Star Trek Case Mod: "TRICORDER SHEIK"

[Mnpctech]

Great to hear! This morning we started milling the lower half of the front bezel.

I will be using this Black PSU and fan wires cable sleeve kit for the top I/O cables

 

[DallasNovelty]

Very Very Nice work you guys are doing that will be killer setup

 

[Baez]

How's the project coming?

 

[Mnpctech]

Slow, but sure... We've been swapped with other obligations. The first of 2 lower half of the front bezel is finished. Next step is making the upper half and the compartment door covers.

 

[Mnpctech]

Thanks for tuning in and commenting Shael! Finished the front Hot Swap bay compartment doors last night. These will be hinged with 1/8" rod. The 1/8" Opaque Red acrylic plates will attach to the back side of the door. Still need to make door handles.

 

[Yami]

Outta curiosity, what do you do with all the metal shavings you end up with?

 

[Mnpctech]

Recycle them

Here is where it's at currently, still need to make upper half of bezel, top panel, front grill, emblem and david's name plate.

 

[Baez]

That beast looks heavy. How much would you say it weighs right now?

Starting to all come together!

 

[Mnpctech]

Lets just say Overnight shipping is going to be very expensive and Gordon needs to bend his legs before lifting it...

I finished the side panel inlays last night in between playing the Duke Nukem Forever demo... Now, I'm really looking forward to RAGE's release.

 

[Mnpctech]

Mike wanted the drive faces Stealthed. This mod is very straight forward. I'm using 1/8" diameter rod as spacer, but you can improvise this to whatever you wish for your stealth drive mod... and the aluminum faceplate I've cut is 1/8" thick.

PC Mod Ruler as fence spacer?!

1/8" diameter recessed hole.

cutting 1/8" diameter rod

A drop of ScotchWeld DP-190 epoxy, before inserting 1/8" rod

Apply 3 layers of Scotch 4010 double sided tape, for a tad of flex in the faceplate for contact to the eject switch.

paper fits in gap between switch and 1/8" rod

You now push in lower left corner of the faceplate to activate the Eject.