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Laminated upright cabinet. [99.9% done]
syph007:
Wasn't feeling great the last few days so I haven't done much woodworking. I decided to build the PC part and mount it to keep some building momentum going. I knew I wanted to use the open air concept to keep the pc cool, so I went and found a board about the right size.
The one mod I did first was to remove the annoying fan from the video card I was going to use, and I used some arctic silver thermal epoxy to attach a big heatsink I had leftover from an old xbox. Thermal epoxy is great stuff, held it on very well.
Then I mounted the motherboard to with homemade standoffs made up of a piece of tubing, screw and nylon washer on top. It worked out great. I had some spare black angle iron left over so I used that to make mounting brackets for the power supply, hard drive and video card. I wasn't going to bother supporting the video card at first, but with the addition of that huge heatsink, it needed it.
It's an older PC, P4 2.8 Ghz, but it'll do fine for what it needs to, and if not I can upgrade down the road. Spent zero dollars on this part as my buddy donated the mobo/cpu/ram and I had the rest of the parts in my spare parts bin.
Well, I hope to finish off the cabinet part this weekend if Im lucky, and then it will move indoors for finishing work and assembly.
That's all for now, cheers!
brock.sampson:
Where did you get the brace for the video card? I made a wood version to hold my card but this looks like it would hold up much better.
syph007:
I made it from aluminum. At home depot in the window area there are 8 ft pieces of trim. They are L shaped and already black. I just cut a piece off and drilled holes, and bent where needed.
Epyx:
--- Quote ---It's an older PC, P4 2.8 Ghz
--- End quote ---
Yep, they are workhorses for sure and have held up decently over the years. I have one in my bartop and it runs most games with no issues.
You and Kman have served up nice PC platters today!
syph007:
Ah finally making some real progress. Got the speaker shelf made and mounted, then I tackled the angled panel at the back. It was a royal pain to get to fit just right, with the laminate and all, but I got it to where I'm satisfied.
I installed a vent in this panel, and drilled a hole to place my master on/off button. I need to cut one more hole in the lower back for a second vent and then it can finally move into the rec room! I can't wait to be actually done this and finally get to play some games!
Cheers!
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