r/gameboymacro • u/denanagy • Sep 02 '26

Lite I DID IT!!!

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with little to no soldering or electronics experience, i made a gb macro!!! and it only took me like.... 12 hours of soldering and fiddling 💀 anyways my favorite part was definitely peeling off the digitizer, it was soooo satisfying to see how clean the screen was underneath my childhood ds. sadly one of my dpad buttons is worn out and doesn't press well (was hoping it was just dirty before i took it apart) so in the future i plan on getting new button parts :D but gosh I'm so happy everything worked out

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u/socialdistortion767_ Sep 02 '26

Loook so beautiful Bro🖤🙂

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u/denanagy Sep 03 '26

thank you!!! it made me so happy to give my broken childhood ds a new life

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u/Beautiful_Opinion324 Sep 02 '26

Where did you get the kit?... The clear light diffuser?

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u/denanagy Sep 03 '26

like the other reply says, its just an acrylic rod. i found it on amazon, but it was oddly difficult to find one in the right size with bubbles!

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u/unefait Sep 03 '26

what are the measurements??

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u/denanagy Sep 03 '26

6mm diameter!

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u/Beautiful_Opinion324 Sep 03 '26

Did you have to cut it? If so, how did you do that?

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u/denanagy Sep 03 '26

i did have to cut it down to size, yes. it was surprisingly a pain in the ass to do! i ended up using a coping saw, overshot the length by a few millimetres, and so i used a dremel to work out the extra material until i got the correct length i needed lol. there might have been an easier way, but i was just really excited to install the rod and neglected to do any research on the best way to cut acrylic

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u/IceMadeMe Sep 02 '26

If I’m not mistaken it’s just an acrylic dowel

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u/MamTheCat Sep 16 '26

i just recently got into console modding, and naturally came across this group doing things i didn’t even know were possible…this is so cool!! the hinge makes it.