Blue PC Project Log 13 - 12th June 2006

Finally for today, we have the case feet...

[img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/13/DSC01892.JPG[/img]
^ You may remember me saying that the wheels, although looked good, were very unstable. So I decided to use some left-over 8mm acrylic, to make some new case-feet.

[img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/13/DSC01893.JPG[/img]
^ The feet were cut out, clamped together and drilled.

[img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/13/DSC01894.JPG[/img]
^ Which ended up like this.

[img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/13/DSC01895.JPG[/img]
^ And when mounted, they look like this.

[img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/13/DSC01896.JPG[/img]
^ And when you turn the case over on its side, they look like this.

[img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/13/DSC01897.JPG[/img]
^ And when you turn the case upside down, they look like this.

[img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/13/DSC01898.JPG[/img]
^ And when you remove one to file down a rivet, you end up with this - notice the sanded down patch? I might sand the whole of the inside and then lacquer it. For a nice 'polished' look.

[img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/13/DSC01903.JPG[/img]
^ Finally a shot of where it is all at.

I didn't realise how many pictures I took of the case feet, afterall they're only small blocks of acrylic...

The case is a lot steadier now, which gives me a boost of confidence as I don't want to fill it with components - and have it toppling over every few minutes.

Sometime this week I hope to get the front panel cut-out. I purchased the largest hole-saw I could find in B&Q (102mm), which should do - though the thing was £20! That's the difference between a 3800 and a 4000. But hey.