Saturn Magnetosphere.

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My "Saturn Magnetosphere" Worklog:

This is only the beginning. I have alot of ideas going into this Case Mod.

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I still have to adjust the Saturn ring into the center utilizing my adjustment bolt.
Forgot to take the picture but I drilled lots of holes in the center before I put the fan on.
I figure I'll just wait till all the cutting is done and do the fine tuning in the end.

Got a few leds going and hooked fan up. .For now. The entire thing will be lit up verrry soon!
Im reading up on how to make the lights alternate. I would like to make it look like the rotating rings on saturn.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

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I bought another smilodon case from newegg and the front was damaged so i got them to send a replacement.
Im going to use the damaged front from that, and the front panel that was on this pc case originally and make one, Kewl New front panel.
Need Some ideas. . on how to paint this thing. God forbid it ends up sticky and scratch off!

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You can also try a "chasing led" electronics kit:

http://store.qkits.com/category.cfm/LED

Im going to leave my money in my pocket intil it's ABSOLUTE necessary.
That mouse pad is a perfect match though. Thanks.

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Here is what I have in the works for the top. The are gonna be enough fans in there to blow the cards out of the box

I guess I'm gonna have to use a black power supply. Forgot about that. Food for Thought.

Thats a good thing to. It just dawned on me "I'd damn better make sure I leave room for the computer parts "

Should I cut the top out bigger? Like open accross the the top more mesh?

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Well. That was kind of the idea of the case to move away from the Rectangle.

I know what you mean though. It will turn out quite nice, I belive.

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Crazy. I definitely like it.

What you need are many different rings, so i suggest using two slim fans instead of one regular fan. Or you could cut small holes into the PC fan blades, and thread some thin fishing line through the holes. Then attach LEDs to each end.

Now thats a great Idea! A fan with lights on the blades!

I got some Shrink wrap Tubing and a Heat Gun to Try out this Weekend.

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I cut a rectangle out of the top and now i'm Cleaning it up a bit.

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Here is what i'm doing with the front panel.

Im going to put this front panel in the frame of the panel that was originally on this case.

I have it all cut out. Now I have to trim the inside of the other frame out to fit the new Panel in there.
As well as align the drives from the front panel up with the case. Before filling in the cracks and Gluing.

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When I put the plastic edging around the top of the case it cracked.

So I got the heat gun out and warmed the transition or curve.
A Hair dryer will work also.

Note: This is my first casemod so I found the ugliest case I could find for my mod.

Wait and see what I have in the works for a case window.