Project: EVGA Classified SR-2 Case

Its time to start making some sawdust!

Ripped and thickness planed some 1x8-inch red oak into 1.5-inch wide boards to be used as the lower case face frames.

Pre-stained the wood and drilled the pocket holes.

The bottom of the case was also drilled for pocket screws.

Face frames were assembled with some glue and screws.

A homemade depth gauge was fashioned from some rubber stoppers/bumpers.

The depth gauge was used to drill holes for #8 threaded inserts on the inside of the face frames. A hex driver made the task of screwing the inserts into the wood easy.

The lower case face frames and bottom all assembled.

Nicely done. The black paint makes me bit sad though. I think it's always a shame to cover up the beautiful grains of wood. But, ah well, it's the client's call, I suppose.

The top case was built the same way as the bottom.

Powder coating came back this week.

pretty. I approve

Nice finish.

Worked on the plywood panels that attach to the frames onto which the aluminum mounting plates are attached.

#8 threaded inserts were installed by "pulling" them into the plywood (from the back) by simply screwing in a #8 bolt.

The plywood panels are bolted to the inside of the case frame with six stainless steel socket cap screws via threaded inserts.

And the aluminum mounting plates are then bolted to the plywood panels (also with stainless steel socket cap screws) via threaded inserts.

All of this modularity allows for easily switching to different mounting plates and/or panels in the future.

Nice wood/metal interface there.

The back panel of the top case required three router jigs for the PSU mounting plate, 10-slot motherboard tray and 92mm fan holes.

Rear panel can be rotated for a vertical motherboard mounting orientation.

Another vertical member was added to the opening in the front of the case and the front panel was fabricated just like all the others.