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post #11 of 35
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Now I finally got back to that stubborn midplate, and fixed it!







I also worked on the bottom of the case, to make it flat to fit the psu in it well.













More pieces being painted.





Now the main part of my design. I cut out my design on the front plate, and started on the top plate, but the top plate broke one dremel, and messed up another.









Then I used the cut out design on the front to trace onto the top.





Now this top piece, well let's say it was a pita and a killer. It screwed up my dremel, and now it wobbles (though it fixed itself later somehow). So I borrowed my uncle's, and it absolutely destroyed his (shaft broke, but motor still good); though dremel was pretty stupid to make part of the shaft out of plastic (the part of his that broke). My dremel on the left, his on the right.



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post #12 of 35
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Now a sort of funny story. My parents just so happened to conveniently schedule our family vacation essentially the last week of June. I knew wouldn't have enough time to finish this project if I didn't take stuff to work on on vacation. So luckily, I got the be friends with the maintenance guys (gotta give a big shout out to Ken, Kamal, and John!), and they let me paint in their little work shed!



















After staying at the hotel for 6 days, we also went to visit some friends who lived nearby, who also graciously let me use their garage to paint.







I actually also flew home a few days early to have time to work on this project, and flying home with my sheet metal worked out fine.





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post #13 of 35
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I borrowed another dremel (from my grandma), and started working on the top plate cuts again. Another dremel died on me; I have no idea why (I wasn't pushing hard or anything). But, somehow, my dremel resurrected itself (was wobbly from before, but now it had straightened out fairy well) and I got the top cuts done.









I also painted the last few pieces.









I also had a piece of acrylic that I was gonna cut into two pieces for windows, but in the process I cracked it.





So I got two new pieces that actually fit perfectly, and were just what I needed (one frosted, one clear).

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post #14 of 35
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Now to start putting it all back together, and making any necessary adjustments (a lot so far ). Just using plain old rivets for reconstruction.

















Holes in bottom for midplate mount.







Adjusting top holes for hinge slightly.





I also mounted the latches for the false top.











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Now some adjusting cuts, mostly in the midplate, for cables and whatnot.













Some more small modifications for fitting and whatnot.













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post #16 of 35
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Starting to put it together.







Straps I made and riveted, so I can easily open the top.





Windows mounted and back mesh mounted.











Starting to test the fitting and whatnot.











Some random bits I needed to pick up.



Mesh for the psu vent.

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post #17 of 35
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Major issue; I couldn't fit the side panels on because of the back panel I made, so I had to make some cuts in that to fit the panels. Luckily, all went well.













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post #18 of 35
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Final put together - so many cables to jam in next to the hdd…























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Final images!!! (excuse the crappiness of my point&shoot in bad lighting). I can't believe I finished this project. It has been a great, but stressful journey of a project, and has pushed my skills. This is the first major case mod I have ever done, and I am extremely proud of it. Seeing it come from concept to completion has been awesome. I encountered many issues along the way, but put my mind to it, figured them out, and got it all done. This has been an awesome project, and I hope you guys like it as much as I do.



















































My personal favorite shot:



Thanks all! It's been awesome!
Edited by xxrabid93 - 7/1/11 at 8:51pm
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Worked on a whole whack of these computers at work, never had I thought about modding one of these cases, nevermind make it look like this.

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