Case Mod - In Progress Project: SteamTurbine PC

WOOOOOOW!!! You´re a genious!! Great design and fine craftmanship... This is one of a few steampunk projects that I accutally find really interesting. Most of the steam mods out there are just gearwheels clymsy glued onto a painted chassis. This one rocks!!! Looove the dial!

 

Very very nice The attention to detail is Awesome!!

 

Very cool idea with the resin


Keep it up

 

this dial thangamaging is absolute friggin' awesome

 

Thanks to everybody for your warm comments! It even gives me more inspiration to carry on with my project!

 

Now I want to show a little bit the work with a front panel.


The button Start will be situated in the centre of the decorative lattice.


As you know that chrome is not acceptable in steampunk I decided to clean it off.


After cleaning I covered it with 6 layers of vanish and cut out the frame of lattice.




Then I made the main part of the front panel.


Then I did sanding, drilling, sawing, and connected everything together.




The work with a front panel is to be continued...



Here is one of the main part of this mod - THE TURBINE!


As the blue backlight and low fan speed didn't satisfied me I desided to replace the blades onto different fan and make new backlight.




The replacement turned out well and everything works!


The backlight;






That's how the TURBINE looks like with a blowhole.








Hopefully to see you soon!

 

Very nice so far! I love steampunk and this is showing a lot of original ideas. I also can't remember how long ago I saw a motherboard like in the early pictures, slot mount CPU and ISA slots!!

 

This a super duper fantastic amazing mind-blowing mod

 

Holy **** that looks awesome!

 

It looks really good... The turbine and button panel looks perfect. I don´t know what I think about those organic plates(copperplates?) but that´s just my taste. Keep on punkin'!

 

I'm intrigued by the indicator does the needle actually move when the HDD is active?

 

hdd led pinout on MB send aprox. 3-3.5v (AFAIK) when hdd active so replacing led with simple analog voltmeter (5-10v max) are easiest way adding some "tech" style and getting "old" (from 60's) voltmeter is direct way to steampunk or retrofuturistic mod

 

I'm liking this. Very steampunk. Nice alternative to the "crisp clean" look too. Keep it up!

 

Subb'n to this build for sure! Keep up the outstanding work.

 

LOVE STEAMPUNK.
I want this case! Love it!

 

This just looks so good.

 

Soooo tasty .

 

AWESOME stuff in here. Sub'd for sure!

 

Beautiful work, old-style modding just can't be beaten.

Creativity at it's best.

Kiitos hyvin paljon, you're an inspiration.

I see your case is from Valkeakoski- do you live there? But, anyway, coming from an Industrial background, more specifically a 6x 630MW Power Station, I am really enjoying this

 

Thank you to everybody for the uplifting comments!
MrBean, I don't live in Finland. I simply found the case in the garage and the print of Valkeakoski was on the frontpanel.

Xye, yes, the needle will move then the HDD is active.