it has been a year since i mod. (it has been a while)
well i did try to do a window cut but it sucks.

now it is time to re-polish my skills.


Picture of the day


This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Apr 9 2015, 05:47 PM

day 1
a piece of metal was cut.


sanding and sanding and sanding took the whole day.


This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Feb 20 2011, 11:44 PM

day 2

the piece of metal was bend.
by using bender

or

should i say



result of the piece of metal






This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Feb 20 2011, 11:48 PM

day 3

some hint of what i am working on







This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Feb 20 2011, 11:55 PM

the answer

the project powermac g5







This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Feb 21 2011, 12:01 AM

this is nice bro.. custom made ar?

wah.. u bent it with that hammer??

whats that ?

bro, give some tips on how you bent the metal. really want to learn here. still cannot get the right bend whatever i try

that grill come from a type of case.

by using that hammer. result is better than i thought.
hehe... u will know soon. <modding a case with that type of grill and io at the back >

u clamp it properly. than whack it like a mad-man using that hammer.
but before that, remember to make a grove on the bend. it helps to make tight bend.

i will do some guide when got chance.

This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Feb 11 2011, 12:55 AM

a pci slot/rack?
if it is so... can i have the dimension drawing?
(seriously if it is a pci slot rack... can i know the flat dimension??? please....)

how long did it took for u to get that actual bent on the alu??

it looks nice .. intrested on knowing the flat dimension as well

yup it is.
hopefully this helps



just a rough estimation.
remember, the motherboard spacer is 6.5mm

This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Feb 20 2011, 11:53 PM

u mean the time of the process of bending?
1 min
(really)
just hit it with the hammer. but the clamping takes some time.

cutting and filling took whole day.
(BTW, when i say a day, it takes from morning 9am to 5pm non stop)

This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Feb 11 2011, 01:00 AM

u have the touch man..it's a day work
must be patient enuf...credit to u bro...gud job..

thanks man
I have never have a good casing to refer some dimensional measurement

and if to refer to my current case
it's like making art out of a turd-the best you can make out of it is still a pile of $#!+...

I'll save this for some future mods
thank again

nice bend,man.
keep it on

thanks.

well.

i managed to dig out my ancient camera, an old nikon 3200 3.2 MegaPixel (ya, u heard it right ).
unexpectedly, still working, always thought that it broken.

bought the battery and a small tripod.

i guess future picture will turn out better than current 5MP camera phone.

stay tune, and be surprise.

surprise 1

i remake the back bracket.
this time took 3 days to do it.



countersunk rivet


surprise 2

anyone manage to guess it?

wow, mac pro casing !!
u bought from forumer ??

just powermac g5.



This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Feb 20 2011, 11:15 PM

time to update?




arcylic was cut to precise size.


a bracket was also created to hold the psu.




arcylic pieces was place.

sorry for the late coming update.
my work just started. no free time.

2nd update of the day.
work done today.


i broke my saw.

replacement rm2 saw just to finish the last cut.


the saw broke when saw this




at 1st i thought is aluminiium. but magnet stuck to it.
the cut took 3 times longer compare to aluminiium.


This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Mar 14 2011, 07:09 PM

wow bro tjay_tj you are damn good in making bracket, can custom make one for me? lol

well the result is not as nice as expected.
thanks anyway

yay~ new update.

tap the bracket using screw ( cant find tapper in this country )


also the spacer is placed.




original mac hdd cage




problem :wallbash:




the hdd cage will hit the motherboard.

well i guess i had to find the solution.

some other things





this lian li bracket will be placed infront as intake

thanks for watching and
see you soon.

wah dude, u build ur own apple g5 casing ah?

u started long ago lolz
doing precise works eh?
wish u all the best
looking forward to seeing ur outcome
very nice work u've done so far

bro,

how did you tapped the screw holes using screw? on alu is it? using normal screws?

no. just mod a used one to fit standard motherboard.

just started 2 month ago. yea. all the pieces need to be exact. error of millimeter will cause the piece to be unusable.

any error made will cost ur time and effort as well

ya, it is aluminium, and thin sheet of it so it is not that hard.
just screw the screw into the hole drill a little slightly smaller than the screw. u may wan to put some lube . go thru the thread slowly.
u might wan to try on scrap before on the real thing.


ya, i already scrap 3 or my previous bracket. spend 1 week each to make it.

lol very nais.. so clean... cannot believe this is handmade liao....

nice

This post has been edited by wind-x: Mar 20 2011, 11:16 AM

been facing quite a few small problem.

