BigV1027
05-06-2006, 03:28 PM
I just found this Nikko Stereo Reciever while I was cleaning out our storage space at public storage (my grandpa gave me $50 for doing the job8) ). I was originally going to put it on eBay because I did not know what to do with it. But after I had to take a box fan apart to fix the said fan today, I felt in a modding mood, when it was pointed out by my mother that I did not put the Stereo Reciever on eBay yet, and she would throw it out if I didn't do something with it. I was thinking and thought that I could do a mod for this. Here are some pics to get an idea of what I need to do.
Here is a front view (I could do alot with these buttons, but need to find somewhere for the cd drive).
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/skatedudex9/dcbaf0fc.jpg
Here is a top view.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/skatedudex9/f85e86a4.jpg
A view of the back, the I/O panel would go back here.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/skatedudex9/325169d1.jpg
View of the bottom, just to let you see what it looks like.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/skatedudex9/3e41fa55.jpg
And finally, where I ran into the problem, as you can see in this picture, it is only 3.5 inches thick, which could cause some problems for pci cards and video cards.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/skatedudex9/884f4ad3.jpg
But, as my friend (RangerDanger here on the forums) and I were talking about what I could do, I thought of a solution to the problem of the thickness. As you can see in the first and second picture, there is a "grill" of some sorts on the top of the case for this. I thought that i could cut parts of it out for the cards, so they would stick out of the case, and create a plexi, or acrylic (whichever is easier to work with) "housing" that would just protrude out of the top, and would also show the card, or I could frost the plexi, and put a LED light in each "house" so the frosted plexi would hold the light.
Well, what do you guys think??
Here is a front view (I could do alot with these buttons, but need to find somewhere for the cd drive).
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/skatedudex9/dcbaf0fc.jpg
Here is a top view.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/skatedudex9/f85e86a4.jpg
A view of the back, the I/O panel would go back here.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/skatedudex9/325169d1.jpg
View of the bottom, just to let you see what it looks like.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/skatedudex9/3e41fa55.jpg
And finally, where I ran into the problem, as you can see in this picture, it is only 3.5 inches thick, which could cause some problems for pci cards and video cards.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/skatedudex9/884f4ad3.jpg
But, as my friend (RangerDanger here on the forums) and I were talking about what I could do, I thought of a solution to the problem of the thickness. As you can see in the first and second picture, there is a "grill" of some sorts on the top of the case for this. I thought that i could cut parts of it out for the cards, so they would stick out of the case, and create a plexi, or acrylic (whichever is easier to work with) "housing" that would just protrude out of the top, and would also show the card, or I could frost the plexi, and put a LED light in each "house" so the frosted plexi would hold the light.
Well, what do you guys think??