old case -> new look
 

old case, el cheapo full tower
looked like this:

frontplate:


front:


back:

the case will have a blank metal look,
sanded down until all the paint is gone
polish it a little
and then a protective lacker , giving it a nice shine :)
front will be sprayed in silver or gray, or whatever color that fits the metal.

to give u an idea of the 'style', everything will be finished whith these style grils:

let's hope you can make something out of it :)

neato kind of industrial effect, but not as efficient as 'open' blowholes ...

i know, but it's just for fancy looks, there will be more then enough airflow
and will only be used on lans, so it can be louder than a normal case

backside tends to de done :):


i found a bigger piece, top panel and front will be cut from this:

I would suggest making a look-a-like cover for the PSU also :)

nice grills!

i have a spare piece that could do the trick.
i'll look into that :)

very unique

makes me think "furnace" when i see it because of the grills, but hopefully the temps will be good ;)

didn't do much today, wired some fans, gave'm some grills

ow yeah, almost forgot,
de psu cover (WIP, obiously ;))

uhm.. where will your power cable enter? :p

as in, not yet finished ;)

wip = work in progress

but you're gonna keep the duvel logo right ?

WIP als in WIPzaag had ik verstaan :p

just discovered a pretty neat feature:

top grill is almost done:



front still needs lots of work:

"wiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
is the sound of air passing through those grills :p

watch me care :p

did some grunt work today
all the paint is gone
next weekend i'll start polishing, maybe a little sooner if i feel like it :)

don't forget some nice coating, otherwise it will start corroding.

+ it will give an extra nice shine

bought some junk today

hide that junk nicely away and it will look good :)
make it not too flashy though

CCFL's?

yeah they're not only trash, they're out-fashioned. get rid of them asap ;)

you're all too kind ;)

where are you gonna put the new duvel logo :) ?

first paint it, and then back where it came from
very pimp that way :)

those grills are tight as hell, i saw one at the hardware store, two of which would make a sweet replacement side panel for my suitcase pc

connected the fans, solderd some ccfl's, and putted aluminum fronts on the cd-drives
phillips writer needed some heavy modding, but eventually it fits :)

nice, i like it

what do you use to cut the aluminum vent panels?

i found some nice ones i'd like to use in a mod im working on, but i have to remove a big center portion to make it fit, and tinsnips f-ed my spare panel and the jig looks as if it will destroy them

dremeled?

and were did you buy these coolermaster fronts ?

i tried out my grilles and i got nice solid whoosh, probably wouldnt be as bad if i took out the mesh on the inside, but since this will be travelling around a good bit

but, after checking it out, with a setup on either side with the grille and a wire fan guard, the air output was normal, and no audible fan stressing sounds could be detected (indicating poor airflow)

aluminum tools:
:D


and a small drill if i have to start in the center of a piece

local shop
www.plug-play.be

change of plans
polishing is not going to work
or at least, not as i want it to
so, front is painted in chrome, tuesday it'll get a turtle wax treatment
the side panels will get the same treatment
i'm quite curious on how this will turn out.
fingers crossed ;)

spray paint part is finished
it needs a turtle wax treatment, but it's looking pretty good, better than i thought
pic of the front gives u an idea of the actual color, allthough it looks better irl (other pics give a totally wrong impression)

"hanging your case out to dry" , never heard of that one before ;)