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Console Modding------ ( Here you can talk about your favorite Consoles ) => PC => Topic started by: Clazgar on February 07, 2009, 07:49:27 AM
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Alright guys this is my first mod on a case that I will be doing (other then :censored:kin up my old PowerMac G3 by spray paint) and I would like some advice on it. (https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi255.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fhh130%2Fmacmasterhacker%2FPicture2.png&hash=8c09778c47aef1f9183785d5fe427ad709b12ce3) here is a quick sketch-up screenie I made. I plan on cutting out the C logo. And after that I will probably add either 2 blue or 2 UV cold cathodes. BTW: this will be going into an old compaq desktop that I have running as a FreeNAS server. And Tec_ if your there I could use some advice on where to get acryllic and cathodes and such because I live in the twin cities! In fact, your brother tutors me at school. Haha, but yea, advice for cutting and such would be very helpful! Thx!
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looks good .. go ahead and make it
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are you cutting a square out of it or a circle? I think _Tec said to use a jigsaw for straight edges and like a dremel for less straight edges. A dremel might also work for straight lines for your purpose, because it's not a very big square.
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chris? ian's told me about you. nice to see you on AM. we need to get a lan party going at the school. you already have the video game club now we just need a lan. (im thinking of doing a story for the front page news on AM about the video game club.)
but yeah for the long lines nothing beats a jig saw with a metal blade. for the small detail work a dermal will come in very handy.
for plastic this is ware i order from http://www.delviesplastics.com/ (http://www.delviesplastics.com/)
for cathodes micro center just off of highway 100 has them for about $12.00
if there is some other things your looking for check out http://mnpctech.com/ (http://mnpctech.com/) bill owen runs the site and is local. he has tutes parts and is an all around mod god
any more questions just ask!
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Thanks for the links! Haha, a lan party would be awesome! ;D Wow, I have gone to microcenter for a while and I never knew they had cathodes! Thats awesome! And Ian showed me the mnpctech great site with great stuff! I plan on starting the cutting later this afternoon considering I am writing this at 4:28 AM! Hopefully this will look good! :D
EDIT: Ok, I just got back from Micro Center with a dual ccfl set for 9.99$ W00t! I will be posting pictures a little later!
FrostBYTE: Please just edit your links, don't double post :)
To FrostBYTE: Oh, sorry I forgot to look! Won't happen again! ;D
EDIT... AGAIN: Here's the Pictures of the CCFLs and my mapped out window hole. I decided to just make it simple and take out the middle bar with the logo.
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi255.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fhh130%2Fmacmasterhacker%2FDSC01015.jpg&hash=ba1d94720725ddd11372b4def4fe396f957145c7)
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi255.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fhh130%2Fmacmasterhacker%2FDSC01016.jpg&hash=8f49e39fcba1249cdf757a4b0612fa09722aeac1)
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^ I'm planning on mounting the CCFLs here when I get my acrylic. ^
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this will look nice! one other thing i would suggest doing would be to sleve those cables, so that it dosent look as messy inside your case
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Yea, thanks for reminding me, I got a few rubber bands out ready to go now. I will probably cut the window this weekend when I can get my hands on a jigsaw cuz I don't have one :cry2:. But, now I wait for my acrylic!