Michael Simpson Virgina
01-26-2011, 4:34 PM
Not sure where to post this as there was woodworking, CNC and Laser work involved. However most of the underlying work was done with the laser.
First the finished product.
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Its mostly three types of Walnut with the legs and corner sconce made from Dyed maple. Its designed to enclose a very large PC with large CPU and graphics card. IE room and good heat disipation.
Now for the design.
179865
With my laser I created a carcass that holds the actual PC. Its self contained so all buttons, power, fans, ect are in this carcass. This allows you to get the machine working before its inclosed in wood.
In the photo above the carcass is sandwitched betweeen the top of the piece and the bottom. A threaded rod goes through the legs, top, carcass, and into the top with threaded inserts. ITs designed to handle wood movement.
The actual front, sides, and back pieces are Walnut Veneer on to 3/4" hardboard. They were then cut with the laser. These pieces are then inserted into walnut corner pieces and screwed in place. The sconces were CNCed and glued to the corners just before finishing.
The Front and sides are just slipped into position and held in place with back piece that is screwed into place.
179863
I did not like the look of the drives so I used the CNC to carve out a piece of walnut. It has 4 magnets that stick to 4 magnets mounted on the inside of the front of the case.
The slots in the front of the cover was cut with a laser.
The whole thing is coated with 5 coats of Shellac, buffed slightly to remove the gloss.
All in all it works very well the case maintains a solid 44c-50c under load.
First the finished product.
179864
Its mostly three types of Walnut with the legs and corner sconce made from Dyed maple. Its designed to enclose a very large PC with large CPU and graphics card. IE room and good heat disipation.
Now for the design.
179865
With my laser I created a carcass that holds the actual PC. Its self contained so all buttons, power, fans, ect are in this carcass. This allows you to get the machine working before its inclosed in wood.
In the photo above the carcass is sandwitched betweeen the top of the piece and the bottom. A threaded rod goes through the legs, top, carcass, and into the top with threaded inserts. ITs designed to handle wood movement.
The actual front, sides, and back pieces are Walnut Veneer on to 3/4" hardboard. They were then cut with the laser. These pieces are then inserted into walnut corner pieces and screwed in place. The sconces were CNCed and glued to the corners just before finishing.
The Front and sides are just slipped into position and held in place with back piece that is screwed into place.
179863
I did not like the look of the drives so I used the CNC to carve out a piece of walnut. It has 4 magnets that stick to 4 magnets mounted on the inside of the front of the case.
The slots in the front of the cover was cut with a laser.
The whole thing is coated with 5 coats of Shellac, buffed slightly to remove the gloss.
All in all it works very well the case maintains a solid 44c-50c under load.