Modding Ammo Case (First Mod)

[Gumbatron]

Hi all,
Here's my first mod. It's an old Ammo case I bought from Aussie Disposals for $20. This case is ROCK SOLID. Its made from about 3mm Galvanised steel plate .

Internal Hardware is as per my Sig (current System) with 2 X 80mm & 1 X 120mm red LED fans and a 60mm Xeon CPU fan (It's a bit loud but pumps more air than the other fans combined ). Controlling these are 2 Home Made Diode Bus Fan controllers, Which probably can't be seen in these pics since I added it a little later. Full credit to cpemma for the Diode Bus idea.

I was originally going to paint it Army green, but once I stripped off the old paint I thought the Galvanised Iron looked cool.

Neway here are some pics. Hope you like it.

Externals:




There's another one of these handles on the bottom. Which helps cos it weighs almost 20 kgs


Got this Power Plug & Switch off an old external CD Rom Caddy


Internals:
The Black box behind the DVD Rom houses the Fan Speed controllers.



This was my only close call. I didn't take into account the Graphics card when figuring out if everything would fit. The RAM cooler actually rests on the HDD Bay . One more mm closer and I would have been stuffed


DVD Rom:
The eject is via the toggle switch below and the Blue LED is the Activity LED.


Double sided tape is great for stealthing drives


My main tool:
I first tried Drilling and cutting with a Hack Saw. It took about 3 Hours to cut my first hole . So I went and got an angle grinder. Think of it as a Dremel on steroids ( )


Here's my original CPU Fan, until I put my finger in it


Any Questions / Comments would be Great

[Zephyr]

Looks good, but I would suggest a tad bit more cable organizing inside (I can tell you've done some, but it still looks like a bit could be done) and clean up the cuts a bit.

Also, I think it would look cooler in army green, but that's just imo. Good work though, I like it

[Pelihirmu]

Looking very cool being your first case mod
I'd put those HDDs down next to the PSU and the 80mm fan blowwing to the HDDs. But nice and heavy mod

[Anthony]

Cool first mod...

[Gipo]

top dog!

[Gumbatron]

Thanks for the nice commnets guys.

Here's a pic of the Fan Speed controllers I took 30 seconds ago. As you can see the top of my case also doubles as a coin tray:


Zephyr:
I agree that It needs a little cable work. I have done some since that pic, but I still need to do more.

I was going to (and did) paint it green, but my painting skills are very basic at the moment (I.m practising for my new case ), so it looked shitty . Plus it rained just after I did the final coat and ruined it.


Bah... enough excuses. I like it the way it is. The outside has a really cool texture and is tough as nails. At least I don't have to worry about scratching my beautiful paint job.

Thanks again for the comments

[Yotsuba]

Awesome looking case. It doesn't need paint, just possibly some clearcoat.

Airbrush something like ARMY or the radiation symbol onto the side.

[scifi3018]

Wow, nice log gumbatron. This is the 2/2 of your mods that i have liked a lot. Are there any others lurking somewhere on the forums?

[Kobalt]

Nice job, it's got the look
I would've fired a couple of rounds in it first lolll

[ReD.SkY]

totally awesome dude...

its the uber lan rig