Building in a wooden case? would it work?

[WoodyWoo]

Im planning to upgrade from my old case, its not that great anymore and doesn't even have a 2.5" drive bay. I work as a wood worker on the side and wanted to make a custom, fully enclosed, TG case, but I have never done something like this. My main worry is the smell that could be released when the system is up to temperature. my main and planed wood of choice was to be Red Gum, for its sturdiness and all round colour, but I know when it heats up( not to the point of burning) it can smell ALOT, I only usually smell it when Im using it on the lathe or if its in left in the shed on a hot day. i just dont want to have the smell constantly and i worry that the smell(particles) could hurt my components.

[Anghammarad]

There are several Modder Cases in the wild, that have been made from wood. 

 

Now not regarding any desk builds, the most desktop builds still had some metal pieces to hold the parts... 

 

Else keep some distance to the wood with standoffs so that there is no direct connection with the parts that get hot. and keep in mind a good air ventialtion/cooling.

 

If the wood gets smoldering, then there is something seriously wrong with the case/mod/system.

[Pauleft]

10 hours ago, Anghammarad said:

There are several Modder Cases in the wild, that have been made from wood. 

 

Now not regarding any desk builds, the most desktop builds still had some metal pieces to hold the parts... 

 

Else keep some distance to the wood with standoffs so that there is no direct connection with the parts that get hot. and keep in mind a good air ventialtion/cooling.

 

If the wood gets smoldering, then there is something seriously wrong with the case/mod/system.

So essentially don't burn your house down

[Thready]

I'd love to have a wooden case. I figure I would have metal internals to house the MB and HDDs but the outside body would be wooden.

 

Is that your plan or are you trying to go for all wood?

[Ravendarat]

Nope its not gonna heat the wood up that much provided you have good air flow. The direct heat of computer pars dont produce anywhere near as much radiant heat. Build on my friend 

[WoodyWoo]

9 hours ago, Thready said:

I'd love to have a wooden case. I figure I would have metal internals to house the MB and HDDs but the outside body would be wooden.

 

Is that your plan or are you trying to go for all wood?

As much as possible, I used MDF as a test bench before and that was fine, but I was going to try and watercool it as well, i wanted to use a very thick wood to try and have the Radiators segmented into it so you can only see the tubing running out of it. 

[WoodyWoo]

6 hours ago, Ravendarat said:

Nope its not gonna heat the wood up that much provided you have good air flow. The direct heat of computer pars dont produce anywhere near as much radiant heat. Build on my friend 

I was planning on cutting out 2mm grills at a 45° angle then have a fine magnet dust filter on the inside between the wood and the first set of fans(I know that will make it harder to clean)

[Thready]

11 minutes ago, WoodyWoo said:

As much as possible, I used MDF as a test bench before and that was fine, but I was going to try and watercool it as well, i wanted to use a very thick wood to try and have the Radiators segmented into it so you can only see the tubing running out of it. 

Dang man you have to upload the finished project here.