Untitled project so far

[billygoat333]

Well, today I was cleaning up in my room and I found my frankensteined Xbox laying in a box gathering dust. I have been itching to mod something for a long while, just have had school and work and a 2 yr old keeping me too busy. This week is finals, so I figure I should have time now that it is summer to actually work on a project, and hopefully finish it!

So, to start off with, this is my first model I've made with Sketchup, so don't laugh at me too hard!

The blue circle and the blue ovals on the left will be the power button and the controller ports, respectively. (wont be blue!) the eject button I am still deciding what to do with.

The wood I am using is 3/4" hickory hardwood flooring left over from when we did our house. (yes, this means I get to trim off the tongue and groove on these! yippee! )

The top will be plexi and will either have an aluminum frame for it to sit on either on top of or underneath (shown), or will just have the wood routed so the plexi fits flush with the wood. I like the look of the aluminum frame though, so I think that's what I will go with.

Front-Top view:

Top view:

Back view:

The back needs to house a fan, and holes for the I/O garbage. not sure exactly how this is gonna look, just gonna go with what works and looks the best!

[billygoat333]

It's Alive!! I had a broken xbox (bad disc drive) given to me, and my old xbox's HDD died so I pieced the two together.

The Victim:

The Wood:

I for some reason could NOT get to this screw, so I said eff it and busted out the cutting wheel on the dremel! I didnt get an action shot but here are some carnage shots.

Crappy pic warning! lol

45 Degree cut for the picture frame effect:

And the outside frame cut and (sort of) sanded!

Gratuitous xbox guts!

and thats it for now. Gonna switch the layout around and move the motherboard to the top of the system and the disc drive will be on the bottom. thinking about making some sort of box for the ugly PSU and placing the HDD either on top or below it. still have some planning to do just really felt like cutting into something with power tools!

[LiTHiUM0XiD3]

nice... a 1.0 xbox.. u should do a quad TSOP on there
also.. my personal suggestion... nix the DVD drive even tho its a samsung.. (the best one from the old xboxs)
it rly is useless if you have a big enough HDD installed.. and doin the TSOP will allow u to remove the DVD drive...
if not... another idea is finding a samsung 616T drive... and convertin it to the xbox... which will allow u to use all media types.. cd-/+ R/RW and DVD -/+ R/RW .... in saying this.. im implying backups.. NO PIRACY!! lol looking good man.. if ya need any help with the modding portion of the xbox lemme know..

i pee black and green... if ya get my drift LOL

[billygoat333]

yes, I have some mods in mind for the actual xbox. as far as losing the dvd drive, I considered it but I have never stealthed a drive before. I am using this as kind of a learning experience for me, as I probably won't use the actual xbox that much (although XBMC will be on it, for sure)

[LiTHiUM0XiD3]

XBMC is where its at man...

[Waynio]

XBMC is where its at man...

In my all time favourite apps.
Subbed, like to see this scratch build .

[billygoat333]

Got a little more work done today, got the MBB tray (sort of) done out of polycarbonate. Lexan is tough! It was a pain to cut but is gonna be super tough for how thin it is. Purrrrfect.

I should have an update either tomorrow or the next day with photos. gonna work out how I want to mount everything in relation to the MBB.

[Liquid_Scope_99]

Very cool start man likw where your going with it +rep

[billygoat333]

thanx for the rep. I had an update and was gonna post it up here at work tonight but I left my fudging camera at home. @#&*$^@#*$! lol sorry everyone. tomorrow I promise!

[billygoat333]

Update (with not many words, mostly pics!):

cutting lexan for the Mobo tray.

cutting a straight line is impossible with a broken scrolling jigsaw.

aaand (mostly) finished product. I lightly frosted the mobo tray as the lexan I have is scratched up (My son decided he would take the protective cover off without my knowledge).

BEAUTIFUL mobo standoffs I got from Mcmaster Carr. not cheap, but I didn't know better. but they sure look good!

Test mounted.

random jigsaw I found! (I decided later it was MUCH easier to cut a 45 degree angle with a miter saw)

I have more to update but my son is bugging me for attention. What are you gonna do. lol