dear god, how do you come up with these things? if only i had your talent, thats amazing work, i must see more, j00=win
Nice router work!!.. Do you find yourself like me wondering how you ever lived without one of thoses.
As a matter of fact, my router kicked the bucket during this project and suddenly, life without a router seemed not so good.
I was wondering why I hadn't seen this after seeing it on TSS (which, incidentally, due to changing companies will no longer be available in my country shortly ) Looks awesome man, Now i have to get another shape for my case, as this is identical Looking forward to seeing more.
Very cool PC, Eddie Thanks a million for making this project; I have been waiting for someone to do something like that with plexiglass for a project I have been wanting to make for a while now Good job on the PC; I look forward to seeing how you finished that sucker.
I know the feeling the collet on my crappey little craftsman busted a while back.. I couln't do crap till the replacement came (3 1/2hp Hitachi). anyway can't wait for the painting part with the plastic i really wana know how you got the lines so nice and strait.
if only i had a heat gun... and clamps.... well now that i think about it.... any tools would be nice... a dremmel only gets u so far
Chapter 2 getting woody Now I needed to make the real pieces and this time it's hard wood. Solid oak planks. I used my router and circle cutting jig I made to make perfect rounded ends. I just needed to measure the center line and drill some holes. After a couple shallow passes on each side the end result was nice. I ran through the same process again to produce the back panel and then check for a good fit. Oh mama, thatsa bigga hole saw. I cut notches in the ends for the oak "slats" that will tie the front and back together and then cut holes in the front to create inside rounded shapes. Once I had the two holes cut, I just used my jig saw to connect them and remove the inside. The back panel was easier, since I will be making an acrylic motherboard tray with a square back panel, I just cut it out with my jigsaw. I then squared off the bottom edge of the front panel for the motherboard tray to rest in. Then I got out the solid black acrylic and cut a deck for the components to be mounted on. Seen in this picture, I'm testing to make sure it all fits. The mobo in this picture is the now deceased Matsonic motherboard... a moment of silence please. You will also notice in the above picture that the oak side rails have been cut and pieced in there to check for fit.
I glued and brad nailed the side rails into place. The center of the side rail is flush with the radius established by the round frame. The problem with this is that the corners stick out. About an hour on the 16" bench sander (like a belt sander but stationary) I managed to get the side rails to match the curve established by the front and back plates. Now the acrylic shell pieces fit flush against the wood frame and now I can concentrate more on the internals. Using the router on the back plate, I cut a channel out so the back plate of the motherboard try would sit flush with the wood. Then, I cut out a piece of solid black acrylic to fit in it. I needed to sand the outer corners so they matched the shape of the wood. With the acrylic firmly in place, this was an easy task on the bench sander. Here you can see the wooden frame with the major parts of the motherboard tray in place.
I tried to cheat, but a quick internet search yielded no results. Looking forward to how this mother of a project finishes up. Beautiful and inspirational work.
