Just ordered the basic supplies for my next build from AE. I’m going to tweak my “We Have Battleship at Home” layout, which has been rotting on KLE for months, to work as well as it can with the massive Akko MDA “building blocks” set I got for half-price from Amazon Resale. I think I’m still going to run it no-stabs, though I do have a small set of Costar style hanging around that could probably be wedged into the plate and work okay. We’ll see. Then, due to some of my other choices, I think this one makes sense to do as a hand-wire, but I reserve the right to change my mind on that, too. RP2040 as usual.
Specifically for this build:
- Rotary Encoder (I’ve never tried including one. It’s time)
- 25mm red anodized knob (I think I got the stem sizes compatible… pray for me)
- M3 Screws, heat-set inserts, and the soldering tip to put them in. I skipped the little drill-press looking thing to keep your angle, so we’ll see how that goes. I’ve always either had the screws go all the way through or had needlessly complicated captive nuts; this could be a nice change.
- Outemu dustproof green, because they’re still among my favorites (though below Box Navy and Jade), you can get 110 of them for under fifteen bucks, and TBH this thing is already dangerously close to a meme-board designed to amuse exactly one person. I guess I need to try some other green click-jackets, because so far I like these but I don’t care for Gaterons.
- While I demurred on getting a giant 65mm E-Stop switch or something vintage from eBay, I did get an industrial-ish 30mm red aluminum mushroom pushbutton with a big LED in the center. I expect it’s going to look like a sunburned nipple, and I kind of don’t care.
