Today didn’t seem quite as productive, partly because I spent half the day realizing I can’t do anything without the drill I put in my dad’s car. I glued down the braces for the power supply and fine tuned the opening for power. I was putting in some holes in a grid arrangement that were going to be my “intake” vents when I had my first fubar moment. The router bit overheated on the third hole. I should have let back to let the acrylic shards out of the hole, but I tried to go ahead and get through the whole sheet. The scraps melted, stopped the bit, and ripped a piece out of the side wall. I was pretty pissed, but I went ahead and cleaned up the holes rather than start over with that whole plank. So I have a new antenna hole now…
I also mounted the fan and routered out the general shape of the vent. I made braces for the hard drive, which is now floating a good 7mm above the case floor with the fan right in front of it. Cooling should be excellent for that. I just epoxied the braces down, and I realized that everything is now mounted to the case.
Tomorrow’s main task is the front panel. I need to get a sheet of aluminum or colored lexan for that face. After that I need to make the lip that will hold up the lid of the case. When that’s done, I’ll be ready to glue together the walls of the case.
Checklist: front panel, lid lip, power button and status LEDs for front panel, glue together, and… done!
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