So, it should be said that this thing will, ultimately, be made out of wood and maybe some metal bits. No, I'm not trying to push some artisanal bullshit; I just really like the aesthetic of those old wooden cased radios. I got my degree in radio, so I may be biased. 

ANYWAY, I couldn't really just have all the parts just loosely connected to the arduino while testing them, so I had to create something to mount them all to in the

 same basic shape of (what I think will be) the finished product. 

TADA!!!

Yes, my piece of shit, temperamental as a teething two year old PrintrBot Plus V2.1 finally managed to do something right for once in it's make-Victor-miserable existence and successfully print something larger than a USB key. 

Mind you, that whole back wall warped and split its layers and had to be removed, but 90% successful is still an A.

The testing platform perfectly fits both rotary encoders, all eight switches, and the 16x2 LCD with the bonus that there is enough plastic around the LCD that I was actually able to attach it with screws. Now, you may cringe at my wiring, but here is a picture of the underside. I do think I was clever with the weaving of a single solid core wire for all of the ground terminals of the switches.

Now that all the hardware is at a point where I can start coding, it's time to start hoping.

Shit.