The Filing Cabinet Server

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Update time!

I managed to get the soldering done yesterday on the HSF, and will be doing more soldering as need be.

And I've started work on the armoring of the case as well. I see a lot of sanding in my future, but I'm going to cut all the pieces first and knock out the sanding all at once.

There's a few splinters missing on the two trapezoidal cut pieces, I might leave this as is, as it does give it a bit of a 'used and abused' look. Or I could just bust out the spot putty. Or go get some wood putty...

This is about ~15 minutes of cutting, so I should be able to make some progress tomorrow.

Also, I mentioned that I had borrowed a donor case. Here's a pic of it:

And finally, a box of goodies that still needs to be mailed out to Bopher. This woulda gotten sent off today, but the Post Office was PACKED. Oh well, I'll try again Wednesday!

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Some major progress made: FCS is now a LAMP.

Tomorrow, I shall migrate a few things off my 200 gig drive and install it along with an 80 gig that is currently residing in my NAS drive that is of no use to me.

Things are coming along nicely!

[calumc]

Keep the good work going!

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Not that much of an update, but I'm seriously considering breaking down and buying a stationary belt sander from Sears. I made a post regarding flipping a portable belt sander upside down and clamping in a vise due to the high cost of stationary ones. Long story short, the stationary belt sander that I was originally looking at was an entry level professional belt sander, hence the high cost. It wasn't until I made a trip into the Craftsman section @ Sears that I realized the a hobby level belt sander is roughly a quarter of the price.

Also, I still need to get a shelf built in this bad boy to hold the cable modem, the router, and the switch box that is going to reside inside of it, or, in regards to the router, on top of it. I'm currently leaning towards either pegboard or MDF for the shelf. Either way, I will most likely need to add a couple more fans to the system for cooling purposes.

And the Sony screen that I procured, you ask? Scrapped for this project, however, it will either go into Frankenstripe or the John Deere mod. Or both, since I have two of them.

You see, I've got a deadline now. I want to get this and Frankenstripe done before the baby is here. I'd like to get Deere done as well, but I seriously do not think that will happen.

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$99 at Sears. So I bought one.

I'm going to get the rest of the 'armor' cut over the next few days, and sanded most likely next weekend. I've also got the hardware for mounting the shelf on the inside. Expect a larger than normal post soon.

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Update time--I spent a couple hours over the weekend cutting and sanding and cutting and sanding and...well you get the idea. Then I busted out my glue gun and the top of the FCS now looks like:

I took this before I glued everything down, I'll get some better pics up soon.

Here's what I've got left to do for construction:

Install shelf inside (have parts)
Cut new airflow holes (one for shelf area, one for computer area)
Buy two more 120mm fans
Continue motif down the right and left sides
Trim motif around holes, mainly to cover up the Hugh Jass mistake I made on the original intake hole
Resize PSU slot on back
Scratcbuild and install button panel (have parts, need to get it done
Install HD cage
Buy and install green CCFLs, reroute switch to plate cover (already purchased the cover, need to get the CCFLs this week I'm thinking)
Front door design
Wire management
Paint

It looks like a big list, but the majority of the work will be done on the right and left sides with the motif, followed by the front door. I've got two ideas kicking around in my head at the moment, both of which were inspired by mods here--TIP 3K and Tranquility.

And in other news, my Aerocool M40 case is going to be here any minute. The server is getting transplanted again, as I need a MicroATX board for installation review purposes.

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This one's in my sights as well. I've scrapped the Mashie inspiration in favor of some trick painting, a la Commando.

Work to resume next week.

[SgtM]

Oooooohhhhh... what'cha got in mind for paint? huh? huh? huh? Lookin good man. Have some rep. Let me know if you need help on that LAMP at all.

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Oooooohhhhh... what'cha got in mind for paint? huh? huh? huh? Lookin good man. Have some rep. Let me know if you need help on that LAMP at all.

The LAMP is rock ****ing solid. Biggest issue I'm facing at the moment with it concerns how I've got it connecting to my home network--wireless card, and every time I turn it on, I have to type in the password to connect, which kinda defeats the whole purpose of having it headless. It's Ubuntu 7.something, I might blow it away and put 8 on there instead. But that's down the road a ways.

The other issue I'm having is in regards to streaming video, I'm thinking that the ol' PIII ain't up for it, network congestion, or a combination of both. Once this build is done, I'll get cracking on the fine tuning of the home network--been looking into some 3rd party ROM flashes for the router.

Paint wise, I'm thinking waterdrops. Simple to do, and looks badassed.

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Yes, I know. I've been promising updates for what, the last YEAR?!? And I really haven't delivered. That's going to change tomorrow. I've got the next two off, everything I need I already have (sans the paint, but it too freaking hot right now, lest I lay paint @ 3 am, and that just ain't gonna cut it), so there's really no excuse whatsoever right?

One minor update to add as well--I've pulled the 200 gig hard drive and put it on blue for the time being for storage purposes. The Mrs. and I are looking at a house out in the 'burbs (if you can call Slum Prairie...errr Sun Prairie the 'burbs of Great Falls) that has an absolutely huge 3 car garage (the single car portion is partitioned off from the double bay door--guess where the CLIMATE CONTROLLED shop is?!?!?!?) that's well within our price range, and if this goes through, I will feasibly be able to mod year around, with minimum issues concerning dust (it's that well insulated and whatnot) for when I'm throwing down paint. I'm still shooting for a complete hardware update on the FCS, or (more probable) just transplanting hardware if and when I decide to upgrade Frankenstripe/Blue.

Pics coming tomorrow. Most likely bare metal, with the slight chance of primer. Ditto Frank. I'll be a painting madman as soon as the sun goes down.