Reinforcing a Terrible Case
Hello, everyone. I'd like to ask you all for advice on how I may go about strengthening a case I own. You see, once upon a time, I was young and dumb. I am now slightly older and dumb, but that is another issue entirely. Anyways, being young and dumb, I managed to snag a Powmax case (this one, though mine is blue), thinking it was really neat looking. Never did I stop to consider that such a case, unique as it may appear, could be total and utter crap. Ever since I first started working with this case, I have been battling Powmax's terrible, terrible quality.
Now, I am at an impass. All the screws that hold the case together, in addition to being extremely prone to having their screwdriver notches gouged out, are tearing right through the acrylic. They are all directly implanted in the case, and each time I tighten or loosen them, they strip further, and become more difficult to use. I've already had to resort to never replacing the cover, because I have to use a wrench to break the screws that hold it on free.
My question, then, is if there is some accepted way to handle such a scenario. I would really like to embed some sort of metal nut at each screw hole, so that the acrylic wouldn't need to be threaded, and thus be prone to stripping out. Also, any general ideas on reinforcing this case? It's just sort of crappy, and I'd like to make it less so.
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Originally Posted by jdbnsn
