Arcade controller box corners

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Four plates of wood are joined together using brackets to form an arcade joustick controller platform for one player. The bottom plate slides out, allowing you to assemble or open the box without needing tools. **Instructions** This design requires two MDF plates measuring 35x21 cm, one 35x2cm, and one 35x5. These dimensions are not ideal, but I went ahead with what I had on hand. The 35mm width can be changed without altering the STL files. Begin by checking if your joystick and buttons will fit between the plates. If they don't, adjust the height of the two short sides in the Sketchup source file as needed (add the same amount to both for symmetry). Then export it again as an STL. The current design exports smoothly with most STL plugins. The Sketchup source file contains a model of the wood plates and various stages of the bracket designs, allowing you to experiment with different sizes. I printed the brackets in PLA using a layer height of 0.24mm and XY size compensation of -0.12 to get accurate measurements. You can scale up about 5 percent if necessary, and use glue instead of relying on friction for hold. **Note:** The artwork on the finished controller image is not mine – it's a lightly edited part of the marquee from tomtilley.net/projects/arcade.