I'm glad it worked out for you. I didn't even know you could bright dip brass.
I finished 75% of the modifications to a computer case, years ago, to mount an Xbox 360 motherboard into (it was a finicky Jtagged console that I was tired of overheating/red ringing). I had it all mounted, just never finished with the case wiring and cosmetic final touches. More recently I had done a lot of dremeling to get an XB1 motherboard to fit in a 1980s VCR (since the XB1 already looks like a really ugly one). That project never got any further than that though, I never got the motivation to try to work out inserting and ejecting disks through the original VHS tape flap/slot. Wiring the media buttons to an XB1 remote PCB would have been fun though. A 360 DVD drive that I dremeled the lid on (using cutting disks) with a custom design and painted turned out well. I even, more recently, made a new main shelf of a gun safe for muzzle-down orientation of rifles (since muzzle-up causes oil to seep into the stock and ruin it with wood rifles) using spare plywood, copper pipe, rubber hose, rubber chair feet, wood screws, washers, and felt. You wouldn't be able to tell it isn't stock.
Many other stupid/pointless projects have been undertaken, so I was sure we would figure something out.
