okay, since i cant afford mini Imac for her, i have to make one casing that looks like mini mac

so this is what i'm going to throw into the mini casing.

- Pentium 4 1.8Ghz
- Matsonic MB
- 512mb value ram
- lousy graphics card
- DVD ROM
- cap A PSU
- 2 x 60mm fan
- 1 x 92mm fan

okay, i'm going budget on this, just nice casing, no window or whatever as long as it looks nice outside. i wouldnt want to invest on the frame, so i used the motherboard as the support for the heavy things like CDROM and HDD



so basically i should stuff all these into a box measuring about 21mm(thick) x 205mm(height) x 317mm(length).






i started off with the motherboard base acrylic, drilled 7 screw holes and put in the motherboard stand.






i used 4x long motherboard stands to support the base for the CDROM and HDD.
those stands are really expensive but they are so useful in building workstation style design.







made another acrylic base for the stands







basically this arrangement is what i have in my mind, but with the PSU running naked
i'm leaving the front panel for the surprise, so i have to push the fans near the heatsink and exhaust at PSU area.







rear part of the casing



This post has been edited by AllnGap: Apr 23 2006, 02:46 PM

so i went to remove the PSU cover, chop off the fan, the power cord wires, and just a bare circuit.
as i'm using acrylic as a base, it's not grounded.
hence i did some soldering to connect the 4 points. note that the 4 points are actually the Ground for the power cord





so i'll leave the PSU aside first and finish the casing before coming back to the power cord.
basically this is the 2x 60mm fan holes for the intake for the CPU






the same goes to the other side of the casing, which i made 4 holes with motherboard stand to hold the PSU.
when everything is completed, i sticked them together






i used the triangle lining to hold the sheets 90° to each other tightly.
it's really hard to use those as the adhesive could not sip nicely.
i had to use syringe needle to put the adhesive to get a nice joint.
had one accident there, but nvm, i'll think of a way to cover that






when the top and side panels are completed, it's time to finish the rear panel.
i made several holes using drills, files, and hand saw, how i wished that i have a Dremel on my hand
the round hole is the 92mm fan hole while the other hole on the bottom is for the PSU power cord






so this is how it looks like (partially) when things are being put together





This post has been edited by AllnGap: Mar 13 2006, 05:45 PM

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This post has been edited by AllnGap: Mar 13 2006, 07:38 PM

so i removed the motherboard from the base and then joint the whole thing.

this is how it looks without the front panel







then it's spray job time !!!!!
this is just the base layer coz was doing the spray job at 12.30am.
note that the spray job is inside and not outside.







this is the left side of the casing, which is to hold the PSU






this is the rear part of the casing




the right part of the casing, near to the CPU




the top right corner of the PSU which had some accident just now.
i cut out a corner and will put SMD LED below the 2 dots for HDD activity lighting


This post has been edited by AllnGap: Mar 13 2006, 05:59 PM

checklist for the rest of the mod :

* 2x USB holes on the left side of the casing
* surprise on the front panel, CDROM holes, graphics
* legs for the casing
* 2x SMD for the HDD activity
* buttonless casing (power, RESET, DVDROM) ??? possible or not ?


This post has been edited by AllnGap: Mar 13 2006, 06:12 PM

reserved for future

This post has been edited by AllnGap: Mar 13 2006, 07:30 PM

reserved for future

This post has been edited by AllnGap: Mar 13 2006, 07:30 PM

can post now,

btw, i will be away to KL, so will continue this weekend.

i respect u, even me doing business in plastic also wont think of doing this.

Again i respect u !!!

@allngap
nice work done there bro, very very good indeed.

Dude, I've seen sum really nice touch sensitive switches at electronics shops. They come as a kit with everything needed. These wud b really nice on ure case. Then the buttons wud b just like the touch sensitive brightness n power buttons on my ACD monitor. Then u'd haf a nice clean look without switches on the outside. Just touch the acrylic n the sensors shud pick it up from under the acrylic.

Nice Looks Very pro Job!

Nice Allngap. But isn't not dangerous open psu casing?

erm, actually, by using blurred acrylic which has got sand paper surface would be nicer like Imac. but unfortunately cannot find.

thanks bro

that's way too expensive, i just thought of hiding the switch at the softest spot of the acrylic, with some pressure, can click the switch de.

the switch you mentioned should be using a light emmiter (probably infra-red) and receiver, and when there's something blocking, it will be reflected to the receiver.
but it's really expensive to build and a lot of troubleshooting.

thanks for the suggestion anyway


yours too bro

erm, actually it's quite dangerous......i'll tie down the cables and anything that can move. hopefully no insects get into there or else

actually i've been thinking of using mesh to cover up.

damn shiny man... nice job u using acrylic spray paint or what? whole workblog only see his kaki a lot of time hahaha

normal spray will do.

working on conventional tools are so slow man.......

anyway, no thorough planning makes the modding tough....coz ideas keep pouring in and i cant make up my mind

i think it wud b nice if got some bling bling

puhleeezzeee~~!!!
keep it simple, keep to the elegant, sophisticated theme of the Imac.
We don't need no beng'casing here.

hehehehehe MS Paint sometimes can be useful

Ppl give idea only mar

haha allngap really use ur heart to mod ya!lol keng keng salute