Has anyone done one or know how hard it would be? I'm considering doing one on a metal side from start to finish, I believe that's just Plexiglas they use and attach it with rivets? Anybody have any tips or experience?
ive done a few. they arent that hard to do. i personally think they look best if you get some window molding. heres a couple site you might want to take a look at
http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l1/g42/Win … d=kyAnjg3v
http://www.crazypc.com/products/casemod … m#moldings
here is a pic of my brothers computer with the window molding
http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l1/g42/Win … d=kyAnjg3v
http://www.crazypc.com/products/casemod … m#moldings
here is a pic of my brothers computer with the window molding
Last edited by Kneegra (2007-01-19 19:04:25)
if you make the window in the shape of a '3' you should probably get some help from Fancy_Pollux.
roflPaco_the_Insane wrote:
if you make the window in the shape of a '3' you should probably get some help from Fancy_Pollux.
Thanks for the links. How hard was it to cut into, and what did he do it with?Kneegra wrote:
ive done a few. they arent that hard to do. i personally think they look best if you get some window molding. heres a couple site you might want to take a look at
http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l1/g42/Win … d=kyAnjg3v
http://www.crazypc.com/products/casemod … m#moldings
here is a pic of my brothers computer with the window molding
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3545 … 271hq7.jpg
Use a Dremel with a fiber-glass reinforced cutting disc, or a jigsaw.
Which would you reccomend? Would either one be agile enough to cut out a semi-intricate design?CrazeD wrote:
Use a Dremel with a fiber-glass reinforced cutting disc, or a jigsaw.
If you're unexperienced with the Dremel, you may want to use a jigsaw. A jigsaw will work better if the case is a thick steel, but if it's aluminum than a Dremel will work fine. A jigsaw will cut faster, but a Dremel is more detailed.
I'd use a Dremel. Just remember to go slowly and let the speed do the work. Don't apply pressure, just lightly touch it to the surface so it cuts a very small amount at a time; as this will prevent discs from breaking or wearing out fast. Don't try to cut through it all in one pass, go over it a bunch of times and cut slowly. I don't know how experienced with a Dremel you are, but it's not very hard to use once you get used to it.
To secure it, you can either use silicone or drill holes and mount it with screws. I'd recommend using silicone if you can, otherwise it might look ugly unless you can find some stylish screws.
Good luck!
I'd use a Dremel. Just remember to go slowly and let the speed do the work. Don't apply pressure, just lightly touch it to the surface so it cuts a very small amount at a time; as this will prevent discs from breaking or wearing out fast. Don't try to cut through it all in one pass, go over it a bunch of times and cut slowly. I don't know how experienced with a Dremel you are, but it's not very hard to use once you get used to it.
To secure it, you can either use silicone or drill holes and mount it with screws. I'd recommend using silicone if you can, otherwise it might look ugly unless you can find some stylish screws.
Good luck!
Thanks for the adviceCrazeD wrote:
If you're unexperienced with the Dremel, you may want to use a jigsaw. A jigsaw will work better if the case is a thick steel, but if it's aluminum than a Dremel will work fine. A jigsaw will cut faster, but a Dremel is more detailed.
I'd use a Dremel. Just remember to go slowly and let the speed do the work. Don't apply pressure, just lightly touch it to the surface so it cuts a very small amount at a time; as this will prevent discs from breaking or wearing out fast. Don't try to cut through it all in one pass, go over it a bunch of times and cut slowly. I don't know how experienced with a Dremel you are, but it's not very hard to use once you get used to it.
To secure it, you can either use silicone or drill holes and mount it with screws. I'd recommend using silicone if you can, otherwise it might look ugly unless you can find some stylish screws.
Good luck!
I'm pretty experenced with both, though with the dremel I haven't done a lot of cutting mostly just grinding things down, and with the jigsaw I haven't worked with metal before, just wood.
What I will probably do is cut out an image with the dremel then, put a sheet of plexiglas behind it, and attach it aroung the edges with some rivets to make it look nice as opposed to screws, or maybe an epoxy if the rivets turn out to not look so good. I don't have any experience with silicon, I'm not sure how well it would hold....
Well no offense, but if you're not very skilled with either tool then it probably won't be the straightest edge.
What I would do, is make your lines then cut just inside the lines, maybe 3mm inside the lines. Then what you can do is get a sanding block and a low grit sand paper and sand the edges down flat. If you don't want to go with the edge molding, then you can get a few different grit sandpapers ranging from really rough to around 1000 or so, and just work through them. Get it to the size you want and all flat and smooth, and then go through the sand papers from rough to smooth. This will give it a nice smooth, cleaner-than-factory edge. You'll probably need to re-paint your case if you go this route though.
Post pics when you're done.
What I would do, is make your lines then cut just inside the lines, maybe 3mm inside the lines. Then what you can do is get a sanding block and a low grit sand paper and sand the edges down flat. If you don't want to go with the edge molding, then you can get a few different grit sandpapers ranging from really rough to around 1000 or so, and just work through them. Get it to the size you want and all flat and smooth, and then go through the sand papers from rough to smooth. This will give it a nice smooth, cleaner-than-factory edge. You'll probably need to re-paint your case if you go this route though.
Post pics when you're done.
yeah i've done it myself to! here's the link + pics
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=42786
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=42786
Last edited by ']['error (2007-01-21 04:17:43)
It's gonna be a BF2s logo, right?
Actually, sadly I considered that, thinking I've spent more time on this site than probably anything else ever.Jenspm wrote:
It's gonna be a BF2s logo, right?
What I would like to do is either a silhouette of a Longbow, or our =cREE= logo if it turns out well, so both would be pretty delicate procedures. I feel confident in my ability to use the dremel, I will probably do that, and then my Dad has some good paper made for metals, something like 200 grit and 2000 grit I think. Do you guys think I'll screw up the paint job? I'm not going to do this on my current case, but on this, a damn nice case that I couldn't replicate the finish on.
That thing is so big my backup plan is to try my design, then when it doesn't work cut out a big box around the failed design.
If you don't wanna do it yourself or think you might screww it up take it to a custom auto shop, those fucin guys can do ANYTHING!
Just a suggestion.
Just a suggestion.
Especially if they have a water-jet cutting machine.MagikTrik wrote:
If you don't wanna do it yourself or think you might screww it up take it to a custom auto shop, those fucin guys can do ANYTHING!
Just a suggestion.
lol, and spend $500, it isn't worth it. I just want to know if I'm going to screw up the finish, I wouldn't think so.MagikTrik wrote:
If you don't wanna do it yourself or think you might screww it up take it to a custom auto shop, those fucin guys can do ANYTHING!
Just a suggestion.