Modding I have questions before i begin any mods! First timer here.

talking about ac ryan... there stuff are pretty pricey i find haha. though i would love to get my hands on their meshx... i also have no clue where to buy mesh in china... ugh!

why can't everyone just have a distributor/reseller in china!!!! whY&!!!! such a good oppurtunity you know. its a growing business round here.

 

lol mesh you can get in most hardware stores. yer acryans products are nie but expensive!

 

i hope to be able to find mesh easily here

yea... pity. acryans.. gah!

 

lol! well the place i linked to earlier i found through my college. i do cleaning and i clean the tech department and i saw the book for them and they had a couple catalogues sooo i thought i would help myself lol they are quite good for materials and tools.

 

haha i just visited the site. pretty nice. everything categorized.

 

yer its a good site im on it atm just looking round see if there is anythiing else that i want!

do you know what tap is needed for normal case screws?

 

i actually dunno lol. what size are normal screws? 3mm? cause they are sure not 5mm. i believe...

 

3mm i think

 

yea 3 mm does sound right.

 

so does anyone know what tap is needed?

 

haha we will have to wait to see. anyways i'm off now. hope to see you arounds here in the near future. nice talkin to u.

 

yes we will! i will tune in to your project log when you get it started!

 

The size you need for mounting thing like hard drives and dvd players are m3 (is a metric size) the size normally used on case is on non metrice size i thought 6/32 (someone correct me if i'm wrong) but i you want to scratch build your case i sugest you also use m3 (or m4) for that.

 

klkl thanks alot!

 

hmmm okay, i'll probably just go ahead and purchase both m3 and m4 tap heads =)...

also, is it necessary that we use tapping oil? and how does the application of the oil work? we put it on drilled surface or on the tap head?

 

With a hand tap (the thing you need) you don't have to use oil

 

gdgd!!! yer im just going to get an m3+m4!

im off to homebase tomorrpw to get materials if they are cheaper than online!!

 

haha nice. good buying to you .

i won't be able to figure out local prices till a week from now =(. gah!

you know the mounting holes for PSUs? those are m3 right? please correct me if i'm wrong.

 

i do believe they are yes!

lol yer well i have to get a bus into twn and the make the 45-50 min trek to homebase then trek back lugging all the aluminium!!! lol i wish i was old enough to drive! o well only 3 weeks till i can start learning!

 

Hey, you said you have B&Q in China, if they are like Britian, you will get loads of metal and mesh etc if you find the radiator repair section. If you have radiators in China?

Also, for powertools I know that China are famous for making cheaper and just as good knock-offs of the top brand (electronics anyway, so why not powertools?) so why not get some of these and save yourself some money.