Project: Frankenstripe

Alright, quick update for now, and probably another one around 1 am or so (I'm a night owl!)

First off, I slid the panel back on and marked off what needed to be chopped out of the optical drive cage:

This will be knocked out hopefully late tomorrow morning, weather permitting (snowing right now)

And here's the window in it's current state:

A little cockeyed, but after I take the dremel to it some more, it should look much better.

And I'm almost afraid to show this pic, but what the hell:

Cable management? What is that?

Once I find a decent case at a decent price to transplant the mobo, I'll probably get my hands on a modular PSU.

And one last picture. The CPU fan was sounding like it was about to throw a bearing. Upon further inspection, I saw this:

Dunno if you can really tell in that picture, but some of the insulation got ground off by the fan. Good thing I've got some shrink tubing, that could be a bit dangerous.

The dremel battery is on the charger at the moment, so I'm gonna head down to Home Despot and see what I can find for some molding.

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Originally Posted by DrumThumper

Also, I somehow lucked into a four day weekend--this should be done by Monday, if not sooner.

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Pfft. It's Monday, and I'm nowhere near finished. Although I did spend the last twenty minutes doing this:

I got a bit carried away and am going to have to do some reshaping when I'm done:

And the $10 toy that I did this with:

Optical drive cage got pwnd. Next up, fixing the window!

Heh, I don't even have to walk away for long. Normally if I screw something up really bad, I just go buy a mountain dew or iced tea then come back and keep working. Most screw-ups get a sigh then back to work I go.


Can't wait to see it finished.

[QUOTE=danthegeek;86299]:::Pricless words of love:::

If you ever give up I will come to your home and beat you with your own dremel.
/QUOTE]hahahhahah i almost fell off my chair when when i saw your post and start laughing
roflkopter:D

First off, this will be the last damn plastic case I mod.

My poor dremel can't take this kind of abuse lol. I really need to get me a corded one.

Anyways, I busted out the duct tape and outlined the window (again). Got half of it cut before the battery went tits up.

Left side and top cut.

I'll give the battery an hour on the charger, cut what I can till she dies again and repeat as necessary.

EDIT--Only got about a 1/3 of the right side cut after 1 hour on the charger. I'll finish the cutting in the morning, mount the plastic and begin touching up the cage. Then comes the last part (for now)--wiring!

A To do/buy list:

Finish window.DONE
Finish cut on cage.DONE
Install CCFL unit with custom switch.
Buy two of these. DONE
Buy one set of these since yellow seems to be becoming a predominate color.
And lastly:

BUY A NEW CASE.

And repeat as necessary :D

dude do you have a pentium 2 or something??
why is your cpu vertical??

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Originally Posted by intergalacticman

dude do you have a pentium 2 or something??
why is your cpu vertical??

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I never have listed the specs of this machine have I?

Intel Pentium 3 @ 550MHz
3 x 128 Megs of PC100 RAM
Maxtor 60 GB HD
SE440BX2 Mobo

Outdated, yes, but it plays music, which is all it's really used for.

I suggest you go study up on the history of the Pentium III Intergalacticman. The answer is quite obvious really.

Looks much better. Now I just gotta find some moulding. Suggestions?

Also, I ordered the two new Vantec IDE cables this morning, since I got my State tax return. I'd much rather have to pay in, but meh, whatever.

Next up will be the cage in a couple hours.

I'm getting fed up with this dremel. Beginning to think the battery might be near the end of it's useful life.

But then I stop to think about all the stuff I've used it on and remember that it's seen some serious work in the last five years.

I got about 5 minutes worth of grinding in on top of 10 minutes finishing up the window before the battery fizzled out on me this time.

That Ryobi setup down @ Home Despot is looking nicer every day...