I was given these old VHS tape library cases by my mother-in-law last week, she was having a clear out and thought they might appeal to me, knowing my love of converting old technology. It turned out they were just what I needed to house my pi zero security camera! Well I say security camera, it's more to keep an eye on the cat really.

I wanted to keep the build as fun & simple as possible, and managed the whole thing in about an hour.

The first job was to cut a hole for the camera in the spine of the case - it's quite thin plastic on either side but has a layer of cardboard in between to make it more book-like. I just used a drill and tidied up the hole with a craft knife, but I'll probably use a hole punch if I make another one as that would make a much neater hole. As the camera bump protrudes right into the hole and the case closes up behind it I didn't need to do any more to hold the module in place.

I mounted the Pi Zero inside the case using self-adhesive cable tie mounts, running tiny plastic ties through the mounting holes in the board to secure it.

After that all I needed to do was cut a slot in the case for the camera ribbon, and another one at the back for the USB power cable. I also cut some ventilation holes in the rear, and that was the hardware side complete.