discussion link! http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=98795 Back once again. This time I want to move away from the whole computer case re-mod. So I decided I wanted to take it a bit further this time, and really try out my skill and patience! I wanted to do something very slick and that would really stand out, so I knew I found my starting block when I was at Target and found this: Hence the “trashed” part of the name. Now… that would look awesome sitting on a desk all done up. So I got to work on plans. Since this was my first total conversion build, and I would have to make/fabricate a lot of parts, I needed a geed overall plan! Don’t mind my bad drawing, but I am old school and do it by hand. Here are the first sketches i got a lot of components in the other day, so i could not help going all out and starting on this beast. taped up and ready to freehand it! i traced the size to a plexi sheet as a guide for the new floor piece, fan mounts/mobo tray mount, and PSU mount. ooo, purtty, top and bottom off. read on the next post...
Ok, so here is some of the gear! I just broke my hand down in Mississippi helping out beating some looters! Hehe. So this will be a slow mod. Its hard enough just trying to type with this damn thing on my hand! Sleeving the Tagan: and let me tell you what... sleeving with one hand is hard as CRAP!!! More…
Mobo tray time. I had one from a previous mod, that I found would fit just right with a few cuts. Line this up with the plexi bottom and you got something going on! Add holes and you get some mounting/fan scews. Dual purpose. just a bit more….
All ready to start the cuts! Still have to add some more patterns for cut-outs, likr the CD drive and rear cut-outs for the motherboard. front panel of tinted plexi that’s all for now! Feel free to comment in the Discussion Thread!!!
That's some seriously good artwork on the side there. This looks like it could turn out to be a promising project. Gutted about your hand though. Oh, and you might want to link to this thread from the log thread. _C
Wow, if you pull this off, its gonna ROCK! Keep going! (and yeah, how the hell can you mod with one hand, I can barely do it with two )
No ideas But i´m loving this project absolute something i´ll subscribe to. At least sorry about your hand buddy Ps.Bad english? I Now i´m a swede .Ds
Got a few small things done with mounting and plexi… Look at the Gimp cut! I cut out several CD faceplates (to account for mess-ups and mind-changes) a few front bezel plates, and the floor and mobo plate. here is the plate mounted onto the mobo tray I plan to also add one more bolt on the other side of the tray to add to the stability of the rack. Just to give me peace of mind. I plan to cut the holes in the plexi for the fans soon, to give yous a better overall understanding of the plexi chassis! Mod on!
excellent build my friend, wish I had a saw thing to cut plexi like you to and a good supplier of plexi anyways I love the trashcan build, even got me looking at trash cans (dustbins) in a different light
got a lot of the plexi work done now, have to upload my pics soon. after thisi am waiting on a hole saw that i odered for the 120mm holes! thats a big saw! haha.
UPDATE for 13Oct2005 Well, a lot has happened since last time! Wow. Tell you what, modding with a broke hand is harder than I EVER imagined! I almost gave up a few times! It was just sooo awkward to hold, cut, anything! But I managed. When I was done with something, It just felt good to know that I still perservered! Well on to the goodies. Ok, I got most of the cutting done to the outside of the case. Just a few small cuts (IE the cdrom drive and the rear mobo openings.) Now just a small thing… I do not recommend using a dremel at high speed with a cutting attachment with the use of only one hand! Not only is it dangerous, but stupid… so naturally I promptly started cutting away. A few nicks on the cast later… so it is looking real good for now, I have to clean up the cuts way more. Oh, one more thing… cutting stainless steel is hard work… and it is weird. The big reinforced cut-off wheels don’t work as well as the small dinky dremel cut-off wheels. Don’t know, the big ones just heated up the metal and cut slow, the small ones really kicked ass and bit right into the metal like a hot knife through butter!
Next I wanted to get to work on making some headway with the bottom stand and the chassis. A lot more to do but I got a nice chunk done. I wanted to have fans on the bottom drawing air from the bottom to the top of the case, like a continuous flow, from cool to warm. So do this, I needed to make a few cuts, and figure a way to make this happen without having the airflow all stopped from the base stand itself. So I will have to construct something like legs that actually hold this base off the deck a bit so air can be sucked in. This is what I came up with so far in the baseplate. A few things will be changed, but this is the basic mock-up. On top of this, the PSU will sit, then on top of the PSU will be the MOBO, and up. So it creates a chassis that is sort of like a tower. All of this will be fabricated from frosted red and clear plexi. There will be several 1” plexi posts that will separate the different plexi “levels”. Soon, I will unveil this, so that you all are not confused! Haha. feel free to disscuss.
Wow, looks good! I will be following this. I was planning to mod a computer into a bin similar to yours, but didn't go ahead with the plan. What colour lights you gonna have inside - sure you're gonna have them aren't you? And how are you going about to create the analogue temperature dials? Just be careful!
