Arcade Controller (Fightstick)

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Arcade controller (probably call it a Fightstick if you're in the FGC). Designed to play fighting games/ arcade games (Street Fighter, Tekken, Gauntlet, etc.). Since the front panel is separate from the box, the controller can be used by left-handed or right-handed players. Printing: Printed on a Gigabot 3+ at the University of Texas at Austin. Both pieces printed together took about 30 hours. The bed of the printer is 2 ft x 2 ft. Used eSUN black PLA 3mm filament (actual diameter 2.85 mm +/- 0.05 ) Building: The only part that may need explaining is screwing everything. For the front panel to the box, I used 'wood inserts' on the holes in the corners of the front panel and box (8 in total). To get the metal screw insert to stick to the 3D printed plastic, I used 2-way electrical tape - cotton. I'm sure you could maybe try super glue and plumbers tape but that's more permanent, so I chose to not do that. From there I used 1.5 - 2 inch screws in the 4 corners. The arcade joystick is secured to the front panel with 1-inch screws, a nut, and a washer. I do these two methods to avoid drilling into the plastic frequently. Lastly, the PCB uses small screws (like 0.25 inches or so, I may have took apart other electronics to find some), and just drilled the corners of PCB into the 3D printed plastic. In the box stl, the PCB section is slightly elevated to account for that. I didn't use screw inserts because I couldn't find some that small, but at least I was able to avoid drilling into the plastic everywhere else.