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voodoochylde
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Just got some new old hardware (old as heck but new to me) last week and I don't have a case to put it in so I decided I was just gonna do it open-air style with some plywood and wood screws. Got snooping around in my grandfather's garage and found some plexiglass from his clock-making days which he willingly parted with, though, so the whole deal will be mounted onto that.
This is my first experience with plexiglass - hell, it's my first time "from-the-ground-up" PC build - so this should be quite interesting as I start learning the joys of cursing at a new machine.
As far as materials, I've got 3 different thicknesses of plexiglass (acrylic, by the way), ranging from what looks like around 1/4" or 3/8" to something around 1/16th of an inch or so. My only tools up to this point are a dull hacksaw that I found in my dad's truck (lol) and an 18v cordless drill. The plane of plexi that I've mounted the old socket 8 intel mobo to is one of the horrendously thick pieces and actually looks pretty good considering I cut it with a hacksaw and haven't sanded/filed anything yet.
Not sure if I'm just gonna make this into kinda a platform that supports itself or if I'm going to attempt to take the torch to the plexi and bend it into some hanging brackets or something of that nature.
I'm waiting on a power supply so I can't make a mount for it yet but I'm working on the drive rails right now. Two hard drives and one 4x CD-ROM shouldn't take more than an hour or two to hack outta this thin stuff (keep in mind the blade is REALLY dull). If I can get a digicam, I'll post some pix so you guys can have something to laugh at as well as having something to give you a confidence boost about your own modifications/construction projects
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Anywho, any ideas on anything else to add are welcome - I've got a LOT of plexiglass I can go through so I can afford to mess up - the only thing it costs me is time and cigarettes.
This is my first experience with plexiglass - hell, it's my first time "from-the-ground-up" PC build - so this should be quite interesting as I start learning the joys of cursing at a new machine.
As far as materials, I've got 3 different thicknesses of plexiglass (acrylic, by the way), ranging from what looks like around 1/4" or 3/8" to something around 1/16th of an inch or so. My only tools up to this point are a dull hacksaw that I found in my dad's truck (lol) and an 18v cordless drill. The plane of plexi that I've mounted the old socket 8 intel mobo to is one of the horrendously thick pieces and actually looks pretty good considering I cut it with a hacksaw and haven't sanded/filed anything yet.
Not sure if I'm just gonna make this into kinda a platform that supports itself or if I'm going to attempt to take the torch to the plexi and bend it into some hanging brackets or something of that nature.
I'm waiting on a power supply so I can't make a mount for it yet but I'm working on the drive rails right now. Two hard drives and one 4x CD-ROM shouldn't take more than an hour or two to hack outta this thin stuff (keep in mind the blade is REALLY dull). If I can get a digicam, I'll post some pix so you guys can have something to laugh at as well as having something to give you a confidence boost about your own modifications/construction projects
. Anywho, any ideas on anything else to add are welcome - I've got a LOT of plexiglass I can go through so I can afford to mess up - the only thing it costs me is time and cigarettes.