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August 7th, 2009, 02:00 AM
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I love wood working so I've decided to mod my case, Check this out.
Metal skeleton was taken as base, everything else was crafted. I've used couple of stains to give it an interesting look. Here are some images and a youtube video. P.S. Don't blame me for the mes inside of my PC i'm not a professional modder. YouTube - Wooden Computer case. One of the kind unique!
Here are all the images Untitled Materials: Old case (Skeleton) 1/2 Inch Oak Plywood,
6ft of Base Moulding 6ft of 2 types of Casing moulding 6ft of custom made one (the top one) Golden Metal Grill Polyurethane Campbell Magna Lacquer Custom stains Wood Glue Tools used: Table saw 10 inch Meter saw Jigsaw all Types of drills 23ga Nail Gun 18ga Nail Gun Spray Gun Routers Belt Sander Planner Staple gun  | 
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August 7th, 2009, 09:24 AM
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I think that's pretty cool, it's a good first design, and fits in nicely with the case I was thinking of making for myself. one thought I did have though was around how cooling could work in that case; something fretworky around the front could facilitate a 12cm fan to draw air in to the case, which you may find you need. GWF! | |
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August 7th, 2009, 09:48 AM
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August 7th, 2009, 03:10 PM
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Cool case.
Can you provide more pics?
Front, back, inside? | |
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August 7th, 2009, 03:16 PM
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Thats an awesome case, especially the dvd drive. 
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August 7th, 2009, 08:30 PM
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Awesome man, I am jealous. The lights are coolers or,,,? Like the other guys, more pics please? Gimme more!
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August 7th, 2009, 08:59 PM
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As all the others have said looks great!!!
though next step should be some cable management and increased airflow for components, as well as dust off that CPU heatsink.
but as to the case, great job, far better than I or some others here could ever do.
by the way, as Rob posted Knots work... where is Knothead, he should see this and see what he has to say.
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August 7th, 2009, 11:57 PM
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These cases would be a technicians nightmare, imagine worrying about scratching the case :P | |
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August 8th, 2009, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Networker4321 Awesome man, I am jealous. The lights are coolers or,,,? Like the other guys, more pics please? Gimme more!
Thanks, | Thanks, tell me what kind of pictures would you like and I'll post them for you. I have 4 blue leds inside the case, the fan which is located on the metal grill (yes it's a grill) has red green and blue leds as well.
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Originally Posted by ShyguyXPC As all the others have said looks great!!!
though next step should be some cable management and increased airflow for components, as well as dust off that CPU heatsink.
but as to the case, great job, far better than I or some others here could ever do.
by the way, as Rob posted Knots work... where is Knothead, he should see this and see what he has to say. |
I have 4 HDD's (2 pata 2 sata) so it's alot of wires and it's an old P4 2.4 so I don't bother much with this PC. I think Knothead work is very neat.
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Originally Posted by Kuurus These cases would be a technicians nightmare, imagine worrying about scratching the case :P |
I used some tough polyurethane for the the top (I like to put my legs on the PC) You can clearly see It's glossy (I just did not have satin or semi-floss at that moment). It does not scratch that much. Now days there are lacquers which can handle cigarettes butts smashed into them =)
Last edited by unnamedny : August 8th, 2009 at 12:24 AM.
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