Printing the case
Before printing anything, ensure that your printer is calibrated, bed leveled, and your filament is in good condition. You will see the case everytime you use your handheld, so it should be something nice to look at!
A good material for printing the case would be ABS or PET-G. Pick colour of your choice, and if you can, grab samples of other colours for buttons. There are two versions of the shell, one with SMA (antenna) connector, and second without it - print the latter if you don't want to use radio.
There's no need to use supports for the shell and the cover:
...as opposed to the triggers. You can choose supports on build plate only.
You also need to print the power switch, system button, and 8 gamepad buttons. You can either print them flat, as shown:
But I don't recommend that unless you'd sand buttons or the case. If you don't plan sanding anything you may want to print and glue only halves of the buttons:
You will need a soldering iron, the 6 M2x3x3 inserts, and a flat metal piece. If you printed buttons in halves, you will need a superglue too.
Heat up your soldering iron up to 200°C. Put an insert on place:
Gently push it down:
Don't push all the way! It should be left just almost pushed in:
Gently press a piece of metal on it, but don't press too hard. This could result in deforming the print, which we don't want. You can see I pushed a little too hard here:
Repeat the process for other 5 inserts!
Prepare a pair of prints and the superglue (remember to do it on a safe and flat surface!)
Put a little drop of the glue:
Connect the pieces together:
And repeat for other 8 buttons.
Now, go ahead to the Assembly page!