Dark Crystal

Written by Piloux

May 4, 2004 | 01:00

Tags: #case #casemod #piloux #wood

Companies: #mod

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The junction box will be placed there and all wires will return there below it .

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I made this small notch to pass the Parallel LCD wire to have the least possible of visible wire.

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I cut out this panel to shut the rear side of case. This case back panel also will be painted with black paint to get a mirror effect.

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The second acrylic part will be useful to fix the rear fan to extract some heat out of the case.

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All the clamp holes of the panels were countersunk with this bit so that the screw heads are flush.

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The rear side in place with the fan hole.

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I cut the window out a 6 mm thick acrylic piece to fit well with the case edge I made in the wood, then the window and wood surfaces will be on the same level.

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I searched for a long time for black screws to fix it and I first wanted screws with a head milled for Allen wrench. The only place where I could buy some of them sold them by 1000 pieces boxes. I then had decided to use the same screws which were used for the fixing of the structure of the case but I needed to shorten them with the Dremel because they were too long.

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Black Paint on every panel. 3 coats were necessary in order to make good opacity with the sources of light which will be placed behind these panels.

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And here you can see the shiny Darkcrystal effect.
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