Project "Acrylonia"
- Project "Acrylonia"
- Part 1 - Hardware
- Part 2 - Tools
- Part 3 - Materials
- Part 4 - The Box
- Part 5 - Small electronic boxes
- Part 6 - Light and LCD switches
- Part 7 - Lower control panel
- Part 8 - Fan controller - knobs
- Part 9 - Fan controller
- Part 10 - Fan controller - attachment
- Part 11 - HDD activity meter
- Part 12 - Attaching the LCD to the front panel
- Part 13 - LCD front panel
- Part 14 - Front panel
- Part 15 - Hard drive mounting
- Part 16 - PSU
- Part 17 - Grills and right panel
- Part 18 - Putting it all together and some extra elements
- Part 19 - Eyecandy
- Part 20 - Mega Lan Party - Plovdiv
Part 5 - Small electronic boxes
Part 5 - Small electronic boxes
I needed small boxes to hold all the additional electronics. It was absurd to think that I can use something from the store � the space between the front panel and the hardware was very little. The solution was to make them myself.
The acrylic for the boxes is mirrored on one side and matt on the other. Non-transparent, 2mm.
All the boxed are made with the following technique:
First I paper tape the acrylic and draw the box�s walls.
Cut with the dremel.
Squaring the edges.
And glue them together.
And the again:
This is the box for the fan controller:
