I’ve been playing a lot of Sega Saturn shoot ‘em ups lately, but I’m not a big fan of the official arcade stick for the Saturn.  I was also looking for a wood working project to try out my CNC mill with, so I decided a custom arcade stick might be a fun weekend project.

Cutting the sides on my micRo CNC machine:

Testing the fit on the sides:

Cutting the top of the controller:

Doing one last test fit before gluing it all together.

I pad hacked a third party Saturn controller I got off eBay for $5. Worked out great.

Some pics of the finished stick. I also CNCed a lexan panel to go over the artwork, which is just a laminated inkjet print. I’m really happy with the way it turned out.