1st is the hdd cage. (not enough space for it and the g5 air baffle /deflector in place)



2nd is the front IO cable. (not long enough for it to reach, i managed to burn a speaker by plugging in the wrong pin )

before giving up or taking some rest form modding.
i managed to do some test fitting with some hardware.

hardware use will be going in the g5 case.

processor - intel i5 750
motherboard - asus p7p55d-e-pro
ram - corsair xms3 2x2 gb
graphic - gigabyte gtx 260+
psu - gigabyte odin gt 550w (not seen yet)
hdd - WD 808gb (not seen yet)






u can see about the wire will have no space to route once the psu placed.




the g5 and my current lian li g7b


hardware gutted out

that is all.
more work is being done. seen u soon.

mac win

well. this project is not dead, yet.

just been facing with lot of difficulty and stupid error.

as u can see. i have started the back io port mod



make a bracket for the io port to be fitted to the case.



as u can see. it didnt fit :wallbash:



looks like i made the wrong way :wallbash:





will try to fit it before finishing other part.

before than.

replacement for the apple hdd tray

this



or this



thanks for taking a look.

I would go for this one cause in my opinion,easier to remove the hdd then the second option
Second option will be pain in ass to remove HDD once you install it in vertical ish to the case

Wanna swap with my V1000??

Im looking for such case for long time edi~

This post has been edited by gengstapo: Apr 8 2011, 08:36 PM

sumone selling at another G5 thread

The cage will be hotswapp in order to be removed easily. The hdd eill be secure to the cage before installing the cage to the casing.

Too bad. Not interested in v1000. If its a tj07 maybe I will consider. .p

u bought d ?

well. it is 1 and half years ago.
i only start the project now because of time constrain. will have to finish this up by may to continue my study.
but, he has more than one g5 case.

how much u bought, 2xx ??

way more than that.
if anyone selling below 400 i would like to get more.

This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Apr 11 2011, 08:51 PM

after 2 weeks of trying, 2 times failure.
i finally managed to secure the back io port.





some wired things on the LAN port.




i found out it is the magnetic coil inside the port. this made a great setback to the plan i had. we will see how it goes in the end.

the soldering on the io port.



i think i will finish this up very soon. the rest is to install my hardware inside and call it a day.

update will come soon.

This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Apr 13 2011, 03:58 PM

final picture











thos who has sharp eye may notice that the atx cable is not plunged in, no harddisk, and the back 92mm x2 fan had not been installed.
all those will be fixed soon as i had to leave this project behind at my hometown.

thanks for looking. and i guess see u all soon.

OMG!

Perfectly done! If only I can get this case, I would turn it into Ultimate Hackit0sh Machine..

PS: Anyone wanna let their G5 casing at cheap, do PM me~

This post has been edited by gengstapo: Apr 14 2011, 01:01 PM

Kindly pm me to have a chat.

You WTS or Trade this case arr??

This post has been edited by gengstapo: Apr 14 2011, 02:33 PM

nice

thanks.

after 2 trials with installing. finally get all the hardware to fit in. front connector giving a headache. manage to solve it. now is only the usb port. 2 out of 3 is not working. wired thing is one of the non working one is from the same port with the working one. wired

nicely done custom made I/O haha
cheers~!!
can't wait to see ur full set

bro, do u still keep the G5 PSU?? im looking for 1. my g5 psu died on me

This post has been edited by BuckRoger: Aug 20 2011, 09:39 PM

i got the case without the psu. all stuff was gutted out.

plan to sell?

no, but this project currently hibernating. waiting to be revive(reborn) again.

reborn d, reborn lagi...

cant wait to see the full working set, hope TS will update soon ya

i hope i can have this case this weekend

this is nice one bro....

the new beginning of reviving the reborn has commence,

please proceed to

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2022313

happy modding till then