Ok, this is my first project log so bear with me! I traded my Lian Li PC-65 for this shuttle, and I just couldn't leave it un modded haha, so here goes. This is about ten minutes after I got it The last guy who had it cut this out, it needs to be cleaned up a little I think. I didn't take many pictures until after I started to cut the windows: TOP WINDOW SIDE WINDOW All the windows cut, I think they were filed at this point as well Next up, WINDOWS
All cut out of 1/4 inch lucite on a table saw. Funny story about these, and, this being my project log, I'll tell it haha. So I was thinking "Oh shnit, I need to go buy plexi" I was planning to go buy this insanely cheap stuff at Home Depot, you know the kind covered in a clingy plastic instead of paper? And then my dad shows up with a 2 foot by 4 foot sheet in the back of his truck that was scrap from golf cart windshields he had his mechanic cut! (He's the superintendant at a golf course BTW) So he saved the day, and I have tons of plexi! The etch. I used my dremel and reversed the image since I wanted the etch on the inside. This one gives you an idea of how it will look mounted. All three etched and mounted A good pic of how it looks mounted externally The cleaned up fan area (Sorry for the blurry pic, me and a buddy did all this shnit in one night, and I think that was about 4:50 AM, we were on a sugar/ caffein high at that point lol) On a side note, these are my favorite window making tools ever! (Disregard the muffler lol) TO DO, though not in this order -Decide on a color scheme -Order LED's and light the internals -Paint the chasis -Design and build the custom front bezel -Mount this 5.4 inch full color LCD in the front bezel COMMENTS?
Real Nice Matey - Love the windows and the cutouts, everything looks very professional. Love to see a modded shuttle. But I hope thats not a beige drive I saw there
That beige drive is going to be hidden behind the custom bezel that is in the works. You'll only see a slit where you insert the DVD and one of those illuminated vandal resistent switches for ejection. Thanks for the comments!
Yes, yes you do! Oh, and the hardware that's going into this thing Athlon Mobile 2400+ (soon to be a 2600+) Sapphire Radeon 9600 (soon to be replaced with a 9700 or 9800) 80GB Western Digital Special edition x 2 1024 MB KingMAX PC3200 2x512 Pioneer 106S slot loading DVD drive And did I mention I am going to watercool it? Endscape
Yep, at this point I am planning on it being self contained, but I may move to an externally mounted radiator if I decide to wet down more chips than just the cpu, which I probably will lol. I think I might be able to fit a 120MM radiator into this thing, but that'd take a small miracle and a lot of custom fabrication, I'll draw something up here in a minute. Thanks, Endscape
Yea anther modded shuttle. I love those things. I would love to see you get a Rad in there. Probably work best mounted on the back though. I will be keeping my eye on this one. [edit] oh yeah, and the 5" LCD. This will be interesting.
Wow, everyone is going for the external plexi... are we going for a trend... Nice mod BTW... looking forward to seeing how the watercooling will come out...
Cant wait to see what you are gonna do with the lcd just looking at this project im contemplating selling my or trading it for a shuttle system.
this could look very sweet when it's done, and it's nice to see more Canadian's getting to the forums
I actually traded my case, power supply, and DVD/ CD-RW combo for the shuttle over at HardForum, so it is do-able. An update to the to do list- -Window and paint the DVD-ROM -Sand and polish the Plexi edges -Round the plexi corners Well, yes and no. I couldn't really fit 1/4 inch plexi in the shuttle, there is almost no clearance. Plus it will look insane when I get it lite So right now I need a design for the top of the DVD. Anyone got any thoughts? Thanks, Endscape
That DVD is screaming for a window mod, being so close to the top window and all Nice work. Can't wait to see the rest of this project
BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH The LCD is dead. I've got someone with more experience coming over in a couple of hours to help me with it, but this may be an LCD-Less shuttle Endscape
That really sucks about the LCD... I have a 5.6" that I want to mount on mine as was really looking forward to seeing how you did it... Hopefully it isn't dead and you are still able to use it...
