That's looking quite good mate, keep it up.
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That's looking quite good mate, keep it up.
The edge between top and bottom , will be lighted?
The slot/groove that goes around the case will bit lit up with red LED's (3 or 4 on each side).
I will probably attach a small dial somewhere so I can adjust how much the groove glows.
Lookin' good. /sub
Chapter 11 : Gratuitous Alien Nudity
Havn't progressed much but I have now pretty much got everything to finish of the case to a point where I can pretty much call it finished.
Even though I want to add lighting and paint the case I'll probably leave that for another time.
I'm still not sure how to mount the fan onto the fron't as I would rather not have 4 screws pokeing out the front. This means adding some sort of mount inside which shouldn't be to hard but could be a bit fiddly and I want it to be stable and not add any noise vibration!
The generic brand illuminated vandal proof switch
We all love Gratuitous Alien Nudity
You will be pleased to know that the DVD drive is now working!
Steel knead it (Bog)
I'll use this to fill any imperfections, dents, poor-cuts, scratches etc.
The steel knead it was a few dollars more than the general purpouse one but it was silver, the same colour as the case. I didn't care that it was stronger as it makes no difference in this application but I thought having it silver might be useful as I won't be painting it straight away.
It turned out pretty well. I can't wait to see it painted.
Well still got to mount the fan, dvd drive, hard drive and front ports before I can say it's done. But I just need to find the time to do that.
Oh yeah and make a top for it.
wow thats really cool
Ok so I havn't done any updates for a while but thats not to say I haven't been working on the case either. Well ok that would be more or less true but it still is an active project of mine.
Since my last post I have pretty much mounted the DVD drive. Except it doesn't look as nice as what I'd like.
I've attached the floor of the case and put on little rubber feet.
Yesterday I found out that my supplier at work actually has el-wire. So i decided to get a pack to light up the groove in my case and it arrived this morning.
Apart from a REALLY REALLY ANNOYING high pitch tone comeing out from the inverter it looks great. Not sure what to do about that high pitch sound though. Might have to invest in some sound dampening material to cover the inverter??
(excuse the bad photo)
I have also been looking for a nice square laser cut grill for my fan on the front. The jigsawed one I did just doesn't have a very nice finish. The trouble is I've been struggling to find one in Australia that will suit this case. I don't want skulls, pentagrams or game logos. I just want a nice one like this one at gammods (which is sold out :( :( :( )
Yeah GAM Mods is the only stockist of "more mature" modding products in Australia, every other place sells the blingy ricer styled modding parts. Get in contact with Greig at GAM Mods, he is a really nice guy, helped me out a lot with my radiator. He ordered it in for me then shipped it out to me before he received payment.
