Pop’n Papa: AKA, The Building Process
I figured that I would give everyone who might be curious about the building process I go through, since I am sure some of you are curious as to how I make my Pop’n Music controllers. These controllers were done over a weekend during the summer, and many of them are still available for sale.
First we take the wood…. (two 8′X4′ pieces of 1/2″ birch plywood, cut up to 6 sizable pieces to fit in my car)
Then we cut 16 tops (Also pictured, my protective gear)
Then we cut 32 long side pieces (this part is a pain! Also pictured is my beverage.)
Then I take the 16 tops and 64 sides and lay them out stacked on top of each other, making sure each pair of short and long sides are the same length.
Then we glue!
And we glue some more! (And I need to clean this area, as you can see the clutter of spray paint and random scrap wood)
This is what’s left to glue. I give the current batch that’s glued 3 hours for the Gorilla Glue to cure, then I unclamp them and work on as many of these as I can do at one time.
The finished shells.
