xbox case mod

poppe · Post by **poppe** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:35 pm

Hey guys. I want to make a new case for my xbox using clear acrylic like the PC cases at http://www.clearpc.ca/ . Has anyone ever made a case like this? Does anyone know where I can get the materials to make this kind of case?

Post by **gannon** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:48 pm

Well, I made a clear case for my computer out of some Lucite and Plexiglass.
I used a plastics epoxy to hold them together, but its not very strong so I'm going to be making a frame for it out of angle iron.

Moose Jr. · Post by **Moose Jr.** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:54 pm

Sounds cool.

While I've never made one myself, this guy's article may give you some pointers:

http://www.bit-tech.net/article/72/

For the acrylic you could probably just ring up all the glass- and/or plastic-supply places in your town and see what they offer.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:15 pm

That would be cool to do, but you would need to make sure the parts are well grounded.

If you are into modded XBOXes, check out these sites from another forum I go to.

clear one that had LEDs put in (scroll down)

I don't know why, but I think these people like the Xbox...

poppe · Post by **poppe** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 8:01 pm

Moose Jr. wrote:Sounds cool. While I've never made one myself, this guy's article may give you some pointers:

http://www.bit-tech.net/article/72/

For the acrylic you could probably just ring up all the glass- and/or plastic-supply places in your town and see what they offer.

that site has a lot of cool case mods. i hope mine can come out as good as those

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 11:56 am

I remember a site where I saw an XBOX built into a lazyboy. Can't exactly remember how I found it (prolly a link in either the Doom Portables or the Nesp links).

poppe · Post by **poppe** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:28 pm

I got some plexi-point drill bits for modding clear acrylic. i'm going to start hopefully next week

poppe · Post by **poppe** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:38 am

I finally got around to making a 3D model of the Xbox case I plan to make. I will be using clear acrylic for the case with a transparent red acrylic X on the top. This rough 3D model shows the case with the X on the top along with four controller ports, an LCD screen, and a DVD drive. The case is going to have a red theme (red acrylic features, red leds, and a red lcd).

Moose Jr. · Post by **Moose Jr.** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:39 am

Looks good. I especially like the "floating" X idea.

someone · Post by **someone** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:42 pm

yes, show up pics of the finished one

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:54 pm

How are you going to do the LCD?

someone · Post by **someone** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:49 pm

duct tape

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 7:19 pm

Nah, I meant where are you going to wire it, etc.

poppe · Post by **poppe** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 7:19 pm

i'm using a SmartXX Xbox modchip. You can connect an LCD to the modchip and a lot of homebrew software already supports it.

someone · Post by **someone** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 11:48 am

mmmm... tasty homebrew...