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Sure, if I do get over there I'll take a look. I still haven't decided if I'm going to be picking up a monitor on Friday or not.. I checked online, and a small flat-rate box can go to Sweden for ~13USD, so as long as it's a decent amount of stuff, it'll still be cheaper (since those acrylic ones normally retail for what, 6-8USD?).
Sounds great, and FYI the poke-protector metallic grills only cost about 3 bucks here ^^
Oh, yeah, the basic metal grills are nice and cheap, I was referring to the laser-cut acrylic ones.
Fair enough ^^
OK, so here's a shopping list:
5x 120mm radiation fan grills
a 10-pack, or 3 4-packs or whatever to keep it close but above 10, just go for whatever you find, of regular black thumb screws.
If you do go there, thanks in advance.
OK I picked up all my plastic today and the aluminum strips I'll use to, hopefully, keep it together are done as well, here's a few pics for you:
The strips for the short side, they're really glossy!
And for the long side:
And finally all my plastic for the case (the green is only a film to protect if from damage):
Fun! Yay for raw materials. :D
gotta love playing with pieces of plexi/metal/plastic/whatever
Started to cut the holes for the fans today.
Here's what I'm using to actually cut the holes:
Had to lower the RPM a bit, unfortunately the drill has one of those old gear systems so it took 15 minutes or so:
Here's some test cutting on a sheet of plywood:
It produced a very nice, smooth, round hole:
Might update again later today with some holes in my precious acrylic 8)
Looks good. I've never used one of those adjustable hole bits before. Looks like it's working pretty well for you.
The drill bit works surprisingly well.
Here's another update with all of the fan holes cut out!
First measuring out where the holes should be:
The first incision:
Turned out pretty good:
The rest of the holes
..and now: Frisbee time!
Will probably cut out the hole for the PSU and such tomorrow ;)
