plexi glass

[Mizwax]

ok, lets say i wanted to cut a whole in my xbox and put some plexi glass in it. how would i go about doing that? i would want the plexi glass flush with the case tho.

im guessing that i would use a dremel tool to cut the whole....
how do i do the plexi glass tho?

thanks
-mizzzzzzzzzzzz

[Venomous Fire]

Umm, there is a double sided tape for using if you put it like a normal case window, but I dunno about having it flush....

And yes, cut the hole with a dremel

[punkskater2448]

When you go about cutting plexi glass you need to be extremely careful because if you cut to fast it can crack or melt. And when trying to drill you need barely put pressure on it because it will snap very easy as well.

A dremel tool will work, you just need to cut every slow, and take your time when you do it. I would suggect that when you cut it, make the image (or w.e you are cutting out) a little bigger and then on the back sand the edges down a bit so that way when you put it in, it overlaps the inside of your 360 case, but is flat on the front.

[h2player117]

well you could do it the dirty way by straight forward cutting a square in your 360 with a saw and then putting in plexi glass or you could go about it the smart way and buy your self a talismoon case and get the leds and the sick fan with it but i think the hacksaw way is much cheaper oh and another thing if you do the hacksaw way you should buy your self a nail filer or sanding paper to make the cut smooth and then calculate the area of the sqaure and cut your self that amount of plastic. Simple wnough right? wrong. you i think would also have to get out all of those internals for safe keeping

[Mizwax]

Quote: Originally Posted by h2player117

well you could do it the dirty way by straight forward cutting a square in your 360 with a saw and then putting in plexi glass or you could go about it the smart way and buy your self a talismoon case and get the leds and the sick fan with it but i think the hacksaw way is much cheaper oh and another thing if you do the hacksaw way you should buy your self a nail filer or sanding paper to make the cut smooth and then calculate the area of the sqaure and cut your self that amount of plastic. Simple wnough right? wrong. you i think would also have to get out all of those internals for safe keeping

that didnt tell me anything

[h2player117]

need i make it simpler?
step 1: take your cutting tool of choice and try to be as clean as possible with your cut.
\step2:measure how long big the cut is and cut out that amount of plexiglass
step3:sand down the cuts so there smooth and the plexi glass can fit in tightly if not your going to need to hot glue that **** onto the 360. (it wont be noticable)
then plug in your led's and you have a pretty sick custom 360.

[Mizwax]

it just seems like hot glue would:
1, be ugly
and 2, not be very strong. like i would hit it and it would fall in...

[h2player117]

not if you put it directly on the sides of the plexiglass.

[Knives61]

I have cut plexi glass before and I found out that saws are very good for that kind of stuff table saw works the best.

[Amurka]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knives61

I have cut plexi glass before and I found out that saws are very good for that kind of stuff table saw works the best.

for a square it would be fine, but for a design or anything with say a circular part that would fail.

[XxMoNkEy42xX]

Talismoon sells a window making kit, but you can just order the cutting tool if you want..
Amazon.com: Talismoon Universal Modding Tool -...

[Mizwax]

have you personally used it?
and i was thinking, if i get a peice that is about twice to thick, i can cut it so that it looks like a smaller one stuck on a bigger one. so itll look like this...




but it is just one peice. so that way, the top part of the glass is the exact size of the hole in the xbox, and the bottom part is about half an inch bigger each way. (leaving 1/4 of an inch hanging under on side) then i could put the glue on the bigger part. think that would work?

[Saiyan]

use a tablesaw to cut the plexi, but you need a special blade for it, and it will smell like **** when you cut it because theirs almost no way to stop a small amount of melting.

Sand down the edges with some 00 grit sandpaper and then dremel the same shape into the 360 case. make the case cut 1/16 to 1/32 smaller than the overall total size of the plexi and you should get a nice snug fit,

[Mizwax]

so your saying i dont need any glue or any way of keeping it together but a snug fit?
and if i have the tools to cut that weird edge my above picture shows, should i do it? cause idk if its worth it, but it wont be too hard.