Make your own PSP stand using a toaster and $.25
by Vladimir Cole 
{ Jan 25th 2006 at 10:00AM }
This series
of photos shows how Flickr user JavaMoose created his own stylish PSP stand with a little heat, a little ingenuity, and
about $.25 worth of orange plastic. Right on!
When asked how to create one, JavaMoose explained:
"Well, you can use a strip-heater like I did - or just heat up the plastic with a hot-air gun (a hairdryer usually doesn't cut it) and make the bends (edge of a wooden board is perfect). It is really very simple to do, and only three bends to make. If you use a hot-air gun - keep it moving. If you stay in one spot too long you can burn the plastic. Hell, if you wanted to do it on the super-cheap - use a toaster (slot kind, not oven kind). Just hold the plastic a half-inch above the toast-slot. You'll feel it when it is soft enough to bend..."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mike @ Jan 25th 2006 10:08AM
think different:)
Mike @ Jan 25th 2006 10:10AM
think different:)
shawn @ Jan 25th 2006 10:20AM
does anyone know what it is (or how it is) that he put on that analog nub. That almost looks like its off of a ps2 controller
Jay @ Jan 25th 2006 10:25AM
isn't this a little dangerous? going way back to secondary school a mate of mine was burning holes through his plastic ruler with a heated paper clip, the science teacher caught him and told him that inhaling burning plastic fumes causes lung cancer.
jabbertrack @ Jan 25th 2006 10:44AM
Those desktop calendars that you tear pages off of are PERFECT for a PSP stand. Mine is on one right now at work doing a slideshow.
Imp @ Jan 25th 2006 11:02AM
The fumes of PVC plastic are very very harmful.
Do this in a ventilated area.
gob @ Jan 25th 2006 11:06AM
If you don't want to do any heating and all that, you could always do what I did and make a stand out of Lego. Lots safer, easier, and more fun!
ill trooper @ Jan 25th 2006 11:28AM
I would pay twenty times that to make the thing more comfortable to hold while gaming... Cool system, awkward button/joystick placement.
Spadge @ Jan 25th 2006 11:51AM
@ gob: I made one out of lego, it holds my phone, ipod and psp, and has the chargers built into the bottom!
ArC @ Jan 25th 2006 1:47PM
Yeah, I use a day-by-day calendar stand for my DS. It's outstanding for stylus-heavy games.
John @ Jan 25th 2006 4:00PM
I have a similar problem as #8 where I find the controller button placements and sizes to be a bit small and awkward for my hand/fingers. This makes playing my DS sometimes annoying. However, the great games keep me on the system longer than I want to be.
Anyways, this is a great simple mod. Where do you buy special plastic like this though? Its orange and not just plain you know....home depot?
-John
http://www.deliveryblog.com/
willie @ Jan 25th 2006 10:09PM
i just use my logitech playgear psp case, and it works just fine