Wooden PSP buttons

Thought this should go here so here it goes, any questions on how to do this please ask, it seems fairly sefl explanatory to me:


Hey guys,


This morning I decided I hated my clear psp buttons (Blegh) and instead wanted to make some maple buttons. After finding that the buttons used by sony are bitches, I had to come to a compromise of using the parts that I could not make from wood to hold the buttons. while still keeping predominately wood.

Here she is untouched:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1161.jpg

And here's my American PSP with a Sharp screen, don't know what all that was about:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1163.jpg

The button which my camera couldn't seem to focus on :|

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1170.jpg

The two peices of maple after the cut, theya re slighty different but I don't care, they ahve also been stained

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1174.jpg

Where it all went down

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1175.jpg

And some more

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1176.jpg

Here's the stain I used on the maple

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1177.jpg

And testing beforehand

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1179.jpg

Finished pics:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1218.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1240.jpg - Cool effect on the screen :O
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1253.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1255.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSCF1261.jpg


So there you go, hope you guys give this a try, especially with some Aussie hardwoods, which we dont get here.

Cheers,

Ratticus

Now just get you some mass production going, an email and.... ebay yatzee! Nice work man...

I must admit when i saw the topic of this thread I almost peed myself with laughter. But the finished product dosnt look half bad at all! I dont suppose you could have done the same thing with the four buttons and burned the shapes into the wood too? :)