das.dude's Poor Man's Mod

so finally, after an upgrade to the Nokia C6-00 from the Nokia 1100, i now hold the power of taking awesome pics!

You all remember my poor little case that i started modding when i was 17? Well, its time to professionalize it now

This is what was done before hand:


the aluminium sheet was the only thing done to it physically. lights were added ofcourse but thats no biggie.

here is the original case. i had the 7th bezel from the top.

One more thing. This Mod has been done with VERY little money. So far money spent = Rs 400 ($10)



Here is what i plan on doing.
1. Cover up the acer logo on the side panel with putty M-Seal
2. Cut a hole in the bottom of the front bezel for better aeration.
3. Remove the paint of the front bezel.
4. Cut out side panel for a window.
5. Beautify front bezel with some snazzy lights.
6. Fill the hole in the front bezel with some meshing or grill.
7. Make or get a fan controller.
8. Make a overall master circuit for all the controllers.


So Far:-

Epoxied the aluminium cut out to the case. Filled and smoothed out the joints. "ace" filled and smoothed out.


Bezel hole completed. Its been masked up to prevent scuffing.


some ideas for the front grill:-

made with 5mm and 3mm slots.

 

Cool look forward to seeing what magic you conjure up. Nice pics too by they way I take horrible pictures lol.

 

looks very interesting how you want to "refresh" your old case, subed to see how it goes...

 

UPDATE!

derusting the area before applying the sealing compound


the "e" and "r" of acer covered up and left to dry


now the sanding has begun. a long way to go.


First layer done. time to cover up the "R" again and redo.

you will notice this time i got some slick black M-seal

 

Personally I would just make a window or 2 out of this. Filling in that Logo and sanding it down flat is going to be a bit of a pain. But thats just me.

 

i know thats why i am thinking of painting in the logo. because at just 5x10mm its gonna be a pain in the ass.


in case you are wondering what is this M-Seal im talking about:-



Its a "Fast Curing Epoxy Compound" made by Pidilite Industries and looks something like

 

aah, i just understood what you meant. but you see the end of the R is mixed up in the support. so i cant do anything other than this

 

bought 4 50mm fans. ball bearing. 4500RPM


finished the converting it into an autoCAD drawing
dimensions are exact, if you need the file, PM me.


design for the mounting of the above fans as exhaust (beta version)


nice FIT!

 

what colour are you going to re-spray the door? red? green? black?

 

black.

 

you should get the entire case resprayed, put a window in the door and you will be all set

 

any suggestions what to make the three fan mounting plate with?

 

aluminum...

 

i have 1mm aluminium. but theres the issue of painting aluminium. also its hard to cut. i have a dremel to work with. and a round file. thats all.

i wish i had a hole saw

will it be easier to cut out the chassis itself?

 

Subscribed man, I have to see where you're going with this.

 

apparently nowhere without a jigsaw.

i guess i will drill and file, drill and file

 

That sucks man, good luck.

 

Subscribed. Looking good so far, keep it up.

 

Aint 50mm fans gonna be uber loud?

You could probably go to home depot or something and pick up some 1/16" alum to make the shroud with.

 

I had a fan just like that on my Pentium 3 cooler. It wasn't that loud. At the time, my maxtor HDD was way louder and by the time I got a more modern seagate HDD, the sound was about the same (fan and HDD). So bottom-line, if one can tolerate the sound of a regular 7200rpm HDD, one can tolerate those fans at full speed.

 

love build logs. subscribed

 

the fans are absoloutly silent. thats where the bearings came in i guess. they cost a dollar a piece.
and no home depots in India LOL.


finalized the top exhaust thing.


yes, i probably have to precision drill those 463 holes.

 

I recently learned that mesh garbage cans, that come in all different colors, are cheap and a great alternative to modders mesh or drilling. I bet they even have them there.

 

again this is INDIA. we no haz garbage canz here

 

QFT!! Nor does Africa