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I've come to a roadblock in making my Xbox Portable, need help with the connection from HDMI on my 360 Slim to DVI on my monitor. I've been able to solder a HDMI cable to the DVI pins on my monitor and I can connect a laptop through the new HDMI cable and it works fine. But when I hook up the ...

I got the top piece waterjet cut! Finally something nice to look at. The cuts aren't perfect, but I can sand the notches away with a file.
It's 1/8 thick black Delrin. I didn't see that the flatness was not rated so it has a sort of potato chip bend to it.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150 ...

A little more work has been done! This time it's minor though.
I screwed in the plastic walls, and brushed the screws I got manually.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/5962343291_c19980a3c9_z.jpg
IMG_7876 by jerryhudesign , on Flickr
This was taken with my iPod Touch with a CD drive's lens as ...

I've hit an issue with the aluminum I bought. It's a lot harder to bend then I suspected! I didn't check the temper rating when I bought it, and now I either have to remake the piece out of thinner aluminum, less tempered aluminum, or bend it without a bend radius.

I got the problem's all fixed ...

humakabula1 wrote:how much was the cutting?

About $50

humakabula1 wrote:at least your not playing cod

Was I not supposed to? (Don't you love acronyms?)

First Update:
So I got the first piece cut with a waterjet! It's a little sharp around the edges, but really economical and pretty accurate. Here's the whole piece:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/5938766792_9ae1994222_z.jpg
IMG_7857 by jerryhudesign , on Flickr
The edges aren't perfect, but ...

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So as the name suggests, I'm building a Xbox 360 S Laptop. The reason for it having a 21.5 inch display is for a Kinect. If you had something like a 17 inch display, the screen would be too small to see when you have to stand back the ...