alright, this is the casing that i had around 2 years ago......
eventually i abandoned it coz i got really bored with it already...

so i'm gonna transform this Icutie into something flaming hot and i'm gonna put in everything that i know into it .....

i'm going to post stage to stage mod and it's gonna take up a lot of space coz i'm gonna mod the whole casing and almost every part of it.

So stay tuned !


this is the original look



This post has been edited by AllnGap: Jun 30 2007, 09:05 AM

first of all, i dont have got a set of dremel like uncle Ianho has, so i got to go low tech a bit la....

this is called coping saw alright.
and i used around 5 intense hours to cut the design out. ( have to focus on my hand movement )

It isnt that easy as it seems to be, i replaced around 15pieces of the blade to cut this design alone




basically, i've stripped down all the paint on the casing and torn the casing apart.
i know it's fugly, but I have not reached the paint job stage yet.....






okay, first of all, i started drawing some amoeba ( <= correct spelling or not ) like design with pencil. Then i made a point of entry for the blade which is a hole for each of the " tentacles ", and i cut out everything from there.

as you can see in the pics, the edges arent sharp yet coz i have not made them yet.







after 1 hour of making the sharp edges, filing it to smoothen the curves, this is what i've got.

it's a lot of hardwork working on this piece of crap, but i hope that i can turn this crap into a rolls royce




This post has been edited by AllnGap: Sep 23 2006, 11:31 AM

this is from front to back when it's finally installed back to the casing






This post has been edited by AllnGap: Sep 23 2006, 11:26 AM

wow..u used a jigsaw or a rotary tool to cut that?

cool top panel design

Wow..using coping saw alone to cut that

Good luck with ya mod btw nice top panel design u got there

you got dremel but no skill also useless........i certainly wont go simply whack casing until it's out of shape


thanks bro....

the difference is just time and effort, result will be the same also

i see luck as proper planning....so i'll need proper planning

Yeap, that is why respecting for your hardwork and focus in making the neat cut

Sorry for I just couldn't resist

Ahahahaha

Don't know what to say...

But what nessus says is damn funny...

Anyway allngap, that cuts is damn nice, look close like a laser cut...

roflmfao.... hahahahahahaha PWNED

Nice cut, can teach? hehehe cos I got no dremel

hail nessus!!!

tats super funny

allngap tailo faster complete..we wana see the finis product

nice mod.... .. waiting for the end result

original cool enough.... huuhh

cant wait for the result... huuhuhu

cool, its not easy to cut into those pattern and shape, gud work

wow just the top panel alone is already so cool can't imagine what is he going to do with the side acrylic

hehe lazer etching ar ???

This is the strip down casing, when everything is ready, i'll repaint the whole thing.










I've removed the whole CDROM bay, floopy and the HDD bay holder by removing all the rivets and will replace it with acrylic bracket to make all the bays look ' floating '








a 120mm fan can be fitted infornt, but i think i'll just need a 92mm in order to make my design fit nicely, so i've made a 120mm to 92mm converter to fit 92mm right in the middle of the metal casing and the plastic moulding face plate.

i'll add some surprise element to the fan later







This is the shot taken from the top.
I'll make windows on my PSU as well as my CDRW and put some bling blings in there.






After stripping off the metal mount for the drives, i've rebuild them using acrylic and it will be fitted with 2x HDD in front of the 92mm which will blow right pass it.

wow.. this looks much better than a whole acrylic casing

what do u use to cut round hole on the acrylic...use jigsaw oso is it??