smoking_pig
08-27-2008, 07:13 AM
Despite not having quite finished my black and white p160 I've started a new case which i got from my brother.
Its an antec something or other, and once complete it will probably sit on my desk until it dies. I started with some very crude drawings, some inspiration from supercars like Lamborghini (http://images.google.com.au/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=Lamborghini+Murcielago+air+intake&btnG=Search+Images)s and enlisted the help of my dads power tools and made the side panels.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/blackandwhite_0073.jpg
My concept drawings, the front I'm planning will be either alu or perspex bent on an angle with only a power switch to be seen.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/antec_13.jpg
This is how the case stands now, I've made the vents in the side panels, out of some very thin alu and them on with bondo.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/blackandwhite_0067.jpg
The vents will need a couple more coats of bondo to be a bit stronger and look nicer, i also need to get the dirt from the bricks i used as weights off. :S
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/blackandwhite_0066.jpg
I used some old blocks of wood to bend the alu and made buts along the edge that would sit inside the case so it would be easier to bend the small surface.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/antec_14.jpg
Vents from the front of the case.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/antec_16.jpg
The vent on the right side of the case is merely for aesthetic value but the left panels vent will actually work as one, blowing air into the case over the graphics card and such.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/blackandwhite_0069.jpg
I'm happy the vents ended up looking like they do, i wasn't really confident in my cutting/bending skills.
My idea of a colour scheme for this case is white and red and I've already started painting a nice old apple keyboard i had around but i used some nasty tape to mask one side of it and it left some bad stuff on the keyboard so im soaking it in water for a while.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/blackandwhite_0070.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/blackandwhite_0072.jpg
There will be more after this weekend hopefully!
Its an antec something or other, and once complete it will probably sit on my desk until it dies. I started with some very crude drawings, some inspiration from supercars like Lamborghini (http://images.google.com.au/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=Lamborghini+Murcielago+air+intake&btnG=Search+Images)s and enlisted the help of my dads power tools and made the side panels.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/blackandwhite_0073.jpg
My concept drawings, the front I'm planning will be either alu or perspex bent on an angle with only a power switch to be seen.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/antec_13.jpg
This is how the case stands now, I've made the vents in the side panels, out of some very thin alu and them on with bondo.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/blackandwhite_0067.jpg
The vents will need a couple more coats of bondo to be a bit stronger and look nicer, i also need to get the dirt from the bricks i used as weights off. :S
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/blackandwhite_0066.jpg
I used some old blocks of wood to bend the alu and made buts along the edge that would sit inside the case so it would be easier to bend the small surface.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/antec_14.jpg
Vents from the front of the case.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/antec_16.jpg
The vent on the right side of the case is merely for aesthetic value but the left panels vent will actually work as one, blowing air into the case over the graphics card and such.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/blackandwhite_0069.jpg
I'm happy the vents ended up looking like they do, i wasn't really confident in my cutting/bending skills.
My idea of a colour scheme for this case is white and red and I've already started painting a nice old apple keyboard i had around but i used some nasty tape to mask one side of it and it left some bad stuff on the keyboard so im soaking it in water for a while.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/blackandwhite_0070.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/ebog_og/blackandwhite_0072.jpg
There will be more after this weekend hopefully!