wooden-game-boy

An entire classical Game Boy made out of wood (on a CNC router).

This was requested after I published my little wooden Game Boy cartridge.

Instructions / details

The documentation with explanations for all toolpaths and a list of tools and bits I used can be found on my blog at there.oughta.be/a/wooden-game-boy.

File overview

The project has been done using the Blender CAM plugin. So, the main folder contains blend files for the different parts of the Game Boy shell and accessoires:

• reference-frame.blend: The drills I use to align the workpiece after flipping it.
• common-case.blend: The base model from which I derived the more specific files below.
• bottom-outside.blend: Toolpaths for the outside of the bottom half of the shell.
• bottom-inside.blend: Toolpaths for the inside of the bottom half of the shell.
• top-outside.blend: Toolpaths for the outside of the top half of the shell.
• top-inside.blend: Toolpaths for the inside of the top half of the shell.
• battery-lid-outside.blend: Outside of the battery cover.
• battery-lid-inside.blend: Inside of the battery cover.
• cartridge-outside.blend: Outside of the Game Boy cartridge. Not that this contains the oak and walnut version and is derived from the wooden Game Boy cartridge with more efficient and better toolpaths.
• cartridge-inside.blend: Inside of the Game Boy cartridge.

The folders are mostly for reference:

• gcode contains the original machine code that I used. Probably only usefull as reference and should not be sent directly to a different machine.
• photo contains the photo and graphic I used for the logo and labels on the front. Note, that obviously trademarks apply to the brand "Nintendo".
• pokemon contains the Pokemon Oak and Walnut logos as well as my reference file (which is a public domain image from Wikipedia). Note, that obviously trademarks apply to the brand "Pokemon".

Licence

I release everything here under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY 4.0). Enjoy :)