BluBawx Mod by E.E.L. Ambiense

The sides are on...

I also began marking, drilling, and tapping other holes for the structure as well. Here's a quick mockup of where the pieces will roughly be, as well as a quick shot of the backplate area. The rastering thankfully came out perfect.


I needed to mark out, drill and tap the 'rails' for the optical drive to sit up under the top. And after a test install, it looked like it was correct. Now to finish tapping the other one:


A quick drop-in with the optical drive with screws installed to check it all sits in the right place. There's a subtle gap between the drives sides and the actual rails, as I planned on putting some foam or something on the sides of the drive to cut down on possible vibration from the spinning disc.


Dropping the top onto the case, even though it's not totally assembled, I wanted to see how it looked. It was bothering me if the drive was going to line up or not. It's not perfect; looks like I could actually drop the rails down a tad. Here looks like the tray itself will open and close unhindered, which is what matters most.