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1 HN user recommended this in 2018, in one comment.
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Multifunktionswerkzeug Mehrzweckschleifmaschine variabler Drehzahleinstellungen Heimwerkerarbeiten
Amazon's catalog no longer lists this product (checked 2026-11-02). The name comes from the link HN users posted.
For the metal work, I bought a cheap tool like this here [1] and a diamond separating disc. Replacing the screen was by far the most complicated part, but there are many tutorials still out there, because this was already a fairly common mod for the original X61. It is incredibly important that the screen fits _perfectly_ into the lid, otherwise it won't close properly and/or you will get strange patterns on the display after a while because of the stress. Inserting the LED strip was relatively easy. For the light leakage, I bought some very thin black tape at Obi (a German hardware store) which doesn't let any light through (I have forgotten which tape it was, it was suggested in some old tutorial in a German ThinkPad forum).
[1] https://www.amazon.de/Multifunktionswerkzeug-Mehrzweckschlei...