Project Dew: My first Mod

brilliant. Recycling FTW. :D

Did you not have any worries about slicing your hands open on the edges of them cans? (I always seem to do that. (But I cut myself on pretty much everything.))
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Yeah, I ended up with quite a few aluminum slivers after while I was still trying ti figure out the best way to cut up the cans. Eventually, I worked out a system toward the end and was able to zip right thru 'em. Took about four cases of dew to cover the case. Wouldn't have taken as many but I was trying to get a random look with many of the cans offset from each other.

I forgot to resize the pictures before posting. Most of em are still 1280 x 1024 (which is actually about a quarter the size of the original pictures) but still a bit on the large size for a forum post. I'll get that changed sometime.

I would have extended the acrylic pieces over the front bezel to the very front, but the bezel has a slight angle to it and I would have ended up with a gap. I had toyed with the thought of doing it anyway, but determined this to be the best way to go.

The only thing that I really wanted to "finish" still on the case was the front bezel of the DVD drive. I still want to get a can over that piece as well to add to the conformity. I'd have had it done by now except the drive I'm using is actually a friends drive and didn't think hed appreciate me gluing cans to it ;-)

There are a few small things that I'm unhappy with on the case and the polyurethane on the front bezel is one of them. some of my acrilic lines aren't as straight as they should be and some of them I made even worse when trying to file them down. I used the score and break method of cutting the acrylic.

I'm probably going to leave the case "as is" at this point and move on to my next couple projects. I want to do a "Rockstar" case for myself yet, and a "Monster" case for my brother yet. I anticipate them taking less time and being much easier now that I have a few methods in place.

Thanks for all the positive remarks everyone!

Wag

Nice. The acrtlic really works on the sides, makes it look clean.

The DVD drive stands out like a sore thumb but if its not yours...

Good job :)

Agree, would have steelt the drive too, but it's very nice.

Very nice original work. I would never had thought of doing something so simple.

In fact, I might have to do the better half's computer in a similar style.

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Mod featured on Pariah's Guild ^

URL can be found here
http://pariahs-guild.blogspot.com/20...emed-case.html

Kool mod, :)

The Black Drive sticks out a bit (as in colour, not physically), i would paint it a "mountain dew" green colour. :)