Project: Phoenix (PC-101 Orange Case Mod)

[BiteMe1MoreTime]

Looks like it's coming along nicely my friend, haven't seen it in a while...............

[gvblake22]

Thanks for the kind comments.
I didn't get any work done this weekend, nor will I next weekend, just been too busy. So just sit back and relax, the next update won't be for a while....

[onebxr]

Here is where the wait begins..........tick tock. Joker will be dead of old age before this gets done.
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[gvblake22]

I'm BAAAAACK!!!!
To start things off, I decided to hack up the promotional mouse pads I got a while back...

and make two strips for the hard drives to mount on in hopes of reducing vibration (and noise):


Then it was time to bust out the dremel and do some serious cutting. I wanted to get one of the side panels cut out and the design finished. The first step was to mask of the entire thing and stencil on the pattern:

Then I cut it out between the lines


Cutting half-way in gives enough material for the frame to rest on the side panel, but leaves the other half open for the frame to rest on the mesh. The mesh and the side panel will intersect each other underneath the frame so the seam will be hidden.


Then I cut the piece of mesh that will be used inside the design (and over top the orange acrylic that will be there too)...

stenciled in the design...

and will cut it to fit underneath and look like this...


Here is a view from a side angle. Just imagine the mesh is even (level) with the side panel...

I hope to get this side panel finished today, so look for an update later!

[Parker]

WOW!!!! I wasn't expecting another update till october....

But anyhow, that looks AWESOME!!! You did a great job cutting those out!

Keep on working blake! You can do it

[screwballl]

wow looks great!

[micmac]

The case is looking great Blake, and I'm glad you get to work on it more this weekend!

[halutzparilla]

your back from the dead and winter is almost done... nice sidepanel though...

[Elysium]

Damn that looks awesome!

[gvblake22]

A couple more pics for ya. This first one shows the backside of the side panel with the black frame attached to the front. It gives you an idea of the overlap that exists underneath:


And here are some pics of everything sandwitched together with all the paper backing and masking tape on still...



But when you hold it up to the sunlight, the orange shines through and you can get a good idea of what it will look like in the end. The first glimpse of orange!