This is my first ever proper mod, and i decide to put a window in my dvd drive. Any suggestions anyone has would be most welcome.
Here of some pictures of my case (A-Top xblade) before I begin
And here with UV (please forgive the blurry photos, my hands aren't steady enough).
Here is the drive opened.
Here is the dvd drive with my cuts planned, I need to leave the center circle intact. The circle will be held by the metal outlined with black.
I rethought my cuts and switched to 3 supports to take advantage of the dips in the metal which may be harder to cut.
I would like to mount the drive vertically, and cut a new slot in the top of my case. the drive fits in, but covers all other 5.25 inch bays, which is ok because i have nothing else to put in them. With the door closed, part of the disk will be seen, and with it open the whole disk will be seen.
This shows where the "front" of the drive will be
Next I need to cut, file, paint, install clear window (I don't know what material yet) and cut the hole in the top of my case. I'm wondering if there's a way to cut that hole while still leaving my computer assembled (maybe use duct tape as a shield to catch all particles from dremel)? If not, I may mount this normally again until I upgrade my pc and really change my case.
Any thoughts so far?