i-am building my own case at the moment and desided to post my building progress in this forum topic.
something you may want to know:
I-am 15 years old dutch and i have a huge interrest in pc and pc building
i also have alot of experience with electronics, building, taking stuff apart, and different kinds of dynamics
i used to build a lot and it started when i was 5yo a made some motorcycle like things with a generator motor 1way engine with 2HP and basicly a lot of projects 100+
first i started taking an old crappy case apart using a drill to open those... i dont know the english word. you might know it as that anoying thing thats not a screw.
and yes my crapcase was made in china ;p
and TADA!! after a few minutes of drilling the part i want comes off
Drawing the mobo tray and some sizes
the result
and the most usefull tool i used on this project so far
so lets start sawing
and the result so far, keep in mind that i need to do all the things x2. but sofar so good
small test ofcourse (i-am always to curious) wich is a good thing, right??
put the top on there
now i had to secure that mobo tray to the case itself wich couldnt be done without my beloved drill bits.
and i finished the rough shape for the top cover. also put some screws in, looks good ^^
now i needed to bend the bottom of the mobo tray becouse the other panel could not get in otherwise
haha yes i was just thinking about that, i'll add a dual 120 rad in the bottom panel (not the bottom itself) and 1 fan on top. but i think of everything as i go. no designs. thanks for the tip, i like it.
Mooi! Did you take the acoustic and thermal properties of wood into account, or are you hoping for the best? I made a few wooden enclosures a very long time ago, and they had one thing in common: they were loud because the wood resonated. I had to pad them with bitumen roofing sheets (because wood doesn't dissipate heat, so normal bitumen sheets would melt with the heat from the system, so heat resistant bitumen roofing was the only solution) on the inside to reduce the resonance, and that smelled like an oilrig for a couple of weeks, but then settled down.
dankje ^^ no i did not, i just hope for the best however i did plan the air flow wich is bottom intake (trough dual filtered 120rad) and to one 120fan on top of the case. also the wood i use is very thick 1.6cm so the acoustics hopefully wont be that much of an issue bit if it will be i just put matting on the sidepannels.
hahaha ya little oil rig, would probaly look awesome to put that stuff on the outside of the case ;p
i tried to break them of from the inside but it didnt work and was a lot of work too. drilling these "taps" is a pretty fast process tough. i recommend doing that.
I drilled the first few, but the thread was a bit off, so I machined a little aluminum block for mine, just long enough for the tap to come through and thread enough for the standoffs. I spent way too long making a really beautiful block of aluminum, but it served a nice function for tapping. I would recommend a little tap "block" to keep your taps straight, if you have a lot to tap.
Cool idea but a few thing come into mind. Wood holds in a lot of heat like previously stated. Also I hope you environmentally seal the wood cause it tends to collect moisture. You could end up shorting it.
