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(this is the same text I wrote in the show your Antec thread, sorry... Im lazy 
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I decided that I REALLY REALLY wanted a window on my Antec P182.... Since I blacked out the interior, made the custom mesh doors... it was time to do a window... I can say, I will never do another window on a P182 EVERY again! Those layers make it a bitch, but they DID allow me to make the acrylic flush with the exterior and interior... I didnt take pics of the process since it was pretty involved, but all the work was done with a dremel.... the cuts are VERY straight for being done by hand.... granted I have years of practice... it was still nerve wrecking.
When the PC is on, the LED lighting on the inside creates a nice reaction of the water cooling fluid inside the clear tubes...
This is my view from the "Capitan's Chair"
The cool thing is the acrylic that I used a custom bronze acrylic with a neat 1 way visibility thing going on... when the PC is powered off, the acrylic blacks out, and you cannot see inside... this is a very similar material to most tints and modular classroom windows, etc.... I think it fits the feel of the case a whole lot.
So what do you guys think? Took me about 4 hrs to do... most of that was being very steady and marking/planning/cutting of the holes on the window, panel, and splittle apart the layers. Antec used NO lack of two sided tape! Let me tell you! But, it turned out better than I had hoped.
)I decided that I REALLY REALLY wanted a window on my Antec P182.... Since I blacked out the interior, made the custom mesh doors... it was time to do a window... I can say, I will never do another window on a P182 EVERY again! Those layers make it a bitch, but they DID allow me to make the acrylic flush with the exterior and interior... I didnt take pics of the process since it was pretty involved, but all the work was done with a dremel.... the cuts are VERY straight for being done by hand.... granted I have years of practice... it was still nerve wrecking.
When the PC is on, the LED lighting on the inside creates a nice reaction of the water cooling fluid inside the clear tubes...
This is my view from the "Capitan's Chair"
The cool thing is the acrylic that I used a custom bronze acrylic with a neat 1 way visibility thing going on... when the PC is powered off, the acrylic blacks out, and you cannot see inside... this is a very similar material to most tints and modular classroom windows, etc.... I think it fits the feel of the case a whole lot.
So what do you guys think? Took me about 4 hrs to do... most of that was being very steady and marking/planning/cutting of the holes on the window, panel, and splittle apart the layers. Antec used NO lack of two sided tape! Let me tell you! But, it turned out better than I had hoped.