Hello everybody! My name's Jean from France. This is my first post on bit-tech, and happy to share my project, and sorry in advance for my poor english. This is not the first time, that I make a mod, but my second time. My first time, was 2 years ago, I found and bought an Apple G5, but without plan, it was a great Disaster and spend of money. In my despair and searching, I found bit-tech! And with his G5 modders and specially the beautiful Apple Core Duo by Cyprio which inspired me But I don't want to copy, but just do my personal idea... After few months of reflection, 2 years exactly, I found with a lot of chance a MAC PRO with all accessories, and all plans were modified. This time, I want to make a beautiful middle-tower version of my last lian li PC-V600. For the design, I will use my inspiration of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki, my favourite japanese manga illustrator, I've followed him since I was 15 years old With some surprises for the final version. I started my mod last week, but I'll post the pictures tomorrow. jean
hello everebody . i start the most important part of the mod : the rear of case . for the mod , i want to keep the original design , without screw , or rivet , only use epoxy as possible . i used some parts of my G5 missed , few years ago .my mac pro will be watercoolded later . this is my little working place this is the cutting i need to do some ideas , not final after few minutes , the result ! this is the part of the old G5 missed , i use it to close the rear of the mac pro . after few long minutes .....the result it will be used like this with an old antec part ! yes i know , i destroy many cases during these 2 years before my mac pro ! but is not finished , and ineed to do one more cutting some updates later , and thanks jean
Hello! A big update for today! I'm always working on the rear of my mac pro. The part in green color need to be cut... I need too a little piece to close totally of rear, like this... tadaa, the cutting is finished... the result with 2 pieces ... the 2 pieces prepared , and ready to be adhered ! heatgun mix 2 parts result after perhaps 1hour and half .....( very long ) , you have this ! After some hours of sanding... this is just a first test, the final design is not done. Sorry but, a thought for Japan that I love
im working on my Apple case two but i have the older model. i like the work that you have done but i have a litel question why dont you make more space for the back plate where all you usb,internet kontakts and all will fitt? But very nice start and i will have my eyes on this one //Dahl1n
You're off to a good start. If you put the PSU on a little box, you could hide the cable. -maybe even route it through the case. Jojo is a really detailed art style. It will be a huge contrast with the minimalist Mac design policy. I'd avoid doing any decoration on the mesh area. It will be hard to see. ...Maybe an etch of Dio, (The classic pic with the star on his back,) on the side panel? Have you found AngelOD's conversion log yet? MrBean has a good one here too.
Hello, it's me again, and last update of the week. DesignBlueprinter, thanks. The mod will be a little bit spécial. Hello Cheapskate! a jojo's fan? My favorite character is Jôsuke Higashikata of part 4 For the design's case, it's a surprise, but I want something that a jojo's fan can say: oh! a jojo case! for the PSU, I'll do a mpdc-x modding with the new antec 850 hcp current pro that I'm waiting for in france... Yes, I found all other cases mod, there is a lot of apple's case fan this year. Dahl1n , hi ! i need to do a better finish and erase all scratchs to be perfect... next week , i need to finish the rear ... close this and cut these parts ..... jean
hello everybody after several days absence , i have new pictures of my project . i adhered 4 screws for the inside's rear case and the final ! i'm happy , i made good job i cut the front panel usb , and it will be closed and this is the next important step : a removable backplate for motherboard and i will use an door of an old macpro i 'll start tomorrow ..... jean
