Battleangel | Personal

Yeah, another day another project. They stack up like dead people at the morgue this time a year.

Because all attempts to find a suitable desktop case have failed I am now considering building a custom case. Inspired by certain projects on the web I am investigating the possibility of doing a 100% steel design. Why? Because it is (1) way cooler than buying a case, (2) you get the parts where you want them and (3) it is actually cheaper than buying a case (like the Aashima over at Gtek, at least if you already have a PSU).

After consulting with Ferrocon I have a vague idea of how to do this. The material would have to be either 2/3mm steel (24kg/sqm at 3mm) or 3mm aluminium (8kg/sqm at 3mm). Using their plasma cutting tools and an autocad drawing I would do a one session cut of all the details. Assembly would then be a piece of cake using oversized bolts and internal suspending girders.

This would be at a cost of roughly 500Sek (cutting+3mm steel). The problem of course is that I have to make up my mind as to what and where all holes should go. A drawing would have to be final before I approach Ferrocon with the concept again. And considering how ambivalent I am this wont be easy. Just think about the LCD for example .. do I want one or not? And where do I want the extra fans to go? I’ll post a concept drawing as soon as I get some inspiration, and a working copy of AutoCad. This idea is just way too cool to pass up … plasma and a 20kg+ steel box. Yeah .. that is pretty cyberpunk