arturojgt Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 I want to share with you my weekend project, a DIY switch box for DCS, the left side of an F-18 but with my own switch arrangement. I’m finishing the left vertical panel too. The boxes. Drilling some holes. Some switches. Real landing gear knob and system with a real F-18 AB-8B radio knob. More switches. More Harrier knobs. A little more switches. And a lot of more things. The heart of all this. More updates in the following days. Dream Commodore 64C, 1530 datasette, 1541 floppy disk drive, DCS cartridge, competition pro joystick, 14” Tv with VCR. Arturo "Chaco" Gonzalez Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekadept Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Nice, Definitely looks like you got all the switches you are going to need :) "Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way" (Gen. George Patton) https://www.tekcreations.space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RightStuff Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Interesting approach... Have fun while buliding! Just two questions: What is the material of the laser cut panels? It does not look like plywood or similar. And most interestingly: Where did you get that big red pushbutton from? Looks great! Cheers, RS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 The material looks like laser cut MDF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturojgt Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 The material looks like laser cut MDF. Yes. Dream Commodore 64C, 1530 datasette, 1541 floppy disk drive, DCS cartridge, competition pro joystick, 14” Tv with VCR. Arturo "Chaco" Gonzalez Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturojgt Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 Interesting approach... Have fun while buliding! Just two questions: What is the material of the laser cut panels? It does not look like plywood or similar. And most interestingly: Where did you get that big red pushbutton from? Looks great! Cheers, RS Hi, almost all the items are from eBay, even the harrier knobs, the Honeywell switches, etc. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254321055219 I purchase some stuff from Leo Bodnar store. Dream Commodore 64C, 1530 datasette, 1541 floppy disk drive, DCS cartridge, competition pro joystick, 14” Tv with VCR. Arturo "Chaco" Gonzalez Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturojgt Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 I need to drill some holes, apply fill putty and paint, then cut a black, translucent and white acrylic sheet for proper retro illumination. Dream Commodore 64C, 1530 datasette, 1541 floppy disk drive, DCS cartridge, competition pro joystick, 14” Tv with VCR. Arturo "Chaco" Gonzalez Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripRodriguez Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 I'm jealous of your switches and such, I'm usually stuck with using cheap Chinese ebay switches. =/ About one out of every five or ten is so bad I throw it out, but they are super cheap! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Demo of my 6DOF Motion VR Sim: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturojgt Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 I'm jealous of your switches and such, I'm usually stuck with using cheap Chinese ebay switches. =/ About one out of every five or ten is so bad I throw it out, but they are super cheap! Es así como decís, all the cheap offers from China are not good quality switches, I bough from them several kind of switch and the three position switches are crap. All what you said is the reason behind the Honeywell switches. I will upload some photo of the Chinese switches. Dream Commodore 64C, 1530 datasette, 1541 floppy disk drive, DCS cartridge, competition pro joystick, 14” Tv with VCR. Arturo "Chaco" Gonzalez Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RightStuff Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Thanks for the source concerning the big red button. There wer e too much results to find exactly that special button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturojgt Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 The APU, crank, fuel probe, pumps, dump, fcs, takeoff trim, etc. Dream Commodore 64C, 1530 datasette, 1541 floppy disk drive, DCS cartridge, competition pro joystick, 14” Tv with VCR. Arturo "Chaco" Gonzalez Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturojgt Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 Printing the fuel probe switch guard. Dream Commodore 64C, 1530 datasette, 1541 floppy disk drive, DCS cartridge, competition pro joystick, 14” Tv with VCR. Arturo "Chaco" Gonzalez Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturojgt Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 A 3D printed fuel panel plate. I made it in sketch up, almost 4 hours of printing time. Now the plate have an special filling potty to highlight the text embossed. Special filling potty = tooth paste. Dream Commodore 64C, 1530 datasette, 1541 floppy disk drive, DCS cartridge, competition pro joystick, 14” Tv with VCR. Arturo "Chaco" Gonzalez Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturojgt Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 I have a white acrylic sheet to paint in black and then send to laser engraving. This plate is just part of the design process The journey is so important as the destiny. Dream Commodore 64C, 1530 datasette, 1541 floppy disk drive, DCS cartridge, competition pro joystick, 14” Tv with VCR. Arturo "Chaco" Gonzalez Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturojgt Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) Starting my DIY switch boxes I'm sharing with you the error-free STL file of this plate, is ready to 3D-Print. I made this plate from scratch, this is not a purchased file. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bRSL4qbxTvmugJqv-hmN3uzmXbP1LfpW/view?usp=sharing Edited August 18, 2019 by arturojgt Arturo "Chaco" Gonzalez Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturojgt Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) Starting my DIY switch boxes This is how the FCS was made and the finished model. STL attached. https://drive.google.com/file/d/19bIDnfjM1bfYq653lCNGnvUMpKaTS01N/view?usp=sharing Edited August 18, 2019 by arturojgt Arturo "Chaco" Gonzalez Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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