Mission to sort out a big size HDD to back stuff up so... i could buy a pricy external hard drive, which would connect to 1a pc by firewire or USB - not very networkable, or an ethernet external hdd which is even costlier... so, because there are at least 8 pooter carcases littering the residence a high level executive decision making process was undertaken whereby implementation of a new box was proposed * step 1 i scored an internal HD on TCR & set up a system in an old case with extra twinkling lights lights and all components * step 2 was to find a box - thankew very much to the nice antique shop down the road who found a very appropriate solution in their backyard & donated gratis, saving me cash to spend in Argos on a $30 'Challenge Extreme' rotary tool, yes pleez the story continues............... more... minor technical hitch that the HD with windoze packed up on sunday - possibly a foofoo issue... replaced it, reinstalled windzzz & bolted all together last night, & him FLY i reversed the big fan - it have guards on the inside to stop wires getting stuck... altho as soon as davey checked it there was a guddaguddagudda sound as an important yellow cable made a bid for freedom... the door.... closes neatly !!! soon as i bolted in the CD it was FINE- tho i had to fiddle about with the floppy a lot cos the power cable was short! i fixed the bracketage on the HDD so i could bolt everything together & drop them in last of all .... more pichas to come of everything nestling together cosily still to do: * drill the front for twinking lights (mebbie a nice perspex panel or s'thing?) & fix the buttons somewhere * a lock for the door so it can be picked up by the handle... * perhaps a lick of varnish? specs: * 1x 200GB HDD (£129) * 1x 3GB HD (windozzz) * 1 Gig AMD Processor & * Shuttle motherbd FV24 = 190x200mm (donated by joe) * 256MB RAM * DVD Playa (donated by kate & grace) * 3 x twinkling lights Red, Gold, Green * on/off & hard reset switch * power supply 150V? * many 3mm & 4mm nuts & bolts & rubber washers * £30 imitation dremel from argos, yes-i * some proper blades for the cutter - cos the cheap ones were crap £10 * ethi sticker from majestical lips = 75p * case = antique french archive boite (donated by linda from blue,chl) * inspiration & health and safety advice & monitoring of davey, doob, al and steve * foofoo all created without recourse to cm or mm as no ruler or tape measure was available... < posted from the box itself ! any advise from experiened modders appreciated - this is mk 1 mebbie mk2 is gonna be out of real wood>
Hupdate so...i jus put some holes in the front for twinkling lights, (pics sooncome) i've been contemplating & meditating about how to put in a lock, so i can pick the thing up by the handle without it popping open - that 200GB is heavy - i don't rilly want to put much more holes in the case... so, still working on that un thanX for feedback, altho i kinda like the scuffed up look (it was a free case after all) i reckon a lick of varnish will make it look right nice what is this dremel of which you speak anyway???
looks nice, i would like to do the same for a server and leave it in a spot where people can see it and when they open it they get a suprise and find a computer
