My Super stealthed kitchen computer thingy

[gramatton]

My names gramatton..as you can see. I joined a short while ago after lurking around for a little bit. What most of you guys can do with cases absolutely amazes me. So after I introduced mysef, jdbnsn asked to see the computer I built under a desk in my kitchen. Now I don't have any in progress pics, because I didn't think I would need them and never really thought about it.

A little backstory. My dad has been wanting a computer in the kitchen for awhile, something that the family could use to access the internet(mainly to prove each other wrong in arguements), look up recipes, and of course to show a slideshow of pictures of his amazing truck that he's driving across the US.

So one day I got tired of him needling me about a computer(me being the computer guru of the family) so I boasted I could hide one under the desk in there. And the rest is, as they say, history.

So here they are, pictures of my first ever, kinda mod.


Can you see where the computer is?
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6692/dscn0597al2.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn0597al2.jpg)


And how about now?
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7936/dscn0599bk1.jpg (http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn0599bk1.jpg)


There it is.
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5770/dscn0600bi0.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn0600bi0.jpg)


And with the cover removed so you can see the messy insides. Never really got around to going back and zip tieing, but whos gonna see it besides me and you guys.
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8714/dscn0601re2.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn0601re2.jpg)


And the pov most people see. (Slideshow pic of dad's amazing truck at a car show)
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5567/dscn0603qb3.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn0603qb3.jpg)


And there it is. Not the prettiest, but it does wow alot of people that come over. Any feedback is sure appreciated.

Thanks for looking
Gramatton out

[Liquid_Scope_99]

Hey rep man i think thats a great mod i think the wife would like something like that also .Nice job

[blueonblack]

I love it. The baseboard on the cover panel is what does it I think. +rep
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[mittelmeier]

Great job on hiding that. The baseboard really makes it convincing. +rep

[BerticusPryme]

dude that is really slick. +rep for the build.

[SXRguyinMA]

thats pretty sweet :up:

[gramatton]

wow, thanks alot guys.

yeah, looked at it forever to see how to get it to look right, then i saw some baseboard lyin around in the shop and said what the hell, and it worked great.

[Luke122]

The baseboard was a great idea to make it blend in. :) Now my wife wants me to build something like that in our kitchen too. *sigh*

[gramatton]

The baseboard was a great idea to make it blend in. :) Now my wife wants me to build something like that in our kitchen too. *sigh*

lol Well, the only hard part is finding a place to put it. There was already a space under the desk just big enough for a power strip for the phone and my dad's phone charger. Getting creative I just cut a hole in the drywall and glued a 1/2" think board the the back of the drywall on the other side. That left enough space to mount the board attached to a mobo tray and to lay the PSU down like that. Cutting the hole also let me run the power and video cable for the monitor up through the wall and out from behind the phone jack up there.

You know what they say
Necessity, or an annoying ass parent, is the mother of innovation...invention....you get the gist.

[jdbnsn]

Very nice job "stealthing" your kitchen PC. Thanks for sharing!

[SgtM]

Very cool. Not many people use POV. What branch were you in?

+rep.

[gramatton]

I'm assuming you mean branch of the military. And to that I'd have to say none. I've never had the honor to serve, medical problems you see. Boy Scouts was as close as I got.

[aintnothang]

Is that like a 50 ford?

[gramatton]

1951 Ford F-100 I do believe.

[overmark]

Hi, great setup. +rep

Sorry if I missed it, but what are the system specs. Is it a mATX board?

[gramatton]

I frgot to post them. ECS microATX board, 2gigs of RAM, 250gig HDD, AMD 5200+ and a wireless card.

[FuzzyPlushroom]

Not bad at all! The baseboard molding really makes it, as others have stated. I figured it was hiding in a drawer! Just don't kick it... +rep

[gramatton]

Not bad at all! The baseboard molding really makes it, as others have stated. I figured it was hiding in a drawer! Just don't kick it... +rep

How else am I gonna hit the power button :D

[Drum Thumper]

Not bad at all! The baseboard molding really makes it, as others have stated. I figured it was hiding in a drawer! Just don't kick it... +rep

My first guess was that the drawer on the front was actually a false front and the computer was hanging upside down.

This is top notch. A kitchen computer is something that I will eventually add to my arsenal one of these days. +rep

[Bopher]

A kitchen computer is something that I will eventually add to my arsenal one of these days. +rep

Ditto on that one. I've got one in mind but the SO would say, "Another computer!" i think something small running Ubuntu, touchscreen monitor just to research and print recipes, and show stuff like a news ticker and weather.

[Drum Thumper]

Ditto on that one. I've got one in mind but the SO would say, "Another computer!" i think something small running Ubuntu, touchscreen monitor just to research and print recipes, and show stuff like a news ticker and weather.

Don't forget the speakers so you can stream internet radio!

[Bopher]

true, But I have plans to do some home automation eventually so I'll have some speakers for that in the kitchen.

[gramatton]

Yeah, the only things that are missing are a printer and speakers. I'm trying to find a way to hook it up the the speakers in our kitchen that are attached to our stereo system. And I'm thinking about putting a printer in the bottom drawer.

[TheGreatSatan]

+Rep!