This came out really nice. Definitely a unique gift. I'm sure they appreciated it.
Thanks, I wanted it to keep its original look so didn’t want to refine the wine box to much. I did make some structural improvements internally. Most of the external modifications to the lower box are to the bottom, such as speaker holes and air intake. The only two external modifications that aren’t on the bottom are the button hole sized fan hole lined up in the center of the “O” in CARO and the power jack/switch.
That India ink is pretty nice
Thanks, I wanted to keep the top as original as possible, wood gran and all. At the same time, I didn’t want the wood top to hold the discoloring form hands on the CP. Also, I think the India ink matched the plexi much better. I highly recommend India ink.
I may be taking what I learn in this process to build a second (as a lesbian cousins wedding gift) but with a R-pi with the SD card set to read only, a plexi top end to end to, and in a shorter time line. I started this one in 2017 but life kept getting in the way. Probably only had 3-4 session where I spent a reasonable amount of time on it.