Window Mod

soogazzi · Post by **soogazzi** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:34 am

So I was bored yesterday and was looking at my pile of Dreamcast parts when it hit my, I could make a really nice window in my lid with my router. I used my router to make a perfect circle centered in the lid and then cut the plexi glass about 1/32? larger so that it would fit tight with no glue. I think it looks great. It took about 20 mins to do and about one hour to make the jig. Now I just have to paint it black and blue to match my Dreamcast and find a blue swirl sticker. Does anyone have one that they would trade? I?m thinking of putting blue led?s under the lid now.

FETUS · Post by **FETUS** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:18 am

Seems like a lot of work just to paint over it

not just souLLy now · Post by **not just souLLy now** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:37 am

you made a see-thru lid and then painted it so it's no longer see-thru... maybe i'm missing something

LyingWake · Post by **LyingWake** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:37 am

Nice - I wanna see some picture of the lid on a Dreamcast with a CD in it.

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:12 am

i dont think they're going to paint the window. anyways WOW! the best window i've ever seen... other than the splat window

soogazzi · Post by **soogazzi** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:19 am

Sorry about the huge pics. I plan on painting the rest of the lid to match my current paint job. The current paint job is the bottom pic. I will post pictures of the completed project.

Omega X · Post by **Omega X** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:38 pm

nice window idea although at first i thought it was a futuristic design for a toilet seat lol

hearld500 · Post by **hearld500** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:08 pm

Looks pretty damn good.

Um...guys, I think he ment he was going to paint the lid black to match the dreamcast in the picture. I'm guessing he's going to tape off the window, or just pull it out before painting.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:22 am

Thats probably the cleanest and biggest window mod on a DC, nice. You dremel it?

soogazzi · Post by **soogazzi** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:50 am

I made a jig for my router so that I could mount it upside down with the bit sticking up. Then I drilled a hole in the jig to put a pin in the table for the lid to rotate on. Then I drilled a hole in the center of the lid. I rotated the lid into the bit to make a perfect circle. I did the same thing for the plexi but I made it slightly larger. This way the glass fits flush with the top and looks good. If you look at the backside of the lid, you will see the hole under the swirl. Last night I painted everything and put 3 led?s in the dimples under the lid. Tonight I should get some more led?s that I am putting behind the controller ports. Then I will reassemble and post some more pics.

soogazzi · Post by **soogazzi** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:33 pm

She's all done now. I'm sorry but I just can not get a good enough picture
to do it justice. This thing looks 100 time better in the dark that these
pictures show. The plexi glows when you look at it at a lower angle.
I put led's in the controller ports and one in the modem. They don't show
up to good in the pictures though.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:53 pm

Wow, that is one clean window. Well done, it looks great!

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:06 pm

wow best window mod/ led mod i've ever seen. great modding

soogazzi · Post by **soogazzi** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:19 pm

Thanks guys. Now I just need a blue swirl logo. Maybe I could do a window mod in exchange for one or I a motherboard with a metal fan and cooler thingies on it and a chip mod on it that I could trade. It came from a Dreamcast with a "J" in the sticker so maybe it's stock on those.

rhubarb505 · Post by **rhubarb505** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:10 pm

Holy crap...

10/10

Flappz · Post by **Flappz** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:27 pm

OK, so how much do you charge to make the top...
thats a perfect circle!
Flappz