Project: Industrial Revolution - COMPLETE

[TheGreatSatan]

If you've ever seen the Thermaltake Level 10 GT then you know exactly how weird it looks. But what if you pictured Level 10 as a factory? The case will be made to look as though it's a large factory cut out of solid rock.

Thermaltake is sponsoring this build and have provided me with the case, CPU cooler and a sweet 1275 watt 80 Platinum power supply. Enermax has kindly donated some high powered Vegas fans.

I spent over and hour stripping the case down

I really was dying to get rid of that vent on the inside of the side panel

At first, I had other plans and initially painted case completely white

And then later I realized that I wanted the case to be covered in rock

All homes have plumbing, and this one will have plenty of copper pipes on the outside too

The hard drive bays look like a great place to start adding plumbing. I want it to look like the "bumps" on the bays are part of the plumbing shroud

I got some thin, but sturdy PVC piping

And cut them into tiny pieces

Then used them to join the pipes together. I'll paint them to match the copper soon

I painted the front and made sure that I saved the logo and blue trim

And mapping out some of the external piping

During the painting process there are some things that aren't necessary to keep.

Then I painted it

And saved the ports

[Fuganater]

Looks sick so far dude!

[TheGreatSatan]

I've been hesitant to spend a lot of time on this project lately. One reason is because I'm also working on a project for my daughters that I really want done and out of the way. Fortunately, it's nearly done.

Plus, I'm always thinking and planning new things

I'm also afraid that I'm going to somehow screw this all up. At least this time I finally cut out some of the copper pipes that will go on the front of the case

[Neodymium]

And spambot keeps TGS on his toes...LOL

[Omega]

And spambot keeps TGS on his toes...LOL

What spambots?

[Aldersan]

I want to see more of this mod!

[TheGreatSatan]

Good idea.

I cut the copper pipes to fit the front of the case

I'm rethinking how I'll do the "plumbing"

I saw this cool mesh at Lowes and knew it would go with the look I'm trying to achieve

First I cut it out

And then painted it to match the copper

To add the pipe to the handle I have to cut a piece of the metal on the inside off

Then I drill out the holes I need

And connect it to the handle

Once it's sealed I put the handle back on

I put the painted mesh on the side of the 5.25 inch drive bays

And seated it to the case

[Aldersan]

Boy, you're sure "rocking the house" with that mod!

[AmEv]

Emachines: Computers for dummies

[Aldersan]

Emachines: Computers for dummies

LOL +rep for the laugh