Back to the basics - modding that dull grey Box with a twist

Modding/Case Mods by jmke @ 2004-10-05

See how an ugly dull box turns into one spectacular looking case, guest writer Antonio shows of his creation: sandblasted side panels, professional painting and near unbreakable windows are some of the excellent features of this "big black" casemod.

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Introduction

Most of you have been there one point in time, looking at that grey box sitting beneath your desk, thinking of ways to make it look a tad more attractive. Now that we have big companies selling off pre-made flashy looking cases one's mind might start to drift and come up with one of those classical phrases like: "in my day" , "I still remember when", "where are the days that", etc. Well have no fear, as those days have surely not gone. There are still a lot of grey boxes out there which need to be saved from being just boring grey PC cases.

Today we have a guest article by one of our northern neighbours from the north (The Netherlands) He's 35 years old and goes by the name Antonio Nouwen, when he posted his case mod in our forums, showing the before and after pictures, many were impressed by the amount of work put into it and the fine craftsmanship of his creation.

Antonio converted an ordinary (ugly) case into a shining beauty (literally):



Intrigued by this fine case-mod we asked him a couple of questions about the modifications; on the next pages he will take you through the whole process, revealing vital information about certain aspects.

Hold on tight Cinderella, here we go ->
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Comment from kristos @ 2004/10/05
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An Acryl Panel of 1mm thickness should be strong enough.

... , I needed a 1cm thick plate...
good info on how the paintjob was done and everything but little error in the review there
Comment from jmke @ 2004/10/05
would not call it a review
but fixed the anomality, thanks for pointing it out, hope the layout & text is clear; took me quite some time to do everything.
Comment from Sidney @ 2004/10/05
Very nicely done.

No side panel fan, makes my day.
Comment from agent #2 @ 2004/10/05
I just love that paintjob.
Comment from wutske @ 2004/10/05


This is what they call a fully-automated drill
Comment from jort @ 2004/10/05
yeah thats one hell of a case

keep up the good work
Comment from Sidney @ 2004/10/05
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This is what they call a fully-automated drill
Don't get your point - that's a good hand held drill with over 12 volt battery pack. Of course, a drill press may be more impressive, but so are CNC, BMC machines which are unnecessary for the task at hand.
Comment from wutske @ 2004/10/05
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Originally posted by lazyman


Don't get your point - that's a good hand held drill with over 12 volt battery pack. Of course, a drill press may be more impressive, but so are CNC, BMC machines which are unnecessary for the task at hand.
It was just a joke . I was referring to the fact that it was standing there w/o anybody holding it.
I know, my jokes suck
Comment from Sidney @ 2004/10/05
Didn't get your sense of humor for a few seconds.

The invisible man.

 

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