Atari: Working the inner cover

I want the case to look really good inside. Sure, I could mod the hardware in there and just close it up, but I want it all to look really good inside, so I’m doing a couple of things. First and foremost, I’m making a cover for the inside. Let me elaborate:

Here’s the case:

I want to do something like this, but a full piece. Please note, the piece in the photos is just a rough draft of the idea I have:

So, I set out to start. Some plexi I had lying around:

Taped up and marked for cutting. Don’t worry, I know what’s going on there

I sanded some of the stuff using one of my Dremels fixed to the Multi-Vise:

I then found that the holes in the plexi were slightly too short, so I needed a solid way to lengthen them:

Looks pretty good!

Making progress:

I also had to get this hunk of plastic out of the way:

Voila!

For interest sake – I use a variation of sanding bands for this work. I tend to start off with a 60 Grit and then finish off with a 120. I also have two different sizes of bands in case I’m working on something small. Here, you’ll see the 60 on the left, and the 120 on the right. These are the small bands:

I use the bigger ones too:

I’m pretty well stocked up on these things too. I use them quite a lot, so I need lots

So, this is where I am with the panel now. It’s almost done with the first stage of its work. Lots to go still:

I’ve actually done a whole lot more work, updates to follow!