BRUBCAT (BRUnos Black CAsemodTower)

[Brunhold]

Hello folks!

1st) Nice Forum, full of good work and ideas!
2nd) Sorry for my bad english, I am from germany, hope you understand, what I want to tell you. If anyone finds spelling mistakes -> keep it!
3rd) I want to present my finished casemod, so let me read your opinion!

Casemod features:
- plasmaball with lift
- motorised door
- switchable colours
- neonlight (2 Tubes, 2 switchable colours: blue/red)
- running light in frontcover (10 LEDs, yellow)
- underbody illumination (20 LEDs, 2 switchable colours: yellow/green)
- "Eye" in frontcover (2 LEDs, 2 switchable colours: blue/red)
- atomsign over power supply unit(30 LEDs, 2 switchable colours: yellow/green)
- stylebox on the side (4 LEDs, 2 switchable colours: blue/red)
- DVD-Drive-Stealthmod

The hardware inside/outside:
CPU: AMD Athlon64 3500+, 2200MHz, S939, Winchester
Cooler: Thermaltake Silent Boost K8
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-9
RAM: 2x MDT-DDR-RAM 1024MB, PC400, CL2.5
HDD: 2x 80GB Seagate ST380817AS 7200rpm, SATA, NCQ, Raid 0
Graphix: Gainward GeForce 6800GT, 256MB DDR3, PCIe
VGA-Cooler: Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 Rev 2
TV-Card: Terratec Cinergy 1400 DVB-T
PSU: Be Quiet! 350W ATX, PFC
Monitor: Samtron 98PDF, 19" CRT and Fujitsu Siemens Comp. 4612 FA, 18" TFT


Here are some pictures from the construction:

After the window, the door has been cut out. Next steps: Primer, sanding, primer, sanding, primer, sanding...
http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Bau/grundiert.jpg

I did not like the bottom plate, that is why I made this cover. It is made of a CD-ROM-Board, a busted TFT-Inverter and a network adapter.
http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Bau/Innenboden.jpg

The lift raises the plasmaball only 2,5 cm or 1 inch, but it is better than nothing.
http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Bau/Lift.jpg

The underbody illumination with switchable lights.
http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Bau/Unterboden.jpg

Here you can see old paint. The pipes and the box have no function, are not mounted yet. Everything is just decoration!
http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Bau/VersSeite.jpg

The mess has to get cramed inside.
http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Bau/Gesamt.jpg

[richmandudeus]

Kinda looks like my room at the moment... a work in progress.

Keep us posted and welcome to the forums!!!

[Brunhold]

I finally found my pictures from the tower!

http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Brubcat/Gesamtlinks.jpg

http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Brubcat/GesamtlinksLeu.jpg

http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Brubcat/Gesamtrechts.jpg

http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Brubcat/GesamtrechtsLeu.jpg

Some Details:

http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Impressionen/Aufbau.jpg

http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Impressionen/ImpSchalter.jpg

http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Impressionen/Rohre.jpg

http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Impressionen/Plasma.jpg

[Brunhold]

Videos (320x240 Pixels, DivX is mandatory)!
I told you, that the colours of the tower are switchable. Here is the proof:
The first test. (http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Videos/Probelauf.avi)

The aperture angle (hope the term is correct) of the door is freely adjustable (servo controlled).
The motorised door. (http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Videos/Tuerkl2.avi)

My little plasmaballlift.
The plasmaballlift. (http://der-bruno.de/Brubcat/Videos/Plasma_kl.avi)

[csticks]

If I had that case, I don't think I'd ever turn on my lights. I'd just sit there and stare at it. In fact, my generic case is looking horrible by comparison. I think I'll go lie down now. :(

But seriously, great job man. Keep it up.

~Alanna

[jdbnsn]

I like it! You have dome some original work and quite skillfully, and I agree with above, very nice to stare at!!!

[snickells]

Very borg ;)

[onelegout]

Awesome! I love the changing light colours! The only thing I can think of is try to make the lift more stable so that it doesnt wobble when it goes up and down!
Peace
H

[XcOM]

that is some class work dude, the door looks as if the servo is sticking, but other than that - Love it in the respect that it is (Cos personally i don't like bells and wistles)

[Brunhold]

Many thanks for the compliments!

@ XcOM
The servo doesn`t stick. It depends how far the rotary knob gets turned.

Last week I smelled something, like burning electronics! Ähm ... yeah ... my servo controller has left earth, it ended up in smoke! Argh, I must build in a new one. But I will do that after my current project is finished. You will be the first ones, who will be informed!

[Escobar999]

holy moly!!!!!!
thats friggin sweeet!!!!!
sry to hear about your servo tho.

awesome job keep it up

[Brunhold]

Hello guys!

I haven't been lazy in the last 2 months and now I want to present my "new casemod". Well, it is a case, but it's called "desk"!
It has now lights inside like a refrigerator, a motorized drawer and door.

Here we go:

The light inside:
http://der-bruno.de/Desk/Innenbeleuchtung.jpg

Scanner was out of order, now parts of it are pushing and/or pulling the drawer:
http://der-bruno.de/Desk/Schubladenmechanik.jpg

A detail-photograph from the servo, whitch opens the door:
http://der-bruno.de/Desk/Tueroeffner.jpg

This is controller box:
http://der-bruno.de/Desk/Steuerkasten.jpg

And here is the VIDEO (http://der-bruno.de/Desk/SchreibtischWeb.avi)!

Enjoy!

[d_stilgar]

That is super nerdy. I love it.

[Brunhold]

Little Update:

After the door servocontroller and the temperturesensor of the frontfan ended up in smoke, I changed the funktion of the left potentiometer. It controls the revs of the fan now.

@mods
This worklog is completed.

[lominono]

lol at first I thought that was a light bulb on top.

nice case