Wood Case Project
After the cube case, I realized it's not good if you're like me and you move every few months. I set out to make a more standard case, constructed of wood to be strong and durable. Unfortunately I didn't take finished pics, but now that I'm past it's use (I used it for 2 years) I still have it in my closet at home. I'll try to take some pics next time I'm there, I'm sorry I won't have any pics of electronics in it, but it was spectacular.
My pristine piece of plywood!
Radial arm saw angle 1.
Radial arm saw blade.
Radial arm saw angle 2.
Gross pieces of the case I originally cut.
Formation of the box.
Marking the bay shelf distances on the chassy wall.
Measuring out the width of the chassy shelves against my hard drive chassy.
See, it fits pretty!
Dad helped me a ton with the cutting, since I only had about a week to make it.
From this pic, you can see the first mock up of the case.
Front view, notice the 6 5.25 bays and the 2 3.5 bays.
Rear view, with the power supply and the card slots, before putting the duct hole in.
Wood split when cutting out the card slots, but I ended up ditching this piece anyway.
The shelves between the drives were holed out for ventilation.
How I made those holes, with a 2 inch hole saw.
Second mock up with all the edges cleaned up.
You can see that I cleaned up all the holes and made more chassies for the power supply and stuff.
Another angle, it's sweet.
The cleaned up rear end.
Inside of the chassy wall with the grooves and screw holes drilled.
Detail of the 3.5 inch bay wall.
Duct slot in the back of the case so a duct to the CPU is getting fresh air always.
Optional plug for the duct hole, in case I don't like the duct (which I never ended up using).
Duct and plug.
Detail on back of the plug.
Side of plug.
All pieces laid out ready for staining.
Half on pieces. . .
. . .and the other half.
Beginning of the white stain process, I stained the inside white.
The stain.
Unnecessary picture of an intermediate point.
Stained chassy being glued together.
Stained wood and it's looking good! The white really popped, and lights will reflect color from inside.
The finishing nail gun which held the project together in conjunction with some wood glue.
Gluing and nailing the chassy in place, using the clamps to hold stuff in place.
2 details to notice in this pic, the 1/4 round that was used as the edging on the inside and the beginning of the border on the front to level it off.
Bottom border on the front.
Acrylic wall and door hinged by tape.
Open.
Front view with the completed border in the front with is level.
Check the screws holding the acrylic on, and the edging inside the case which is nailed and glied down as a frame. It's strong as heck.
Stained edge pieces.
Late pic of cutting the window.
Inside pic of good frame pieces.
More structure.
Front structure.