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    Scratch-Built: Glowboxen.

    I've finished a lot of the frame, and the endcaps have been roughed out of .1" Al. I'm kind of waiting until my neighbors wake up to turn on the power tools and work on it; ~14tpi blades+1/10" Al = BIG LOUD VIBRATIONS. This one's turning out to be nice and light, BTW. Large...
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    Scratch-Built: Glowboxen.

    More CAD work. It's nothing special, just hand-cut stock plastic, tapped 6063 Al angle, and black-oxide 8-32s...but hopefully the four 12" blue cold cathodes shining through will make the case. Large: http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=75492617&size=o Large...
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    Scratch-Built: Glowboxen.

    Large: http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=75455820&size=o Large: http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=75465401&size=o Large: http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=75465402&size=o Large: http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=75465405&size=o Large...
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    Scratch-Built: Glowboxen.

    I've got quite a bit of framing work done- the UHMW for the top and bottom enclosures is cut to size, and the angle has been cut, drilled and tapped- I've basically got the top and bottom ends together. Next up is bribing machinists. I've made a page for this project over on my site...
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    Scratch-Built: Glowboxen.

    Been waiting on parts, and they're here! Building will commence tonight, as the new mobo's here.
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    Scratch-Built: Glowboxen.

    Yeah. I decided to redesign it- it's a tower now. Same materials, much less wasted space. pics and ongoing updates are over at my log: http://www.vrogy.com/blog I built the first joint today, I ended up using a bunch of big, black 10-32 pan head philips machine screws I got awhile back and...
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    Scratch-Built: Glowboxen.

    http://flickr.com/photos/vrogy/sets/1211047/ CAD got tedious, so I've decided to "just do it". Here's some pics of the UHMW when backed by cathodes. I'm thinking one per side slantways aall in one direction, then perhaps four or five fans in the top to continue the pattern of sameness...
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    Scratch-Built: Glowboxen.

    Well, folks, if we're thinking in 3 dimensions(which the real world happens to exist in, for practical purposes), six squares make a cube. As for the quicklaunch- I don't use my desktop. It's blank black. Here's what I've got on it: Firefox, DeadAIM, SolidWorks, WinAmp, Limewire(don't use...
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    Scratch-Built: Glowboxen.

    OK class, what do six squares make? :D
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    Where to buy the rails that the Lubic cases use?

    Sexy.
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    Solid Works?? Anyone?!!?!

    ProE = shyte, in my experience. The UI blows, [H]ard. Solidworks is great, especially the 2005 version. It's out there. I use it to design robots mostly... In my experience, it's good not to get carried away with CAD- you need to eventually get off the screen, so only CAD the basics of a...
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    FS: Milled Al case.

    Send me your hardware, I adapt it to a solidly built metal case of my own design. I guarantee everything I make to be sweet. I mill plates, wirebrush everything to a smooth sheen.. I love my metal- you will, too. http://vrogy.com/case1/ ^that's my most recent work. I'm looking forward to...
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    Heh, almost forgot about this. My deadline is looming near, Thursday of next week, and I still need to make a couple port-covers and vent-holes... But I have everything vital in, and the drive blinders are drying outside. http://vrogy.com/case1/ I'm trying this linked thumbnails...
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    I got the LED fans in the mail and installed them.. they're beastly. I took some video, here'tis: http://vrogy.com/case1/milledcase%20215.MOV http://vrogy.com/case1/milledcase%20216.MOV http://vrogy.com/case1/milledcase%20217.MOV I've also got the the HDD shock-mount/cooler bolted...
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    ON3 Up....

