Case and Keyboard mod, Pics

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I finally got around to taking some pictures of my modded emachine. I wish I would have taken step by step pictures, But I didn't, So, O' well.....

This is what it looked like when I got it.
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The next picture is the keyboard, Front panel, and the 2 pieces of Plexiglas that will cover the DVD drives.

I cut out the middle of the front panel, Then I flipped the 5" card reader panel upside-down and moved it from the middle to the bottom of the front panel. I used epoxy resin to glue it on, Then I took a piece of Plexiglas and epoxyed it on-top of the card reader panel. I countersunk the Plexiglas's 1/2" on the bottom where it meets the card reader panel, So it wasn't perfectly flat across the front of my case. I only used the Epoxy on the back, Then I used Bondo on the front of to tie it all together.

I never used the number keys on the right hand side of my keyboard, So.......I cut em' out. I used the plastic from a CD case(cuz it's thin) and epoxyed it to the bottom of the hole where the number keys used to be, Then I used Bondo to give the edges a nice rounded shape. I taped a piece of paper in between the two sheets of "chipboard contacts?" You know.....The thing under the keys that touch together when you push a key on your keyboard, Well.... the piece of paper separates that from happening.

I sanded it all down for what seemed to be a eternity, Then I sprayed it with 3 coats of primer. After that, I wet sanded it with 2,000 grit sandpaper. This is very important for a super smooth finish. Then I sprayed it with 4 coats of silver. I was going to use clear coat on it, But I really liked the satin silver look it had, So I kept it like that.
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I used double sided tape to attach the Plexiglas pieces to my DVD drives to make them stealthed.
Behind the window on the front panel I made a cardboard backing like a picture frame has, So I can slip any picture, game book, or DVD book, in there:D It was hard to get a good picture of the front, It was either to bright and shinny from the reflection off the silver or to dark from no flash. I did the best I could, But I'm not a photographer.
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I cut out the side panel window hole below the PSU and DVD drives so they wouldn't show, Then I stuck 2 fans and the power button on the Plexiglas.
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This is the OEM/temporary power button, I made a little bracket out of Plexiglas to hold it in place. I am going to buy a fancy button next time I order some stuff from a computer store. I used a scrap piece of Plexiglas(its all scratch up) for the side window because I wanted to make sure I liked the positioning of the fans. As you can see I have to clean up and paint the side panel cut line.
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I thought my CPU heastsink fan was 60mm, So I bought a 60mm to 80mm fan adapter. Well.... I was wrong:eek: It must have been 70mm? So I took the old heat gun to it and pushed it over a soy-sauce bottle to open the hole up. It was a real pain to get the screw holes to line up.
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I did get them to line up, There's only 2 screws holding the fan on the adapter, But I have all 4 holding the adapter to the heatsink.
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Now this is something only a smoker/gamer would truly appreciate. I have died many times while gaming, fumbling around with my pack of smokes, This keyboard mod took care of that. or it could be used for a little note pad or something.........I need to get some clear tape to hold my wrist pad to my keyboard. The masking tape is just plain ugly.
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This is what it looked like before I sleeved the wires but after I cut off all the sata and pcie wires. If you look close I had to cut off the mounting tab (next to the memory stick on the left) from my arctic silencer 5 because it was hitting a capacitor on my mobo, But that's OK because it's not going anywhere.
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Night
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What do you guys think?
 
keyboard thing is cool, but I use my number pad quite often so I wouldn't get rid of it.....plus I don't smoke
 
Really cool one, never seen somone doing something like that to the keyboard & frontpanel.
 
Very nice. I like to see people modding standard cases like HP, Dell etc. It makes me laugh for some reason.
 
Rite after I made the post, My cable TV and internet went out of service(dam u media com) I was just about to hook up my old dial-up, when the lights on my cable modem came alive! Woo Hoo its back on!!

Thanks for the complements guys, I really appreciate them:D

I'm glad non-smokers like the keyboard mod, also:cool:

I Didn't take a keyboard/mouse picture because I have a red Logitech MX510 mouse and It doesn't match the green/gray theme. I wanted to paint the mouse grey, But I thought the paint would just wear off after a while.

I just has a idea, What if I paint the mouse and put a piece of clear tape on the left and right buttons to protect them from gaming abuse, Do you guys think it's a good idea?
 
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