And now, the acrylic portion of the front trident:
I traced the shape onto a piece of blue transparent acrylic.
Used my scroll saw to cut it out. As you can see, I cut a rectangular hole for the IO module to fit through.
No need to cut individual holes.
Then it was time to do the bends. I found this piece of acrylic tube to be the right diameter. Had to be careful
though not to melt it while heating up the trident piece lol!
Bent. I did distort the tube a bit, but it wasn't enough to worry about.
I bent a little bit more than I needed to, just to make sure I had a nice curve. I marked the aluminum
trident where it meets the case.
Then transferred that mark to the acrylic and cut off the excess.
I sanded it down to a nice sharp edge...
...so it will fit snugly in between the case and the outer piece.
It still needs a bit of cleanup and polish around the outside, but it's pretty much there.
Next up: running the IO cabling through the mesh, and covering the backside of the power button.