the Woodie DS

eurddrue · Post by **eurddrue** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:59 pm

just don't tell your friends that your staying home to play with your woodie

colosalblack · Post by **colosalblack** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:29 pm

Looking AWESOME! that'll look good when its done.

Post by **Skyone** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:55 pm

Oh wow, quite impressive! You have some fine woodworking skills.

Rekarp · Post by **Rekarp** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:13 pm

ok Update time

The Hinge part for the upper half of the case. I cut the notch out with a dremel and drilled 1/4" holes at each end for the friction hinge to fit in and to allow the wires to pass to the lower case.

Looks pretty good so far.

Sanded the cover down and drilled the speaker holes with a 1/16" bit. I used the original case as a template.

Yep looks like a DS.

Gluing the hinge part to the cover. Tapped the cover to the other half to keep it still while the glue sets.

All dry. I added a thin piece of wood to the bottom part of the screen opening. I thought it looked weird without it.

Side by Side

Now to counter sink some holes so that the two parts can become the upper half of the case.

I want to try to find some Stainless Steel wood screws. Size is #2 1/4". ACE only had them in brass.

The tube for one side of the hinge will be made out of an aluminum tube. But its I.D. is to small so I enlarged it with a bit on the drill press.

Right size now.

I decided to use epoxy to attach the tube to the case. I also spread the epoxy on the inside of the joint so that the case just fall apart due to the stress that the friction hinge will cause when the DS is opened.

Thats it for now.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:21 pm

*Changes rekarps title from wood master to wood god*

Holy frikken crap dude, that is slicker than...slick?

I cannot wait to see this: A video would be phenomenal, too.

You coul probably make a hell of a lot of cash on ebay for this.

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Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:39 pm

Just for testing purposes, can you show us a pic of the top half guts installed in the wood section running?

Rekarp · Post by **Rekarp** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:41 pm

Bibin wrote:Just for testing purposes, can you show us a pic of the top half guts installed in the wood section running?

I will after I finish the top half. Still needs a finish and the epoxy is still tacky.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:46 pm

My grandma could do a better job than this. It's pathetic. Why didn't you just shove a DS into some stick a dog chewed up?

Oh yeah...then it might not be maple...

Carry on...

Rekarp · Post by **Rekarp** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:48 pm

Kurt_ wrote:My grandma could do a better job than this. It's pathetic. Why didn't you just shove a DS into some stick a dog chewed up?

Oh yeah...then it might not be mahogany...

Carry on...

Fixed

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:43 am

this will be the best DS ever

DK · Post by DK » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:52 am

Kyo wrote:this will be the best DS ever

Does't even come close to this one

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:03 am

lol, what the hell? Where did you get that?

DK · Post by DK » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:33 am

Kyo wrote:lol, what the hell? Where did you get that?

read about it aggess ago on Acidmods and just had to save the picture for a time like this.

Rekarp · Post by **Rekarp** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:25 am

DK wrote:
Kyo wrote:this will be the best DS ever
Does't even come close to this one

Looks like I have some good competition.

Oh the official name of the project is "The Woodie DS - Cause everyone wants to touch some wood"

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:08 pm

The wood god wrote:"The Woodie DS - Cause everyone wants to touch some wood"

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