Making A PS3 Controller Wall Holder Updated Version

Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago at 12:21 pm. 0 comments

Ok, so I have decided to make a better and more detailed version of my post on how to make a wall mounted controller holder for the PS3. Photos are in a little gallery at the bottom, no photos of how to fix them to the wall though. Sorry.

Step One: What You Need

To make 2 holders you will need:

• 2 packets of 28/29mm Tool Clips
• 4 rawlplugs (normal or plasterboard depending on the wall your fitting them to)
• 4 screws big enough to fit the rawlplugs
• A drill, again depending on what wall you are fitting them to
• 2 PS3 controllers

Your rawlplugs and screws should be the right sizes to fit through the fixing holes in the tool clips. I have no idea what size that is as I just guessed. Sorry.

Step Two: Modifying The Tool Clips

Take one of your tool clips and bend it outwards with your hands, you could use pliers but they can put too much pressure on one part of the clip. To figure out how much you need to bend it get your PS3 controller and use it’s handles as a template. Once you have it so it fits on the controller fairly tightly you need to stretch it out a little more as it will tighten again when it is fitted to the wall.

Repeat this for the other 3 clips. Because they all need to be nearly the same size you can use the first completed clip as a template for the other clips. After you have finished them all you have 1 of 2 options.

If you have a blowtorch handy you could heat up hooked parts of the clips and bend them forward using some pliers, it should create more of a ring meaning your controllers might be a bit more secure. Please be careful if you decide to do that though. I haven’t tried it myself as I couldn’t find the blowtorch.

The other option is this. Take a pair of pliers and force the hooked parts back on themselves. Because the clip hasn’t been heated it will just snap off. Do this for all of the hooked parts and then file down any sharp edges with a metal file.

Step Three: Making It Look Good

Well I found the best way to change the look of the clips was to paint them with enamel paint. Not only does it cover metal well but it gives an extra grip on the controllers too. It’s about £1.99 for a little pot here in the UK. I used black and it took about 2 coats. Try not to put it on to thick though as you could end up with lumps in the paint, if that happens you will need to sand off the lumps of paint with sandpaper and try again.

Step Four: Attaching to the wall

Well this is the tricky part. Depending on the wall you want to fit them to there are a few different options.

BRICK: If your wall is brick, like mine, you will need to get out that drill. You need a drill bit about the size of your rawlplugs but please go smaller rather than bigger because you can always make the hole bigger but it’s much harder to make it smaller again. Take your clips and put your controller in them, this will give you the right distance apart and the right angle for the clips to be at. Hold the controller up to the wall, take the controller out of the clips and make marks on the wall through the fixing holes and down the edges of the clips for the angles. You’ll will need a bit of help with that bit. Drill through the wall where you have made the marks, push in the rawlplugs and then screw your clips onto the wall. You might need to pull the clips outwards again as the screw tightening tightens the clips again.

TIP: When you drill the hole, tape a open envelope to the wall underneath and it will catch most of the crap from the wall. Use low tack tape though…

PLASTERBOARD: If your wall is plasterboard then you have a much easier job. Because the clips & controllers aren’t really that heavy you can get away with using plasterboard rawlplugs instead of trying to find a wooden joist in the wall. So first we need to mark the wall. Again just take the controller, push on the clips, line it up on the wall, take the controller out of the clips and mark through the fixing holes and down the edges of the clips for the angles. Now take a philips head screwdriver a little smaller than the rawlplug. Push hard and twist against the plasterboard, eventually you should push straight throught the platerboard. Push in your plasterboard rawlplugs & then screw in your clips, again when you screw the clips in it will tighten them and you will need to pull them back out to fit the controller.

Because of the way the controller is shaped the clips have to be on a sort of angle towards each other. If you find you have missed your angle marks when you fix them to the wall just loosen the screw a little and twist. Just be careful not to scrape any paint or wallpaper off your wall.

Step Five: Stand back & Marvel

Put your controllers into the holders and marvel at what you have just created.

Step By Step Photos

Finally

I hope that is a little clearer for everyone. Remember I made these for myself but thought someone else might find the idea of use. If your looking for an expensive looking wall holder this isn’t it. If your looking for a wall holder that costs about £2 then well done you’ve found it. Remember these are just how I want them to look, with a bit of modification they could probably look quite good and you might even be able to add a charger to them. Your imagination is the only limit.