Cases for the poor/cheap

charli_kilo · Post by **charli_kilo** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:16 am

I was wondering what are some meathods for homemade cases that arent too pricey? can I just melt down like 100 plastic forks and spoons into a mold or is it more complicated then that?

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:46 am

cardboard box and some duct-tape? That's what i did

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:50 am

Franken with other stuff, I put my GOACp(which none of you will see because it broke) inside a broken VHS tape.[/list]

Post by **Triton** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:44 pm

frankencasing is easy! all you need is bits of other stuff and plastic and bondo and hotglue! its easy and kinda fun but if you want it gool lookin it takes time

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:52 pm

Box method. Find a box (tackle box, plastic box, shoe box, etc.) that will house all your electronics and jazz it up with paint/graphics. Looks good that way!

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:23 pm

CronoTriggerfan wrote:Box method. Find a box (tackle box, plastic box, shoe box, etc.) that will house all your electronics and jazz it up with paint/graphics. Looks good that way!

Yes, that's easy. Also, if your parents think it will blow up or something, tell them it won't

jeep · Post by **jeep** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:10 pm

Harshboy wrote:
CronoTriggerfan wrote:Box method. Find a box (tackle box, plastic box, shoe box, etc.) that will house all your electronics and jazz it up with paint/graphics. Looks good that way!
Yes, that's easy. Also, if your parents think it will blow up or something, tell them it won't

And never show them the lithium battery explosion video or gamelver GCp after explosion...

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:56 pm

lol, right.

For cases I've always used the existing case and just built onto that. With the use of bondo marine putty and spray paint it ends up looking pretty good! However for some of my newer portables, the existing cases are too big and a $6 project box from RadioShack will be used.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:22 pm

Yes, G-force brings up a good point; if the original case is used, you KNOW everything will fit

! Oh, and speaking of the box method... one thing I forgot to say was a wood box. I just picked one up the other day from JoAnn Fabrics (they have them at Michaels too). The person I am building the new NESp with wanted a wood case. I was kinda skeptical, but now that I've seen them, I think they would look great stained/painted. Plus, they're super cheap.

Post by **marshallh** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:08 pm

When I built my first case-modded N64, it wasn't hard to make it look good. The N64 probably isn't the best one to case mod, though. It's almost impossible to get everything inside there.

On the other hand, the SNES would be a piece of cake to fit everything (screen, batteries etc) into.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:12 pm

marshallh wrote:When I built my first case-modded N64, it wasn't hard to make it look good. The N64 probably isn't the best one to case mod, though. It's almost impossible to get everything inside there.

On the other hand, the SNES would be a piece of cake to fit everything (screen, batteries etc) into.

Despite that, yours looks good

. Also, I wonder why no one has done a case mod on the SNES Mini. I did one, but I dropped it down the stairs and it shattered; don't get me wrong, it was a blessing in disguise, seeing as my new case was far superior. But still, I think anyone with a steady hand would be able to pull it off famously

!