Project: Whisper

[x88x]

Looking good. IDK if you've secured it in place yet, but I think the front panel would look better if you shifted the mesh forward a little so it's flush with the front of the mahogany; it would make for more of a seamless front.

It looks like there is enough space in the ODD area that you could fit in a 5.25" drive; that'll come in handy if you decide to upgrade to blu-ray at any point

[mofo]

there is already several slim bluray drives available, so down the road he shouldn't have a problem with that.
also you can always use a site to back up your blurays you already own directly to your computer

[Technochicken]

Looking good. IDK if you've secured it in place yet, but I think the front panel would look better if you shifted the mesh forward a little so it's flush with the front of the mahogany; it would make for more of a seamless front.

That is a good idea. The way it is now, I can not shift if forwards, because the mesh extends beyond the edge of the mahogany, so the edge of the mesh I cut is covered. But I might be able to do that if I bent the mesh at a right angle to fit on top of the mahogany. The only problem with that though, is that you can not really bend the metal in a perfect right angle- there is always a bit of curve, which would ruin the effect.

I'll keep thinking about it and see what I can come up with.

[d_stilgar]

Looks great!

[x88x]

there is already several slim bluray drives available, so down the road he shouldn't have a problem with that.

Yeah, I know, but the cheapest slim blu-ray drive I've seen is ~$300, whereas the cheapest 5.25" blu-ray drive I've seen is ~$60.

[Mark_Hardware]

lookin good man, keep up the good work!

[Technochicken]

I've cut the slot for the CD drive. I am hoping to get switches for the power button and cd drive soon, because once I do that I will be able to put a clear coat over the wood, and screw in the the mesh. I also built a plate to screw the frame into the back, but I don't have a picture of it yet.

*Edit*

Just got these switches:
http://cgi.ebay.com/10-Momentary-Pus...8#ht_712wt_939

they are not quite as good looking as the vandal resistant ones, but the are 10 for 10$, as opposed to 1 for 10$

[DonT-FeaR]

nice work mate looks good

[Waynio]

Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon Had to gooogle it hehe.
Best $16 ever, really like it, ultra compact, great ventalation, adequate air flow, lives up to it's name, looks great too with the 3 different colour tones, sweet little project mate , have some rep .

[Technochicken]

Finally another update. I had to cancel the order on the switches, because it did not ship properly, so I ordered some new ones from Allelectronics.com:

The motherboard only has 2 USB ports on the back panel, which will not do, so the next step was to add a USB header to the case. Also, the computer will be connected to the internet via WiFi, so I am building that into the case as well. Here are the parts for both:

Wireless card without caseing:

Here's the card mounted in the case:

Now, the wireless card is USB, and I do not want cables running out of the case to the back panel, so I decided to mount the USB header internally. This way I can plug in the wireless card and wireless mouse internally, eliminating the need for USB dongles sticking out the back.

I also needed a really short USB cable to fit internally:

Here's the WiFi and wireless mouse connected:

One problem I ran into is that the internal USB header has the lone pin on the opposite side as the internal USB cable I have, so I had to pull out the last pin and switch the place it was in. All I had to do was pull out the pin, drill out the blank spot, and replace the pin in the new hole:

That's all for now. Hopefully I will be able to finish this off this weekend, as I finally have all the parts I need.

Thanks for all the comments, and for taking a look!