no, I didnt make the grill. It was made by a contact that we have with a guy who is a precision engineer, specialising in plastics and sheet aluminium. It was cut on a professional mill. The etching was also done professionally by a CNC machine.
esentially this isnt my mod, its a quick easy mod thats been farmed out and simply put together by myself and my friend, although when all the plexi work was done for the cost of a crate of beer, its of a fairly good standard.
The side window when illuminated by the cold cathode just behind it, the etching does get a nice effect from the glowedge plexi used, I just simply could not get the workshop dark enough for it to be noticeable.
I have been ribbing my mate about the fact hes done little work on the case himself, but to be honest you would really struggle for the quality of finish using a router or router-stand for the dremel, so its well worth farming such a complicated cut-out to someone who has the correct equipment. I will definately be using the contact in the future, as it will allow for some very ambitious designs.
ed- [BRAND_SNOB]yeah the AC grills are the absolute s4x, cant do any mod without one, even if there isnt WC inside[/BRAND_SNOB]
the small bore system they use does have potential, I will use one, just not for my CPU or GFX, it will be useful though for cooling of RAM/NB/HDD though
