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Work Log: Pheonix
« on: December 19, 2009, 11:30:48 PM »
Ok, so I've had this box for a little while now, and I was planning on modding it, but then my dvd player crapped out on me so one 360 was relegated to DVD player duty and this one was pressed into use for game play (games share a dual input setup on my monitor). well I finally got a new DVD player and a ton of time on my hands, so the modding has begun and this is gonna be the work log for it...

Right now I'm calling this project 'Pheonix' (thou shalt spell pheonix p-h-e-o-n-i-x, not p-h-o-e-n-i-x, regardless of what the Oxford English Dictionary tells you... sorry for the tangent...), might change in the future, who knows, but anyway... I'm not gonna lay out all my plans for this one and tell you what all is gonna get done, cause I don't really know. I'm just going with the flow of it and planning out each step as I take it.

This belonged to a former co-worker and it went RROD, so first was a x-clamp fix. that was a while ago, so I don't really have any photos of that process but doesn't matter cause photos of that fix are all over the place so I'll start with the ROL mods so far...

System ROL LED replacement... you can see I chose to keep the RROD function with two sets of LEDs


System ROL w/Controller 1
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Masking out and marking out in prep for window cutting... Use the proper tools and do it right if you have a more complicated window design... at least that's how I feel


and if you want it accurate... do the math...

The XBOX360 recess will get filled in with a little bondo before paint so it'll be nice and smooth on this side, like there was never anything there...

Since this was a former RROD console I decided to do a ROL window... I figured it was a natural choice, hence why I'm calling it 'Phoenix' right now...


All the masking peeled off and ready to cut...


Houston vs. Grand Rapids tomorrow so hopefully I'll be watching some blood spill on the ice instead of cutting and sanding a window...

let me know what you think... all suggestions and warnings welcomed, they may not be heeded but they are welcomed, lol...

UPDATE 1:
Started to cut the window today...

Used a sharpie to mark the outline so I give myself a little margin of error...


Bracings on the underside ground down...


Had a couple of small mishaps with the dremel, nothing a little bondo and sandpaper can't fix tho, that is if they're bad enough, I'll find out once I peel of all the masking...


On to filing and sanding next...

Oh, and Houston barely beat grand rapids 5-3... it was close at the end, lol

UPDATE 2:

Filed down the outer parts of the ROL. I don't have a file small enough to fit the power symbol cut out, so it's off to Sears today... gotta go get some new coping saw blades anyway, lol...



here is one of the supports I'm trying to work around...


haven't decided if I'm gonna cut individual pieces of plexi to put inside each part of the window or if I'll just put the plexi behind the cutout... but I'm leaning towards inserts, they just look nicer...

So, going to go get a new file and some new blades for my coping saw and some sand paper so that I can cut the plexi for the window.
« Last Edit: December 29, 2009, 12:11:54 PM by jrfhoutx »
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2009, 06:46:42 AM »
Sounds pretty beast. Can't wait to see this done.
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2009, 08:46:39 AM »
Like how you laid out the ROL :P
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2009, 08:54:59 AM »
like the start up
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2009, 05:19:23 PM »
where did you get your leds.  i got some off ebay but they crapped out.
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2009, 05:29:03 PM »
I always get my 0603s (and pretty much any other size LEDs i get, too) from mouser...
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2009, 06:12:42 PM »
can't wait to see this when it's finished.
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2009, 06:34:07 PM »
great start!
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2009, 09:27:48 PM »
Love the ROL window!  I haven't gotten around to doing mine yet.  Hope to do it January sometime.
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2009, 11:32:58 PM »
Not a bad idea man cant wait to see the finishing of it.
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2009, 06:18:37 AM »
nice window i'm likeing it can't wait to get my buddy's camera to take pics of the work i got going on on mine LOL
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2009, 06:32:27 AM »
Quote from: krazyone2006 on December 21, 2009, 06:18:37 AM
nice paint job i'm likeing it
He didn't paint anything... did you even read?
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2009, 02:51:59 PM »
Updated with new pics...
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2009, 01:04:59 AM »
Coming together man jsut smooth those edges out and wallah beauty.
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2009, 11:26:01 AM »
yeh have you got chance to sand the edges down yet
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #15 on: December 27, 2009, 12:38:18 PM »
good job, cant wait to see it finished.
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #16 on: December 27, 2009, 05:53:11 PM »
Quote from: Mactastic Mendez on December 27, 2009, 11:26:01 AM
yeh have you got chance to sand the edges down yet

Nope not yet, just got home from the in-laws in San Antonio so haven't been able to do any work, tomorrow I'm getting some supplies and then I'm gonna try and finish up everything but the lighting this week... I'll post more pics as the work gets done...
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2009, 10:54:21 AM »
looks good allready
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2009, 12:14:39 PM »
thanks deda :)

UPDATE 2 Posted...

Now on another note: Taking suggestions on paint scheme... right now I'm leaning toward either red or a red-orange fade or red-orange-yellow fade... I was also thinking about some pin-striping or something similar...

What do you guys think, any ideas?

Oh, and do we have anyone here who's a good airbrush or pinstripe artist?
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #19 on: December 30, 2009, 09:40:00 AM »
Green to red fade, ROL colors would be cool. And I can pinstripe if you need man.
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2009, 02:51:57 PM »
Quote from: SN!P3R on December 30, 2009, 09:40:00 AM
Green to red fade, ROL colors would be cool. And I can pinstripe if you need man.


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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #21 on: December 30, 2009, 03:16:11 PM »
IDK if he is still around but milko was pretty good at the old pinstripe.
heres one of his controllers
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #22 on: December 30, 2009, 03:36:23 PM »
idk if I'll go with green/red since the ROL isn't green/red anymore

Thanks ghost, saw that controller the other day, looks pretty nice, I just bought some brushes and a few cans of 1shot, so I'm gonna practice a bit and see if I can't have a go at it myself...

One word of warning when cutting windows... If you plan on cutting through the XBOX360 logo imprinted on the side watch out for M$'s shoddy craftsmanship... I was roughing out the last of the power symbol cut out with a file and ran into an odd problem...



I don't know why they would need to manufacture the case in this manner, but now I'm kinda pissed, that's either gonna take a ton of bondo or some epoxy to put it back in place and bondo before paint...
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #23 on: December 30, 2009, 03:53:23 PM »
 lol i seen this O come out before i think there was something on llamma bout it..... its a bit odd for m$ to design this into the case as it serves no purpose at all....
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #24 on: December 30, 2009, 06:54:23 PM »
i would give it a light blue underglow, Yeah, idk why microsoft would do that either..
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #25 on: December 31, 2009, 11:24:36 AM »
its lookin very sweet. id say use seperate pieces of plexi since nobody is going to see the underside at all. (save plexi and money! LOL)
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #26 on: January 01, 2010, 06:05:36 AM »
use EL-Wire woulb be sexy
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #27 on: January 01, 2010, 11:36:01 PM »
haha deda with the el wire.

im moving away from el-wire to flex led strips
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #28 on: January 02, 2010, 02:04:32 AM »
I loooooooove el wire, it looks so sexy...lol

i got some el wire in my dads car and he likes it....lol
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Re: Work Log: Pheonix
« Reply #29 on: January 02, 2010, 08:04:36 AM »
well I do have a bunch of el wire somewhere, but not sure I wanna use it on this project, let alone find it buried in a stack of boxes somewhere... besides it'll be far more difficult to accomplish the effect I'm after on this project...
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