Mothball

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The term “To Mothball” is military in origin, it's definition translates to - "Held in reserve against a time when it may be necessary to call back into service"


Say hello to my Mothball :D


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What we have here is the chassis of a Silverstone PS07 (Precision Series), I last used this chassis about 15 months ago - more often as not I give away or sell all my old cases, this one however I kept as in my honest opinion it is one of the most versatile mATX chassis ever made (along with it's sibling the TJ04).



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The one down side to the PS07 is it's cheap and ugly stock case front, Silverstone certainly did it no favours here (the TJ04 fairs much better in this respect); I kinda destroyed mine whilst zeroing in the scope on a firearm a while ago (I **** you not lol).



Did I also mention that to create the aforementioned case front I’ll be using nothing except the materials I have lying around and with the exception of a new motherboard everything else will be donated if you like from another build...



More to follow soon :)
 
I'm a CAD illiterate so no sketch up concepts, this is a mental image translated into the physical form; I did mean to take pictures along the way but got so engrossed in what I was doing... You know how it is :D


This is the test fit result of a couple of hours labour -



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The material I'm used for the mock up is 1.4mm thick black core mountboard, all the cutting work was done by hand with a Stanley knife (Xacto knife); the six holes you see are to allow the panel to sit flush, six pop rivets hold the upper portion of the case to the case frame.


Basically my need for the build is a high airflow case front with a power on button (Power LED) and reset button (HD activity), I'll be installing a couple of anti-vandal switches in the upper quarter of the case front to faciltate this; onboard sound ports I never use and I have an external USB3 hub to cover that base.


Clean and minimalist.
 
TheyCallMeAndy said:
Looks like a nice case, can't wait to see what you come out with!
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The Silverstone PS07 and TJ04 share the same chassis with just a different front layout, one mounts a 180mm Air Penetrator (TJ08) and the other twin 120mm's (PS07).

Both highly recommended as an alternative to say a BitFenix Prodigy.
 
The first test fit...

Ok now some real progress - I've found some sheets of 1.5mm HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene) floating about the place, this will serve my purpose perfectly :D


I shall let the pictures do the talking, please forgive the quality - I'll take some more in natural light tomorrow.



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I got the panel spot on first time around and it fits like a glove; no laser cutter or CNC just good old fashioned hand tools and a cordless drill ;)
 
I do love a good hand tools / drill mod - That's the way I've always done it :)
So much better than the build a pc with shinney parts 'build log' that has a place
but isn't anyway near as intresting.

If you have a spare sheet of thicker material,
you could take a leaf out of the PARVUM's boys book.
By double panneling the front and a countersink bit, you can hide the fan fixings.

But what ever you decide to do, I looking forward to updates. Keep up the good work.
Looks SOOOOOOO much better that the stock front already.
 
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shadowscotland said:
I do love a good hand tools / drill mod - That's the way I've always done it :)
So much better than the build a pc with shinney parts 'build log' that has a place
but isn't anyway near as intresting.

If you have a spare sheet of thicker material,
you could take a leaf out of the PARVUM's boys book.
By double panneling the front and a countersink bit, you can hide the fan fixings.

But what ever you decide to do, I looking forward to updates. Keep up the good work.
Looks SOOOOOOO much better that the stock front already.
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Thank you, very much appreciated.

I'm really pleased with how it turned out :) Twas good to get back at the tools once again.

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Looks like it'll be good :)
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Here's hoping... :)
 
The cold light of day...

As promised a couple of pics in the cold light of day, the other pics look like renders lol -


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Time to drill out those pop rivets and replace them with countersunk screws I think...
 
A few more pics...

Pop rivets drilled out and replaced with countersunk M3 4mm screws (the two screw heads that aren't flush in the picture were made flush apon viewing the pic :p )


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This now allows the panel to sit flush to the frame.


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Internal view looking out - the panel is secured in place with 4 x M4 6mm Button Head screws.



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Mocking up...

I set about mocking up the front panel with a variety of 240mm grills and anti-vandal switches I have, this is a combination I'm fairly happy with :)


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The grill is a brushed stainless steel 240mm E22 FG03 (gotta love Nates designs :cool: ) and the switches are Lamptron.
 
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The buttons look class - different jobs = different buttons, nice

Did you try mounting the grill on the inside of the case? (giveing a 2mm shadow gap)
Panel,case,grill,fan (outside to in)
The grill looks very dominant atm, but that's me - the pre-grill photos look 'cleaner'
Spray can of black plasi dip or paint will also lessen the impact,
unless that's the plan! - found some orange / neon power coat in a cupboard :)

I'm sure someone will menton the bottom four rivets not lining up.
My wife would not be able to see that on a daily basis with out giving me 'the look'
Took me 15 years of marriage to convice her that not ALL asymmetic designs are sporn of the devil

Looking forward to the next installment - keep up the good work.
 
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