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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: chill on July 21, 2010, 12:40:06 am
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After completing my full size cab I decided to build a bartop for my stepson Bob.
Initial Concept
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/minicab.jpg)
PC parts shot
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_0977.jpg)
Base and Side build
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_0892.jpg)
Test fit LCD
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_0879.jpg)
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_0880.jpg)
Painting
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_0981.jpg)
Speaker Hack and Speaker Board
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_0896.jpg)
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_0987.jpg)
Power supply hack
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_0990.jpg)
Installing components
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_1015.jpg)
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_1038.jpg)
Audio Amplifier
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_1042.jpg)
Front
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_1020.jpg)
Rear
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_1046.jpg)
First Start
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_1054-1.jpg)
Back finish - speaker cloth, lit power button, and lock
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_1057-1.jpg)
Front panel almost finished
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_1056.jpg)
Completed with plexi and artwork
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_1099.jpg)
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_1108.jpg)
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:applaud: Nice clean look. What size is that monitor?
I see you're running HyperSpin FE, I could never get that thing to work properly :angry:
:cheers:
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Thanks :)
The monitor is a de-cased Viewsonic VG800 18"
Motherboard is an Asus At3N7A-I Dual core Atom 330 Ion
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Great work. Thanks for sharing your build pictures.
:applaud: :applaud:
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hey, what is that stuff that you used to secure the PSU? I went into a hardware store and tried to describe it to the people there, but they didn't know what I was talking about. Thanks.
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hey, what is that stuff that you used to secure the PSU? I went into a hardware store and tried to describe it to the people there, but they didn't know what I was talking about. Thanks.
I had the same issue so I had to find it myself in the plumbing section. In Canada it's called All Round but here's a pic (It comes in different sizes)
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae299/jleask/IMG_1088.jpg)
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In the US, we have a similar product that I call 'plumber's tape.'
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Heh for a second I thought you meant Duct Tape...
Red Green Show - A Handy Computer Desk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP3xiLKJ9_4#)
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Looks like it was a nice quick build, what was the total time on it?
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About a month worth of weekends and a few evenings. I ended up tweaking a few things to run (versus the quad core in my main cab) and played a few games along the way.
Versus a large cab it is definitely quicker but I'm more of a computer guy than a carpenter so your mileage may vary ;D
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as I am pretty much neither I think my project is going to take awhile, but it will be fun none the less, also the reason I am converting a cab not building
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I found for both cabs I designed them around making the monitors fit nice. Also used cabs are hard to come by here for conversion. I didn't want to destroy something rare.