Posts by TLHarrell

Quote:Originally Posted by sakerfalcon If you use an xacto knife to cut the backside of the protective sheet, will the marks made on the backside of the acrylic (scratches, etc) have an effect on lighting? I used a laser to do the...

You keep it up, my head won't fit through the door to the shop... If you're interested, you could check out my FB page @ whitelightlaser. Always happy to get some more followers. And always happy to assist other modders to do cool...

That is possible. You might have to isolate the LEDs from the fan and power them from the same circuit as the LED strip is on. One other thing you could do is get what is called a Double Pole, Double Throw (DPDT) type switch. It's like...

Sounds fine. Most people do that. A good trick I use is to take a few photos of the case, side, front, opposite side, and front/left at an angle. Drop the pics into GIMP (or Photoshop) and crank up the brightness to like 75%. Print out...

For now, don't worry about what you can or cannot fabricate. Concentrate on your design, and how you want it to look. I can easily write up a step by step for any technique you're interested in using. I'm looking into doing that anyway...

For your case, your window wouldn't need to be an actual window, as a separate piece, with a cutout in a metal panel. You could just do the entire case side in clear acrylic, and paint the parts you want black. This lends itself to less...

Just got mine in for my TRON Legacy themed build. Newegg boxes showed up yesterday. Really nice looking unit, well packaged, with a cloth bag to hold all the wires. As stated before, they do still need to do some better quality...

Ah, see you can learn though. The lighting effect on it is simple enough actually. White acrylic is translucent. Light pours through it, but gets soft looking as it goes through. I exploited that in this design. Acrylic comes with a...

Yes, and it won't even void your warranty. If you need to RMA it, just peel it off.