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7TH SECTION :- I/O PORT BUILDING

To allow me to use headphones so I don't annoy the neighbours or my wife if I was to listen to music or play games at stupid hours & also give me a couple of extra USB sockets at the front I am using the front I/O socket off the scrap case. The port is going to be fitted in a 3 1/2 to a 5 1/4 bay adaptor so I needed to blank off a small area with plastic card of the window & it was then sprayed in grey primer. The bracket of the I/O port had to be cut for it to fit inside the adaptor & the aluminium panel was then primed & then both painted in the "Poseidon Blue" colour. THe I/O bracket was superglued into place & then the circuit board screwed in. As with the rest of the cables in the case they were covered in blue sleeving ready to be fitted in the case.



front of adaptor primed

Painted front panel & I/O bracket (marked where cut made)

Completed I/O panel ready for the case

8TH SECTION :- FIRST STAGE OF PANEL CUTTING

First of all a big thank you to the guys at ACC Plastics in Fenton for the great deal on the Lexan panels. These are going to be mounted in the grooves of the Lubic frames where possible to hide any imperfections in my cutting & also they will look a lot better. It was a lot easier to get all the basic cutting done by measuring the distance between the uprights & then to add 8mm for the depth of the channels. There will be one large panel on the LHS with a hole for a 80mm fan, two pieces for the RHS for ease of access to the HDD area, one for the base with two fan holes, then finally a top with one fan hole as well as special panels for the front & rear. I used a fine toothed tenon saw cut the panels to the correct size. To remove the rough edges I used a large file. Next comes the hole cutting...

Cutting the panels with a tenon saw

completed basic panels ready for the next stage

9TH SECTION :- FAN HOLE CUTTING

Now the panels are a more manageable size, it's time to cut the fan & screw holes. I will show how I did the top as the method will be the same for the other panels.

I marked out at various points where the edge of the channels fit on both sides to give me a point of reference for measuring. From these I was able to draw a centre line so the hole would look correct. I then used a fan guard to mark the centre point, the outside of the guard & also the 4 screw holes, so now its cutting time.

marking the edges of the channels

completed marking for cutting & drilling


I am using a 76mm hole cutter with a 4mm drill bit in the centre to stop the cutter going off line. I used a cordless drill & cut the hole out slowly. I then used a 4mm drill bit for the fan guard holes, then to finish them off I filed the rough edges down. This was now ready for the fans to be fitted later.

All the other fan holes were done the same way.

Cutting the holes out with a cutter

completed hole for fan & fan guard

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