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Topic: Moki gets bored, mods a case (Read 12499 times)
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Nerf
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He was going for the whole steampunk look, I think it came out pretty damn good for his first try.
The spigot knob on the front is the CPU fanspeed controller.
He's ordering some brass claw feet for it too.
Working on a keyboard next, and probably a few monitor casings.
Thoughts, comments, ideas, etc are all appreciated.
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« Last Edit: December 21, 2010, 11:38:10 AM by Nerf »
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Margalis
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Thoughts, comments, ideas, etc are all appreciated.
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vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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stu
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Damn. Nice case. I might have gone with a red light instead of blue, but other than that, it's sleek. Make sure you post pics once the claw feet are on!
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Nerf
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The light is either coming off or going green, we're trying to figure out if we can cut off the blue light on the power supply, too.
They were already there, fans or somesuch iirc, and we forgot about them.
Also, anyone know what the going rate is for cases like this? Could use some extra cash for umm...textbooks..yeah...textbooks.
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Most of the hand-made casemods seem to go for $300 to $500., from what I've seen. Strangely, steampunk casemods seem to be very rare (eBay shows none at all, Google shows mostly a couple of examples, reported repeatedly). My only suggestion would be a couple of analog needle gauges showing temps, or maybe just one for case ambient temp and another that flicks back and forth with HD access. Most of the ones I found through Google seem way over-done, stuff stuck on to make them look more archaic but just making them look cluttered.
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If it is steampunk, shouldn't it be water-cooled?
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If it is steampunk, shouldn't it be water-cooled?
Nah it should have a big pair of bellows, hissing ominously  Nice case :) |
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That's Bayer, he's probably 5 or 6, give or take 3 years. Absolutely vicious too, his breath could strip paint, and he just loooves to get in your face.
Also about 20lbs if the picture makes him look bigger than he is, he's due for a haircut as well.
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Hammered copper for the paneling would look good, along with, as was suggested earlier, analog gauges.
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Your dad is adorable! I want to scratch his tummy!
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That is a sweet case! What kind of set up does he have to make them?
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That case is shit hot. |
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stu
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Suspending the case over 1/4 in. rectangular frame tubing might look cooler, since the claws may not go with the smooth look your Pop has created.
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Dear Diary,
Jackpot!
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Salamok
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That is a sweet case! What kind of set up does he have to make them?
a saw and a drill? probably has a tape measure too! |
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Grand Design
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He's ordering some brass claw feet for it too.
Please post a pic when those are intact. That's just awesome. |
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I wish my dad's computer hobby resulted in things that looked that good - mine just orders cheap broken laptops off of eBay and rebuilds them into Frankenstein's monsters. I guess it keeps him out of my mom's way in his retirement, but I wish he'd stop bugging me to raid the company recycling room before I go visit them.  |
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awesome. That's a father to be proud of. Truly well done.
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That Keyboard is awesome
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Sky
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I have a sudden urge to try to find an old typewriter and steal its keys.
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That Keyboard is awesome
Fuck that whole setup is awesome. I need it. |
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Signe
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The keyboard is nice looking maybe as a novelty or a knick knack or something, but I can't imagine that it's all that nice to type on.
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This steampunk case mod is on boingboing today: http://www.datamancer.net/archbishop/archbishop.htmThe keyboard is nice looking maybe as a novelty or a knick knack or something, but I can't imagine that it's all that nice to type on.
That keyboard is mentioned by a novelist on the above link: "I have one of Datamancer's steampunk keyboards at my office and it's just fantastic -- a clicky-clacky pleasure to write on." |
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« Last Edit: August 11, 2008, 06:52:01 AM by Tale »
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Signe
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I don't want to clickity clackity when I write. I'm sure he's just forcing himself to enjoy it because it looks nice. Although I would enjoy a good steampunk atmosphere in an MMO, or enjoy looking at steam punky thingies people make, I also don't want a bunch of steam punky looking stuff lying around my house. I think I've mentioned it before but I'm not a very "collection" oriented person. I keep my house as minimal as I can, with just a few treasures collected here and there. Collections = Dust.
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schild
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I don't want to clickity clackity when I write. I'm sure he's just forcing himself to enjoy it because it looks nice. Clicky clicky is the only way to write. |
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Clicky clicky is the only way to write get murdered by those who live with you.
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I miss the old 'clicky' IBM keyboards. Those were awesome.
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Oh wow, one of those steampunk keyboards is made out of Das Keyboard clicky switches. |
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Signe
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I used to clicky clicky to write, too, but that was olden days. Keyboards are easier now. Easier is better, in my opinion. I don't want the olden days back.
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Nerf
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Keyboard finished tonight, fully functional but I prefer my standard keyboard, just not used to the keys etc yet.   |
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schild
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I would gut it and redo the "wood." I like the keys though.
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The "Panic' key was a nice touch.
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Miasma
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Did your dad do that or was it purchased? Because that's a pretty sweet keyboard (aesthetics wise not functionality) and he could probably make some money selling those.
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Nerf
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He made both the keyboard and the case, but that will be the last keyboard we do. We could have done 20 cases or more in the time it took to knock out that one keyboard.
They're both for sale too, although it looks like one of the doctors my brother works for is going to snatch them both up.
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