Hi...
... I bought an Apple iBook G4 some month ago... I love it and it's supersexy.. the only thing that hurts is the limited harddrive space an the fact that the 12'' iBook has no Superdrive option... so I decided to use 2 external devices to reduce the pain. A 120gb Harddrive from Samsung and a DVD Writer from NEC. But all those nice looking external housings are way to expensiv and way to "not looking good with my baby". So, in consequence I have to build my own case with lot's of goodies...
So, I made my plan and decided that the case should be out of MDF (don't know the english word). Unfortunately there was no store in town with MDF <16mm... so the measurements are a bit larger than a thought, but i don't care... yet
What would/should be inside is:
- DVD Writer
- 120gb HDD
- Bluetooth USB Stick (for cellphone, printer, mouse)
- 4x USB2 Hub
I ordered 2 of the cheapest 3.5'' USB2 external Cases and cannibalized them in order to get these things...
Then I start to build the housing... first of all I rounded all edges with an "Oberfräse" (Sherlock calls it "mill to fixture"?!)...
Then I drilled the holes for the DVD Writer...
After that I milled some airslots for the Harddrive and one the backside, and a slot for the DVD Writer. I also added holes for the powersupplies.
Then I primed some of the parts...
The last thing i did so far was to add the mandatorily apple logo an glue the hole thing together...
After priming the case i realisized that i forgot to bondo the slots [smiley=seestars.gif] and gave the hole thing a nice bondo and sanding job (i also smoothed the apple logo an all egdes)... here's the result:
And this is the fastening for the harddrive. I wil glue it in, when the paintjob's done...
The case with it's fresh and new color. unfurtunatly it's not this glossy i wanted it.
And because *everybody* wanted a plastic apple... i did one. And i like it... woohooo!
Here's a picture of the backside with a bunch of electronics, that need to be fixed inside.
All screwed up
And here a "family-picture" with my ibook.
That's it... tell me what you think about it.
... I bought an Apple iBook G4 some month ago... I love it and it's supersexy.. the only thing that hurts is the limited harddrive space an the fact that the 12'' iBook has no Superdrive option... so I decided to use 2 external devices to reduce the pain. A 120gb Harddrive from Samsung and a DVD Writer from NEC. But all those nice looking external housings are way to expensiv and way to "not looking good with my baby". So, in consequence I have to build my own case with lot's of goodies...
So, I made my plan and decided that the case should be out of MDF (don't know the english word). Unfortunately there was no store in town with MDF <16mm... so the measurements are a bit larger than a thought, but i don't care... yet
What would/should be inside is:
- DVD Writer
- 120gb HDD
- Bluetooth USB Stick (for cellphone, printer, mouse)
- 4x USB2 Hub
I ordered 2 of the cheapest 3.5'' USB2 external Cases and cannibalized them in order to get these things...
Then I start to build the housing... first of all I rounded all edges with an "Oberfräse" (Sherlock calls it "mill to fixture"?!)...
Then I drilled the holes for the DVD Writer...
After that I milled some airslots for the Harddrive and one the backside, and a slot for the DVD Writer. I also added holes for the powersupplies.
Then I primed some of the parts...
The last thing i did so far was to add the mandatorily apple logo an glue the hole thing together...
After priming the case i realisized that i forgot to bondo the slots [smiley=seestars.gif] and gave the hole thing a nice bondo and sanding job (i also smoothed the apple logo an all egdes)... here's the result:
And this is the fastening for the harddrive. I wil glue it in, when the paintjob's done...
The case with it's fresh and new color. unfurtunatly it's not this glossy i wanted it.
And because *everybody* wanted a plastic apple... i did one. And i like it... woohooo!
Here's a picture of the backside with a bunch of electronics, that need to be fixed inside.
All screwed up
And here a "family-picture" with my ibook.
That's it... tell me what you think about it.