Case

I had a few ideas on how I wanted to make the case. Originally I wanted to vacuum form it and make a wood mold with rounded edges to make it look nice. But I didn't do that. I went to home depot again and bought a sheet of acrylic. This method worked well for me. I got some more of the Insta-set but this time I got Maxi-cure. It had a slightly longer cure time then the stuff I used on my portable and it was a little cheaper. But I must say that I do not like it as much as the stuff I used on my portable.

The dimensions for my case are 13.5" x 11" x 2". Not bad I thought for having the GD drive and the screen resting on top of that! I cut out the pieces with a 10 inch table saw this time with a 200 tooth blade. It worked very well and I got very straight clean cuts.

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I glued all the pieces together and got the bottom part of the case assembled. To make sure that my pieces were perpendicular to each other I took a piece of wood and used it to hold my pieces against.

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After the case was assembled it was time to make the holes all of the ports, GD drive and the volume knob. I used my dremel with a cutting disc to cut out the GD drive hole and then used a file to make sure I had nice straight lines.

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The power switch, and AV/monitor switch I used my dremel and then used a small file to ensure straightness. For the volume I used the hole saw again. The rest of the ports I used a drill. As well as for the speaker holes and I used perf board as a templet as many others do.

After everything was set i began to paint. It is now black instead of clear.

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