I Made My Own Glass Screen

[diablo2]

mashmods is charging 13 dollars for send in glass screens
i made my own glass screen that looks great and it costed me a total of 4 dollars and about 15 minutes of labor

it looks great
much better than the crap plastic one

 

[Enslaved]

Is it the same thickness as the original screen? Where did you get it cut? I wan't to do that too.

 

[trooper]

Did you make it out of sand. j/k

I said i was just kidding generalnmx.

Trooper

 

[EvilDragon]

Hmm... I did that, too. About a year ago (read about it here: http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?act=S...ndpost&p=34673)

I think I've been the first one with a glass screen

Pretty easy.
My screen is a bit thicker than the normal one.

 

[diablo2]

Is it the same thickness as the original screen? Where did you get it cut? I wan't to do that too.

it a little thicker
maybe by only a milimeter though
it looks good
i had a local glass cuter cut it
so i techincally didn't make it
but its not from mashmods

it well worth it

 

[orangemapped]

Got any pictures?

gp32_console

 

[EvilDragon]

I don't... I could make some, but there's not much to see (well, it's just a glass cover, what did you expect??)

 

[carlgeorge]

I took my old screen along to a glass place in town and asked for a piece of glass the same size expecting to pay a few quid for it, but the guy gave me it for nothing. Five minutes to take the grey screen guard off with some feeler-gauges and job done.

I would advise anyone thinking of doing this mod NOT to just re-use the black sticky stuff only -- use some silicon sealant to keep the screen on because my glass screen became unstuck when I was moving house and put a lovely scratch across the FLU panel. I have now removed the FLU panel and siliconed my glass screen and surround on, much more secure. (Still it's a good reason to buy a BLU!!)