Hello all, Long time lurker, first time poster and my first Project Log. I apologize in advance of any screw ups. That being said, with this scratch project I want to turn this mannequin i have laying around into a computer. Since I am a poor b****d, I have no plans of buying any new parts. I will be putting my current gaming rig inside of it once i feel its completed (Ill list my rigs specs below) but untill then you will be seeing hardware thats very very old as a place setter/template. I want to cut out areas of this mannequin and replace them with see-through acrylic and run alot of lighting through it. This will be a prototype for future projects. Thank you and be sure to give me your input since im a total newb. Final Hardware Specs (for now, and they are 3 years old) Mobo: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+ Processor: AMD FX-9590 Vishera 8-Core 4.7 GHz Graphics: ASUS DirectCU II Radeon R9 270X RAM: 2x G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB Harddrive: 2x Seagate Desktop HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 64MB Power: Rosewill LIGHTNING-800 - 800-Watt Modular Cooling: 4 x Cooler Master SickleFlow 120 Red LED 1 x CORSAIR Hydro Series H80i
I began the cutting of the backside, the plan is to make it like a little hatch that i can open and close to access everything inside. Now that shes opened up, its gonna be a task and a half to make everything fit. Ill end up sanding the outside edges around the cut out to make it less jagged with a few body repairs.
Seriously... I have seen A LOT of junk in houses. I've never come across a mannequin. -Also, why are they always female? (Except that one TheGreatSatan used in a build, but he bought that.) If I were you, I'd SOOO wash that sucker down with bleach. The frat-boy that stole that from a department store must have been very lonely. On the design-side, you should follow the human contours more closely when cutting, and possibly add some 'robotic' angling to the cuts.
Hehe, i have no idea why most mannequins are female. I actually came across this mannequin and a second one in a dumpster behind my work years ago. They were from a department store. I just reached in and pulled them out, gave them to my ex-gf to use for her clothing designs. After we broke up and she moved out...... i got stuck with the mannequins. Hehe