Ok I have a square wooden base atm (old coffeetable type thing i'm ripping to pieces) The wood itself has been polished considerabally alot over the year (Mr Sheen or somethgin no doubt )... anyway i'm going to be mounting a motherboard and Power supply onto it... so the back of the motherboard will be hovering about the wood.... is there anything i need to consider? as in firehazard or anything?.... i'm guessin behind the cpu socket gets quite hot.... (would i be best cutting a small inlay into the wood behind it? so its alittle futer away?) Any adive plz (p.s this is my FISRT MOD although i've build other things in wood before.... nice news paper rack... small wall mounted shelfing unit with drawer and doored section... (hmm a computer in a wall cabinet... hmm ) )
Nothing wiill catch on fire, because the combusting temp of wood is like 800 degrees, so youll never get that hot because the computer will malfunction long before then. you should have the motherboard on standoffs though, just so theres no chance of a piece of metal falling underneith the board and causing shorts. other than that, your fine, dont forget to make a project log if this will be an ongoing thing and not a one day job.
um i might well do a project log (will see how it starts off... it it starts off well then i will), i'm going to be using the small mount screw things into the wood (Hopefully)
Well, you also nead to read the bottle of that polish. If it says "Flamible" there might be a problem.
most polishes arnt flamable after they have dried... however im sure if you are using napalm or something shiney like that it may be a problem if you have 1/8" standoffs the wood will not get much hotter then room tempature.
Even if the whole thing is soaked in napalm, the normal operating temperatures of PC hardware can't ignite anything. No polishes will remain flammable after they're applied.
Assuming the Psu or something doesnt go up in flames .... its happened to me before.... lost a nice set of curtains to it Hopefully starting work today as soon as i can find myself a lift into livi to get a few bits
Most PC fires are caused by dust and shorts. If you had a short, you could get pretty crazy temperatures very quickly, too. Use filters to try and prevent dust (this is assuming this is in a closed environmnt). Filters are good for your fans note: the above advice was drawn from principle and isn't endorsed by anyone, least of all the author
