Re: DIY Rack cases Was: RE: How deep is your love ?

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

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>The last PC I built for my brother in law came with a selection of
"hole
>cards" for want of a better description. There was a rectangle cut
out
>of the back of the PC case and you just clipped that in there, I still
>have a couple of these cards, and even if I don't I bet there's a few
>ukha'ers that do :-)
>

Oh yes, I know eactly what you mean, - I have quite a collection of those
in
my spares bin too...


>The CPU is easy to mount, just drill some holes and cut out for the fan
>even that can be square.
>

Dunno about you, but not having the facilities of a metalwork shop at my
disposal, I find making square cutouts a damn site harder than round
ones...
no matter what I try, I can never get a square cutout to have nice
straight sides, or nice square corners... :-(


>The brackets for drives etc may be a problem, but again an old case or
>two may come to the rescue.
>

OK if you _have_ a spare case that you can cannibalise....

>I had thought of cutting a square at the back and curling a lip inside
>for the PCI cards to screw to.
>

Aren't some of the panels of these cases something like 6mm mild steel (or
aluminium)? - The front panel looks quite substantial, and not easy to cut
&
shape. - not sure about the back one, but not a job I'd relish...

>And most importantly, swmbo will be much happier with me for spending
40
>quid and making a little mess than blowing 160+ :-)
>
>

So don't tell her!!!

Paul G.

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