window gone wrong

[jeffmoss26]

Story:
I bought a window kit a few weeks ago. I first cleaned up my cables, and I posted those pics. I borrowed a Dremel, hoping it would be easy to cut the case for the window. Well, I was wrong. I had to use a jigsaw to cut the case. Then I struggled with the moulding that fits over the cutout. Finally got it in place, sort of. Couldn't get the piece of plexiglass to fit in the moulding. At that point I tried to just put the piece of plexiglass on top of the moulding with some silicone. That didn't work so I gave up. Obviously I didn't want a big hole in the side of my case. I took some cardboard boxes and covered up the hole. Then I went crazy with duct tape and taped the entire side of the case up. Here are two pics:

EDIT: going to take some more pictures later today.

 

[sonnybobiche]

I suggest cross posting this in ghetto mods. It's a winner.

 

[aj@x]

ooooooooooOOOO very impressive dude! and it still like kinda neat for a ghetto job.

 

[kuyaglen]

For my first window mod, I used a piece that was about 1 1/2" bigger on all sides, then used screws through the side panel to keep it in place (duct tape and extra strenght double sided tape wore out) with small screws on each corner, and placed under the automotive window molding in such a way that you could slide a strip of paper between the panel and the molding...simple but effective.

 

[Darkala]

a good trick to getting molding right is to cut the window first, and then take a washer where the radial dimension from the outside of the washer tangental to the inside diameter is the thickness of the molding between slots, and trace with a pencil inside the washer around the window onto your case. then you will have a perfect cutout and molding will go in like a dream

 

[jeffmoss26]

The kit had a precut piece of plexiglass and I used a washer to trace the cutout. I'm not great with a jigsaw so I probably cut it sort of crappy.
Thanks for the suggestions, though.
Jeff
Also-Will this cover be okay to leave on the computer? I don't want it to get too hot.

 

[Project_2501]

Cut a hole in it and attach a fan using zip-ties... You know, to increase the look...

 

[jpmkm]

Sweet. I grabbed a fulltower case off the side of the road many years ago, and it didn't have side panels, so I cut some cardboard from a watermelon pallet shipper(read: corrugated cardboard almost an inch thick) for the sides. Attached it with some gaffer's tape(colourful watermelon illustrations out, of course ). I ran that case for a good long while(until I went off to college and needed something a bit more portable, I believe).

You're window is quite awesome, though. A bit opaque, but it's all good.