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Samaya wrote:Just, what are you going to do about that broken off piece?

All along, I've been planning on putting the broken off piece back in place and then filling all the little cracks. It would look fine, but it would be lots of work. Then I found someone on another forum that said he was willing to send me his console too! So I'll be using that case

Anyway, UPDATE TIME!!

So, so much has happened since my last post. I met with Dremel again and officially signed with them. At the end of the meeting, the guy handed me a catalog and said "Drop me an email with a list of what you want". That's exactly what I did, and man, they sent me absolutely everything I wanted, except for one single routing bit, because they didn't have one in stock. Heck, they even sent me a 400 series Dremel, and I didn't even ask for one (I love my 300 Series ). Apparently there's a 4000 series with my name on it too

Anyway, here's what they sent me:







Dremel Driver:





Dremel Versatip:





Some work:





Some more pics:









I have a few more, but they still need to be edited

Big, BIG thanks to my PixelPro Photography/Ophra Watson for taking those amazing photos, and a HUGE thanks to Dremel for the sponsorship!

And now, an update to the actual project log!

I want the case to look really good inside. Sure, I could mod the hardware in there and just close it up, but I want it all to look really good inside, so I'm doing a couple of things. First and foremost, I'm making a cover for the inside. Let me elaborate:

Here's the case:





I want to do something like this, but a full piece. Please not, the piece in the photos is just a rough draft of the idea I have:









So, I set out to start. Some plexi I had lying around:





Taped up and marked for cutting. Don't worry, I know what's going on there





I sanded some of the stuff using one of my Dremels fixed to the Multi-Vise:







I then found that the holes in the plexi were slightly too short, so I needed a solid way to lengthen them:





Looks pretty good!





Making progress:





I also had to get this hunk of plastic out of the way:





Voila!





For interest sake - I use a variation of sanding bands for this work. I tend to start off with a 60 Grit and then finish off with a 120. I also have two different sizes of bands in case I'm working on something small. Here, you'll see the 60 on the left, and the 120 on the right. These are the small bands:





I use the bigger ones too:





I'm pretty well stocked up on these things too. I use them quite a lot, so I need lots





So, this is where I am with the panel now. It's almost done with the first stage of its work. Lots to go still:




I've actually done a whole lot more work, but I don't have a camera to take pics with

Again, big thanks to Dremel for all the support



That's it for now

Ag nee man! I are JEALOUS!!!!!

Those are awesome tools to get and congratulations on being sponsored by them. Sorry but I am almost more excited by the sponsorship than by the mod... lol!

I assume the inner cover is to hide all the wiring and to get the neatness you want. Are you going to mount the pico board on top of this cover?

Keep us updated

Hahah, thanks dude

That's correct The board is too big to be mounted on TOP of this cover, so I have to make a hole in the cover that the board will be fitted into

Sounds like a plan. If you need help or need electronic components, let me know maybe I can help get it for you.

Of course! Thanks so much dude You're always the first guy I think of when I need that stuff

(You're also the first guy I thought of when I got all this Dremel stuff. I knew you'd be jealous )