Telescopic Joycon Phone Controller (Joybone One)
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My Backbone One controller recently gave out on me, so I set out to make a similar controller that utilized my spare Joycons. I have dubbed it the Joybone One. I used three different existing models, modified each to varying degrees, and mated them together to make this. I will do my best to credit each creator, but if I make a mistake please feel free to correct me. The grips are from Hamagen's "Joycon Split Grip", the telescoping slidey bits from CDeviant's "Universal Phone Holder for Ender 3", and the phone holder from PTGamingCorps' "Backbone Adapter - iPhone 13 Pro Max (MagSafe Case Compatible)". What I ended up with is a telescopic set of joycon grips that have modified backbone one adapters on each side to hold a variety of phones. I have tested it extensively with my iPhone 14 Pro Max with and without the Otterbox Symmetry case and it works great both ways, as well as with my wife's iPhone 14. I suspect it will work for many other phones as well as an iPad Mini or other small tablet. The file with all three parts has them arranged so that when assembled the layers of the inner slide will be perpendicular to the layers of the grips. Assembly is fairly straight forward, though feeding the rubber band through can be a little tricky. I recommend using a piece of wire to loop around the rubber band and feed it through. Picking the right rubber band will be important also. The inner slider is held in by four M3x6mm screws that will ride along the cutouts in the left and right grips. There are pilot holes for the screws in the inner slide but they are intentionally too small to provide plenty of material for the screws to bite into so you may want to drill them out a little more. Don't tighten the screws down completely or it will not slide properly. I also left holes to allow the lights from the Joycons to be visible. You can insert short pieces of any clear filament into the holes to get a better effect. There are also some caps you can use to cover the rubber band hooks, but they're not strictly necessary. I printed mine in PETG-CF for durability and rigidity but PLA or standard PETG should work fine also. Once it's all assembled, just pair your Joycons to your phone and you're ready to go! Lastly and most importantly, I'm TenaciousTuck on Call of Duty Mobile, and Tenacious Tuck on Xbox live. Hit me up, let me know how you like the controller, and let's play some games!
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