Recent content by Gravitysucks

Sorry for the lack of updates. Had a minor setback 10 days ago, dislocated a finger changing a tire of all things. Also discovered a broken coil spring on the car in the process so no new computer parts for a few weeks. My hand is almost back to normal size and I can bend my finger some now so...

Would be a nice addition to my worklog, I'm in.

Haven't had a lot of time to work on the project this week but I did receive a couple of goodies from FrozenCPU today. The Feser 120x1 fit great so I guess I scaled up the drawing right. The slim DVD/HD bracket will need a little work since its meant to be mounted with the face...

Worked on some design ideas today. One idea I had was cutting louvers into the casesides for the fans instead of using grills or mesh. Did a little experimenting with my trim router with an angle base but since it only cuts a max of 45 degrees from vertical the slats didn't look right. So I...

Small update. Spent some time today making a panel to attach the radiator to. I used a scale drawing of a Feser 120 to verify that it was going to fit where I wanted it to go. The Feser was the largest of the radiators I looked at so I should be able to fit pretty much any single 120 in there...

Very nicely done. Beautiful woodworking! I wouldn't worry too much about the naysayers. They obviously have no idea what they're talking about. 1/2" of hardwood has about the same r-value as 2mm of aluminum or 1/10" plexiglass so you're not going to see a temp difference. And as far as burning...

Actually the box in that picture isn't going to be used for anything, except maybe firewood. I just built it to figure out how small I could make the case and still fit everything into it that I wanted to use. I have metal mesh that I plan on using for the fan openings in the real case.

I realized I might be getting ahead of myself painting the chopped up frame before I knew for sure that things were still going to line up properly so I threw a bunch of parts into it to check. Fortunately everything seems to line up great. Pretty tight between the PSU and the DVD but I'm...

This wasn't part of the plan but I decided to look into the possibility of using some of the Xion case frame as part of the framework to build my wooden shell around. I don't have a lot of metal working experience so it was pretty much an experiment. I had to go buy metal cutting blades for my...

Another short update. My sacrificial case arrived today. It's a Xion 600. It's actually not a bad looking case and surprisingly well built and sturdy considering how thin the metal is. No sharp edges and a nice paint job. It's a real dust, fingerprint, and dog drool magnet though as you'll see...

NSA's backup facility maybe:)

Thanks guys! I appreciate it. Not Norm but I used to be a cabinetmaker for a custom yacht builder so I'm not completely new to woodworking. Now I'm just unemployed and bored. Which is kinda the reason for building a case. Thanks again.

Just a quick update. Not a lot of progress as I'm still waiting on the sacrificial case to arrive so I know the cage sizes before I start cutting the aluminum for the frame. I did decide to stick with mahogany and spent some time testing finishes. I decided on a dark mahogany stain as it...

After reading the other worklogs here I was hesitant to start a log for this case as it's pretty basic but if nothing else maybe I can get some good suggestions when I run into problems. I've been looking for a case for an ITX build that would accommodate full size components and still be...

If you're referring to the one in the photo I posted, it's actually a modified tray out of an old Antec case I had. It's going into a custom case I'm building.