they were countersunk a little more, you could pop in some wood cutouts to cover. It would look good, and you could remove them pretty easily.

It seems like I'm preaching to the choir though. I'm sure you thought of all of this. Keep the brass, they look fine.

Rekarp · Post by **Rekarp** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:01 pm

jjhammerstein wrote:If they were countersunk a little more, you could pop in some wood cutouts to cover. It would look good, and you could remove them pretty easily.

It seems like I'm preaching to the choir though. I'm sure you thought of all of this. Keep the brass, they look fine.

Impossible. Anymore countersink and the screws would have nothing to hold the front panel on. After sanding the panels are about 3/64" thick.

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:49 pm

I thought that might be the case.

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:09 am

Any more progress on this, Rekarp?

Rekarp · Post by **Rekarp** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:52 pm

Yah a little. I spent my entire weekend doing Homework and programming though.

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