Let us make a See-Drive |
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As you can see, I'm self
modded.
the eye piece is "plug-and-play". |
Phase 1 |
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The drive had a stabilizer
under the sticker so I had to deal with that. Drilling a hole,
lets the jig saw blade in. I used a CD for the pattern. |
Phase 1 |
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The Jig saw about shook my teeth out. I finished most of this with a cut-off tool in a Dremel. |
Phase 1 |
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Finished whacking. |
Phase 2 |
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I had my gunsmith
apply Black Teflon.
That stuff is super tough. You spray it on the bake at high temperature. You can get it from Brownell's |
Phase 3 |
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Laser LED from Crazy
PC
I cut a hole in the rear of the drive |
Phase 4 |
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I took a pass-though Molex connector from a fan, with the tails already installed. Some small butt connectors and I'm done wiring. |
Phase 4 |
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The window is a very thin (1/16th") piece of clear acrylic I got at Hobby Lobby. The sheet was meant for a picture frame. |
Phase 5 |
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It was tough to photograph.
It actually lights up pretty good and you can see the disk spinning. |
It's Done |
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I learned a lot on this mod. |
Conclusion |
The steel used in the CD-Drive body was extremely
tough. The jig saw shook me to pieces and left rippled edges on the
work.
I flattened most of the ripples out with a polished hammer. The Dremel tool did better, but did not like the tight curves. |
Some folks have suggested a Roto-Zip. Try if you like, I was not very happy with Roto-Zips performance with sheet metal I tried just using it for a fan hole on the side of a case. It was nasty and left a bad cut. |
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