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Party-Box...Countertop cab w/ laptop & flat screen
theCoder:
Tight Squeeze
All the pieces slid in as planned, but holy tight squeeze Batman. There is something about seeing the drawings, then the actual pieces in place. I knew it was going to be tight in there. There is about one inch between the CPU and monitor at the top, transitioning to about 2 inches at the bottom. There are a few inches to the sides of the CPU to allow air flow to the monitor. However there are a lot of wires in between. Hopefully it won't get too hot inside.
Wireless LAN
I want to be able to connect the cab to my wireless LAN. Unfortunately the antenna for the system was the titanium lid surrounding the original LCD. With the LCD gone, I needed to come up with something else. I
vrf:
--- Quote from: theCoder on July 05, 2006, 12:17:15 am ---...if nothing else, it keeps me off the streets at night.
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And for that we are thankful.
Keep up the good work. (And the pictures.)
Crafty:
Coming together nicely...
Good use of hot glue for all those tricky areas... :cheers:
dweebs0r:
--- Quote from: theCoder on July 05, 2006, 12:17:15 am ---I hope you guys are not getting sick of the quantity of pictures I'm posting. I'm sure some of this stuff is no-brainer to you more experienced cab builders. But I
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theCoder:
Thanks again for the comments. I'll keep it up.
--- Quote from: dweebs0r on July 05, 2006, 07:17:17 am ---Its how people who are much less talented live vicariously through the work of others.
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I can relate to the "living vicariously" comment. It is cool to see how different people solve similar problems.
--- Quote from: dweebs0r on July 05, 2006, 07:17:17 am ---...I have started 3 cabinets-- sold one, the other 2 are still not playable. :(
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So what's keeping you from from finishing one of them? Too much time modding XBoxes and selling them to unsuspecting fools like me. Thanks again for the unit. I can't wait to finish this project and build a cab around it.
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