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First hole drilled with the special drill bit meant for plastics. Close-up of the bit. The tailings indicate that the speed of the drilling was perfect. The holes were drilled cleanly with no chipping of the backside. If you're gonna work with acrylic, I recommend spending the $4 to...

OMGWTFBBQ!!!111!!oneone Another free thinking person in the world! Praise!

Well, I'm going to do something that is apparently very odd around the case mod scene. I'm going to do a mod based solely on what "I" like. This mod will follow no trends, not innovate, nor will it further the case modding scene. I'm doing this for my own good only. This mod will be...

...or go to your local hobby shop and pick up some "Bare Metal Foil", which is a very thin adhesive-backed foil that can be applie to almost anything. If you took off your face plates, sanded them smooth, cleaned them really well, then applied the foil, you would have some awesome faceplates...

This worklog is dead. My digital camera is kaput, so I have no capability of photographing the mods done to the case. The chassis was completely disassembeld, media blasted, primed, and painted a hot-rod green before being reassembled. The side panel had a 12"x9.6" window cut in it, all...

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Yep...same principle.

1. Mark everything. Even if you think you have a photographic memory, you'll end up forgetting where a wire goes, and put it back together wrong. Make drawings that are clearly labeled where each wire goes. 1a. Determine what wires you need and what wires you don't. No point sleeving...

Old, burned out power supply. Not to worry. I wasn't going to cut it with a good PSU installed (what, do you think I'm stupid?). I wanted a PSU in there though, since I need to do some cutting around the frame to fit a new fan grill on my good PSU and have it show properly. You just haven't...

No pictures, but a kind of update. I am a big fan of black, so the case will be painted black. I need not bother with rubbing out the finish to a mirror shine, since it wouldn't match any of my other components. The chassis itself and the drive cages will be painted a "hot rod green"...

So we begin the surgery. I marked the front blowhole, using the existing hole in the chassis as a guide. This hole was then marked to 105mm, which is the OD of the blowhole duct to be installed. The hole has been cut (with a minimum of melted plastic). The hole was then sanded with...

This project is not my first, but it is my first that is documented. I am building a case to house my current system. The current case is a Chieftech Dragon, which is a nice case, but a bit too heavy and large for my taste. This is the new case I picked up, almost exactly as I took it...

I did not have any intention of adding CCFL's or additional LEDs to this case, so the color issue is kind of moot. This computer must live in the same house me and my happily married wife share, so the less obtrusive, the better...for me. Anyhoo, I am not worried about the rest of the case...

Coming from an auto bodywork background (I went to school for it), I will most assuredly have to disagree with you. Bondo is garbage...always has been, always will be. Too many people see Bondo as this "end all be all" of repair work. If I had a nickle for everytime I had to fix a repair some...

That's too much Bondo. It might look alright, but the first time the door is shut too hard, the Bondo will crack and look like ass. Too many people use Bondo as a structural element. If I fiberglassed in the area until almost flush, then used Bondo to smooth out the fiberglass, that might...

As for color...that's pretty much decided. I am thinking to veneer the case in real carbon fiber. I have a roll of 0.013" carbon fiber cloth that would look nice covering the sides, top, bottom, and the door.

Lemme ask you this... If I go the modders mesh route, would it be best to mount the stuff from the back side, which would leave a difference of about 0.25" between the face of the door and the mesh...or mount the mesh in such a way that the face of the mesh is flush with the face of the door?

The case is a Just PC 779 Mid-Tower. I got it from TigerDirect. They tout it as a "game server" case. Look here

*splooge* ...now where are my cigarettes?

My new case came in yesterday. I love it overall. The door has kind of got me stumped, though. I want to do something to it that increases the airflow through it, yet looks good. Here is the case front with door closed: This is the case front with the door open: The front of...

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I like green. Blue has been done to death...everyone does blue. I have a 5" LCD scavaged from an in-car entertainment system that accepts composite input. I am contemplating removing the three front 3.5" bays and mounting the LCD in their place. The front fan openings will have to go...I...

This is a thread to gauge the opinions of people and possibly gather some ideas before I dive into theis project. Once I begin, I will make a worklog to track the progress. Before we start, I feel I should provide you some background information. I need to do a general freshening up of my...

You should be able to pick up a "remnant" of carpeting from your local hardware store (Lowe's, Home Depot, or equivalent) for a cheap price, depending on how big the remnant is. I would spend the money along with the remnant to pick up some underlayment foam, which will both reduc noise, help...

You could mix your own and spray it down. For every 1 ounce silver, add 56 drops orange and 8 drops black or charcoal. You could go to an autoparts store that specializes in automotive paints, give them this recipe, and they could mix you up paint and put it in spray cans for about 8 bucks a...

My experience with silver is that unless you have a good heavy base of primer on everything, smoothed down nicely, you risk having a shitty looking paintjob with silver. The Chieftech bezel is a bitch anyways, and requires a load of sanding to get it smooth enough to even prime it. The botom...

I didn't win the auction. As usually happens, someone outbid me at the last minute, dashing my hopes and dreams :tear: I am still looking for a cool case to mod. Not that I plan using it per se, but I want to create something cool. I've been looking now at doing an AT to ATX conversion on...

If you build a case out of stainless steel, be careful about "work-hardening". Stainless stell will work harden very easily, and it can crack, leaving you with a shoddy-looking case. If you're having some manufacturing facility build it for you, make sure to specify stainless steel welding...

Yeah...I probably put this in the wrong forum...n00b here! The case is an old CD array case. Seemed like a good mod base, since it is dimensionally as deep and as tall as a good sized server case. Thought putting a mobo tray in it wouldn't prove too difficult. I'll have to ponder on it for...

I'm currently bidding on a case of sorts for a possible mod. The case is a 16-bay JBOD server case. It is twice as wide as a normal case, with 8 drive bays per side. Dimensionally, the case would work for housing a PC. At 33 pounds, the thing must be made of 1mm steel...could prove...

I like your ideas so far. While I think it would be cool to replicate the hierolgyphics of the Go'auld mothership on the sides of your case, that could prove difficult. About the only way I could see to do it with relative ease, would be to carve out a panel you want out of clay or something...