Bolsh

This is sweet love the step by step pics you but a lot of work into the beast, congrats!

tr8rjohnk

Thank you for the compliment. It was a lot of work but I enjoyed most of it.

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Sparhawk

Wow, I love the smooth transitions between pieces once it was painted. I would love to do a mod with that material(MDF i think?) at some point, so much easier to work with in some ways than plywood.

Did you run some grounding cables to the hardware inside?
Since the case no longer acts as a ground (because it is wood) I figured that it should have ground cables running to each group of hardware (mobo, CD rack, HD rack).
Not sure if it was necessary but it puts my mind at ease.

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tr8rjohnk

Sparhawk, thank you for your kind words. To answer your question, no, there are no grounds since there is no metal to cause any headaches (even the screws used to retain the motherboard are brass).

MDF is great because its so stable. You just have to make sure to seal the edges well because it gets very porous there.

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theCanadian

bump for the win.

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Shiryu_Libra

that craftmanship was stunning.... supreme with the little details......
great job with the MDF... impressive... really...
one of the best cases

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tr8rjohnk

Thank you both for the kind words. I am working on a new project for the '09 competition. Something very different this year. I'm still in the infantile, brain-storming phase but stay tuned...

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theCanadian

Sweet.

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auditor

Thats a wicked built mate

tr8rjohnk

Thank you.

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