Those alive during the 1990s will remember the clear or “crystal” versions of various home consoles. Made with the usual injection molding processes, they usually came out somewhere closer to a smoky translucency and didn’t reveal much of the insides. [BitHead1000] likes to do things right though, and has busted out an awesome acrylic case mod for his NES.
The build starts with the disassembly of the original console, naturally, and the RF shielding is discarded in order to provide an unobstructed view of the internals. The acrylic case is then built up piece by piece, using the original case as a template. Flame polishing is used to treat the edges, and everything is stuck together using what appears to be acrylic cement. For a nice finishing touch, the cartridge door gets a frosted Nintendo logo, thanks to some careful work in the sandblasting booth.
The final product looks stunning, and the transparent case lends itself excellently to edge-lighting thanks to a few LEDs. We’ve seen [BitHead1000’s] work before, with the stunning flamethrowing N64 build. Video after the break.
No shielding? There goes your part 15 compliance. 🤷🏻♀️
That can be said of most projects on this site not intended for sale.
Is it possible to get any useful shielding with ITO?
I’ve never worked with it personally, but there seems to be a market for it. https://www.edmundoptics.com/f/ito-coated-emi-shielded-plastic-windows/14244/
*puts down the laser cutter, and eye protection made from gummi bear gel, just long enough to ask:
compliance? wuzzat? Well don’t worry, there’s probably a cream or pill to clear that right up.
Now make it with real glass and gold etched lettering.
I love it! He glued it shut though.
This is clearly a great case mod.
It’s cool, but why is it so much bigger than the internals? Is that really how much space the shielding took up? And if so, why not just make the case smaller to match?