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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zCexVe" data-source="post: 438473" data-attributes="member: 3878">I also extended the mobo tray with a section of the other mobo tray, to complete the floor from side to side.I guess you could call it the sub-floor, since the back panel is underneath it. This gives me a nice passageway for hiding wires.I know it doesn't look like much, but this took a lot of time planning and figuring before I could make a single cut.Mainly because I am only using what I have from these two cases, and if I screw something up, I'm screwed!Most of what I accomplished over the weekened couldn't be photographed because there was nothing substantialto take pictures of. Then when I actually did get to cutting, all I had was four drive cage walls, a couple Lbrackets and a U channel. But this time is well spent, and the case will go together a lot faster now withthe main structure almost complete. This week I will finish up the drive assembly and finally get to makethe cuts on the front panel. I might even show you where I am planning on putting the IO panel.Got the top of the drive cage assembly on last night, and actually made to bed at a decent hour!(well, I consider 12:30am decent compared to the last few nights!)I cut a piece of brushed aluminum 5 1/2" x 14 1/2" to cover the tops of both cages.Then I worked from left to right securing each wall with pop rivets. I only had two spare drives to usefor spacing, so I did one cage, then moved the drives over to the other cage and secured them.I also had to use clamps to make sure it didn't move during the drilling, because this piece is whatsquares the whole thing up, and if it creeped out of square, the drives won't go in their slotscorrectly and you get vibrations and other nasty stuff that's not good for anyone.You'll also notice I took the fan brackets and cleaned them up a bit. I cut away some material fromboth brackets for better airflow and sanded them down with 400grit.This should be a productive week, if I can keep up this pace. I may even get back on scheduleFinished the back of the drive cage assembly last night. I made a cover for the back of the fan area sothe air will be directed into both drive cages. Of course I had to spice it up a bit, continuing the wavy theme.When I finished and put it in place, I realized I needed to make accompanying side covers tocomplete the whole assembly.Starting to come together now, bit by bit. Up next is mounting the DVD drives, and the ceremonial cutting of the front panel.On to update #4 for this week. I needed to add one final bit of bracing to the drive cage assembly to preventany side-to-side movement. So I took yet another piece formerly used in the case as a lateral support,as seen here, and cut it down to fit into the side panel.Then I cut a small tab in the side of it and bent it up to tie into the drive cage assembly at the corner rivet hole.Now it is totally rigid, and I didn't have to cut into the side panel at all. (I'm keeping the exterior as cleanas possible, with no visible fastening hardware)That done, I started on the front panel. Since the drives will need to be installed from the front,I need to have the front panel removable. So, again, taking from the original case, I grabbed thesix barbed pegs off the old plastic front bezel, which can be seen here, and glued them into a fresh piece of clear plexi at therequired positions. I don't have a pic of it, but once it set up, I cut off the excess protruding out the front.The front metal panel will be attached to this piece of plexi, so it has to be flush.And that's where I left it last night. Tonight, I will continue building out the front panel, and finally mountthe DVD drives. Almost got to that last night, but a last minute structural change delayed it.'Til tomorrow!Made the DVD bracket last night. I used some corner bar that will tie into the side brace Imade yesterday, span the case and tie into the other side panel lip.I made this piece to connect the corner bar to the side panel lip.This is what happens when you try to work too fast! In my haste, I bent the bracket beforepop riveting it to the corner bar. Now my rivet gun wont fit in there! And since this will be seen,putting the pop rivet in from the other way is not acceptable.But there's more than one way to skin a cat! Rather than making a new one (bending the toppiece back would only weaken it, or it would even break off), I took the mandrel out of the rivet...Inserted just the rivet into the hole...and used the vice to squish it down.There!Now I can mount the drives to it. After some (ok, a lot!) measuring and trial fittings, I got them whereI needed them so the disc opening matches up with the slot.I had to do some more work on the six pegs as well. Some of the prongs started loosening up after removingthe front panel a few times. So I had to re-epoxy them, adding more stuff inside to anchor them better.I did get the plexi cut before I did that. Will have more pics this weekend. Hopefully get the entire frontpanel done. You can see in the last pic, I have lined out some things. On the left will be the card reader,and on the right will be the IO ports that used to reside on the top of the original Mystique case.I've got something special planned for these, but I won't show it to you until the last minute. Gottakeep the mystery going!It will be a fun-filled weekend, as I also need to get some work done on 737.Got the front panel finished over the weekend. I cut out the plexi and the metal in three places...The center hole will be the air intake for the fan. I utilized the other mesh grill I had left over, and cut it down to fit.Then I bent it so it would have a nice concave curve to it, and made the ends to fit around the plexi. The springtension is what holds it in place, so I don't need to fasten it with anything.</blockquote>

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