    Looks neat, but all your drawings don't convey the concept very well... If you get interested in doing any lasercut/waterjetted parts, I have the know-how to make DXFs for cutting from any sketches you have, and I'm damn good at 3D CAD, too: http://www.vrogy.com/CAD/tbox_n_wheel.JPG...
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    Almost done with the handle. http://vrogy.com/case1/ as always for additional images. Sticking with the whole "Overkill = Teh Good" theme, the handle is a slab of 1/2" X 1.5" X 4.75" 6061 aluminum, and secured by a couple 1/4-20 bolts on either side. The hinge pieces are anchored to the...
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    My New Sexy Lian Li Rig & First Build Ever

    Wow... this isn't moved yet? IMHO, anything under case modding should have required cutting to make... looks like you used a screwdriver and your wallet for this...
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    Wow. ...It's just an old PSU takeout, blue LED fans with thermal-feedback setups are on the way. To all: should I start watermarking my images?
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    Thanks. I've got more pics up: http://www.vrogy.com/case1/ I started work on the fully-scratch case handle... it'll bolt to the top, and hinge down flat... might fit a lock-down spring of some sort, dunno yet. And here's a few samples:
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    ... If I ever did anything like that, I'd do it MUCH better than I did this. I'd design the whole thing in Solidworks, have it all waterjetted, then just do surface finishing and hole-tapping to assemble them, and end up with something that would probabaly look much better than this has, take...
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    Erect-A-Case new product for case modders

    Actually folks... this just some 80/20 extrusion, corners, and plexiglass. Congrats to the maker for putting a kit together, but anybody can do this- 80/20 even has an ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/8020-Inc-Garage-Sale_Quick-Frame_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQftidZ2QQtZkm
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    Thanks. The old commercial case came with a little plate that fit over them all, so I just made a hole that would keep it in place once the mobo was bolted in: http://www.vrogy.com/case1/image_33.html
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    Ahem.. *cough* These were stripped-down streetsigns. . My father works for the City, he knows folks in the DOT- they hook me up with old streetsigns. Some good places that are also online are www.mcmaster.com and http://www.onlinemetals.com/ . If you're near a largish city, though, try looking...
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    My self-imposed deadline looms near, as I'm flying out to Ontario on the 2nd of next month.. I need to have this pretty much all done- nothing hackish- by at least the week before. Add onto this school crap I've got to sort out before I leave FL for three months... and it's "Yay, stress!"...
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    Most Scratch-Resistant Case?

    Personally, I like thick aluminum sheet :D Barring that, maybe adding a layer of expanded aluminum grating over an acrylic case would render the acrylic less scratch-able, and scratches(on the expanded aluminum) less noticeable.. Of course, these both are an assload of work. The best...
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    Hey, it's not that bad.. and tapping holes is easy now, I started using this method last night: http://www.vrogy.com/misc/powertapping.MOV 56k warning- 14MB quicktime. The drill clutch is set to slip before the tap shears itself, so you don't have to worry about that- in fact, the greatest...
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    http://vrogy.com/case1/image_47.html It's not actually much use on big projects like this, but it's great for my little 1-pound combat robots. I did most of the layout with my dad's old carpentry tools- speed squares, framing squares, and sharpies, and only really used the mill for drilling...
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    The fans aren't in there yet- I'm going to do a couple 80mm fans in the back, one down in the lower front corner on the right side, and a couple minimuffin fans in the top, behind the drives- some 40mm ones will juuuuust fit. In any case, heating isn't a problem- it sees it really does act as...
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    The CD-RW and DVD drives do have a cutout.. I've got a a couple slats of Al and polycarb stacked on them now, but it looks like shyte. I'm thinking of milling a custom piece to get the right clearance, or perhaps just truing up the current slots and tossing on some springloaded doors...
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    Well, the xoxide people turned out to be a bunch of lame noobs, so I'll be posting here from now on, I guess. Basically, this project was to create a comp I could haul to robot events and on car trips, that would be able to be 'zipped up' and shipped around without worry of getting the poor...
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    Actually, all that aluminum should act as a nice heatsink for the drives :D
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    Scratch-Built Aluminum Case

    see also http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1027668552#post1027668552 :/
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