Case Mod - In Progress Project Bad Apple - My G5 Casemod

Cut by hand, mostly dremel or jigsaw, and then file to clean up the cuts...

Thanx for the comments guys

 

Where are those pics you promised us?

 

Dang, that's a lot of filing to get the cuts that straight

I think you should definitely invest in a tablesaw and an alloy blade for that, would save some time when you do the cuts.

I'd have to say that after hearing this, I appreciate your fabrication skills even more if possible.

Janne

 

Thanx for the comments, Guys - appreciated

a Small update - been very busy at work, travelling abroad, but, getting something done at least

As mentioned earlier, I am using a standard ATX PSU in this case, it will be my PC Power&Cooling 1KW Quad unit. It will be relocated to the top of the case, where the harddrives were positioned, which have since found a new home in the bottom of the case.

Making a cutout in the top to allow the psu fan to breathe, left me with this - quite fugly, and not in sync with my end goal - take note the following few shots are with the case upside down......



After a few careful measurements, some cutting, and filing, I re-used one of my 1st bottom plates, which is now in a new role as a psu cover plate:



Once mounted, it looks like this:



nice and cosy fit all around:



Another one:



and a last one:



Now, one of my original goals were to re-use the original Apple G5 AirBaffle, so I need to fit it's latch again....in the original position....

After some careful measurements, and marking it out on the psu cover plate, it will go here:




And then onto some drilling, jig-sawing, and careful filing.....this is the end result.....



And here we have the psu cover plate located over the latch, perfect fit!



And the next 2 shots of the AirBaffle in position, and locked:





Much better, plan is coming together nicely.

Now, of course I will have to make some breathing holes for the PSU intake fan again, so I am considering using 1 of these for the top cover plate, underneath the PSU:



and a close-up shot:



This should go nicely with my idea of having 2 similar ones above the harddrives mounted underneath the floorplate, to allow breathing/airflow over them.

Let me know what you think so far.

Next up is the mounting brackets of the 2 seperate radiators. Will keep you posted.

Br,
Beanie.

 

Very nice work. Just wondering, do you have any alu sidepanel left for use?

 

Nope

Not much, some small pieces to finish this mod off......I think I went through 3 or 4 Lian-Li PC71 panels

Duplication caused me to use so much....lol

 

Great work! Looks very clean and nice!

 

This is an amazing log, so much attention to detail. Well done.

 

Good to see some progress man! Looking VERY nice!

 

Thanx Guys Appreciated!

 

looks very nice. great progress

 

i am utterly amazed by the quality of your work. the cuts are just perfect!

 

that is a very clean mod, i like it!

 

dude one this is finished it is gonna look tasty, i bet people aren't gonna be able to tell the difference!
well apart from looking at the back of course lol
good luck

 

Thanx for the feedback, and the input, gents, appreciated

Will do some work this afternoon/tomorrow on fitting the rads, hope I have enough alu-plate left

Will keep you posted....

 

The Bean has returned...
!!

 

Amen!

Again, you have great patience with your fileset, those pieces go together amazingly well

Hoping to see more of this soon.

Janne

 

Superb ! looks sweet dude

Subscribed.

 

Yep, bloody brilliand work as usual. Hey Mr Bean, did you receive my e-mail re pin-outs?

Alan.

 

Hey Alan,
Erm...nope...we had some mailserver issues a while back, and I lost a few of my mails - actually read some emails through our lotus server at work, and lost about 20 or something.....

Can you resend to me, please?

Would be appreciated