NickySantoro

Well I chopped the top on my first case as a test and all looks good. It still feels sturdy. I don't feel as though I have to me gentle with it at all. Realistically the case may not survive as many drops as it might have if not messed with but I wanted a low profile extended battery accomodating case more than I care about it's total drop survival rate.

Anyways for all those inclined and able I used a dremel to rough cut the hole and then I used a file to clean it all up and expand the hole to easily fit the battery cover on and off while in the case, it took about an hour and I am very happy with the results.

NickySantoro

And last but not least the final pic of the actual cutout

NickySantoro

Just did my no name brand aluminum case. Turned out almost as good. There are a few spots where my dremel chuck hit the case and scuffed it and the hole ended up being a little too big as the alum case sits out a few mm from the surface of the axim. It was also alot more difficult as the dremel got caugt up on several occassions. I am going to go alot slower on the innopocket mag case when I do that one but I am very happy with both test cuts.

STi Sev

Wow, nice.

NickySantoro

Here are some pics of the modded aluminum case.

One thing to note on this one is that the clip on part was a nut sandwhiched between the case and a thin metal plate which all came out when I chopped the back so the clip no longer works. If I actually cared about the clip I would simply use some epoxy resin and a small piece of the original metal piece and recreate the sandwhich. I don't use the clip though so I did not.

stevenator65

Beautifully done! Great pix.

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