Recent content by rayra

I'm actually sitting here today going thru a (2) 300Gb, (2) 500Gb and (2) 1Tb and (1) 2Tb drives, plucking old data onto an 8Tb external backup and wiping the old drives. Which had been sitting around just as labeled above. I was shopping a 4- or 5-drive toaster, looked at drive spanning, but...

Best bang for the buck performance upgrade for a laptop, IMAO. Did it on a 4yr-old Win10 HP laptop and made a huge improvement in usability.

Just smash it up with a hammer. Or axe. Not a difficult problem.

Interesting idea, especially if you can make it a bit more squat, just high enough to fit over mounted cards, meaning a max external height of about 8". Even that is a bit too much. Look into office ergonmic studies and you'll find the preferred height to the center of a monitor is a slight...

Thomas Jefferson's standing desk had all sorts of interesting features. Making one which telescopes up to a standing height would be real nice. Might even be possible to hide something like those hatchback pneumatic pistons inside the legs, along with some sort of catch / release which you...

Is the texture / thickness of the coating going to interfere with the fitment of any panels or doors? And you didn't quite say if you were after the texture, or also the matte 'Batman' sort of finish. If it's a textured metal 'armor' finish you (or anyone else) are looking for, Rustoleum has a...

I just started a build using the Cougar Evolution. Nice layout and the top controls and SATA dock is really slick. Lots of bays, lots of ways to hide cables.

Looks very nice. Any more overall pics of the layout?

Or RED.

Exactly this. Use of gloves with power tools, revolving or reciprocating bladed tools is a major safety violation and an accident waiting to happen. Always wear safety glasses. Lots of tough stylish and inexpensive polycarbonate types available. Or tighter-fitting shooting glasses, less than...

winter's pretty much the worst time to spray paint. Temperature is a key issue in teh quality of the finish and adherence. Humidity is a close second, so a wet spring or muggy summer is also to be avoided. The way to spraypaint in winter is bring all your materials inside, get everything warm...

Depending on the thickness desired and the complexty of the shape you can bend plex pretty easily. And with some care you can use an oven to do it. Doesn't take a high heat to make it soft. And if you create a buck (pattern) and arrange things so the softening plex sags into or drapes over the...

Just duct / arrange fans to accomodate the basic laws of thermodynamics, and to service the hottest components in your system. Put outside air right to your CPU fan. Put intakes low and towards the front. Step up exhaust fans on your PSU and rear of the case. If you make any extra fan holes...

Put some fishtank aeration / bubbler lines along the bottom, for a wall of bubble effect?

Neat project. btw, the yellow / black warning stuff is available as a tape. And the finish of it would still fit in with the mod.