Project Ki to dō (木と銅)

[ZeroMo]

Hello there Random Stranger,

Welcome to my world,

 

well..

now that I got that out of my system, welcome to my new project.

 

My father wanted a new PC and I, as the techsavy guy in our family, offered to build him one. 

And as a special treat...decided to build him a custom case...just because i can.

 

Because i know that my father is a little bit old fashioned i decided to build him a retro themed case.

Inspiration was drawn from old radios and tv's.

The two main materials would be copper and wood, dark wood since wood tends to darken over time.

and it looks nice with copper.

 

The next premise was: it should be located on the desk to make it easily accesible...wich ties in with the first: should look nice since it had to be placed on the desk.

further requirements:

DVD Drive (so annoying)

 

Further Hardwware isnt much to mention since he gave me a pretty tight budget...

 

so i went with a

Pentium G4600 2C/4T

MSI B250I Pro

8 GB DDR4 Value RAM (holy fuck that shit got expensive)

some old Nvidia GT i still had (thanks to crypto that went through the roof right at the start of this build)

bequiet PSU

some DVD drive

 

 

so i got to work and started to visualise what i had in mind.

 

Here is a first peek using SketchUp (my fathers work area)

where its black there should be copper...

 

 

Those "renderings" convinced my father and i went to work.

Sadly there aren't many pictures as some got lost...don't know why though

 

after a couple of router passes i had all the 45 degree angles kinda right...

that was one pain in the back to do those...especially with an unprecise routerbit.

yeah.,...i made that picture with my smartphone instead of the DSLR...cant believe i did that

 

 

test fitting and adjustments

 

and yeah...its not copper...as it turns out i was too ambitious about that...couldn't do it myself as i dont have neither the tools nor the skills to do so. But i found a company which specializes

in cutting sheet metal according to CAD drawings (even one at a time).

Guess you need a little bit of luck too.

Now i have just to paint that.

 

Aaaand TADAAAAAA!!!!!

 

This looks way nicer than i feared it might look.

 

As you might have noticed...the wood is actually playwood...for the same reason the copper is not really copper. Sadly i dont have a CNC so i had to outsource the wood cutting as well.

At least the openings i cut myself. (pretty lousy if one might notice)

But as nobody will ever see the inside or the backside....since it will be on my fathers desk for the next 5 years....

Don't care 

 

Thats it for now.

Thanks for reading along.

 

 

 

[Ashiella]

図 why japanese?

[Dissitesuxba11s]

Will the holes in the front be completely open for air flow?

[Ashiella]

Just now, Dissitesuxba11s said:

Will the holes in the front be completely open for air flow?

I vote for speakers.

[Dissitesuxba11s]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

I vote for speakers.

From the 4th pic it looks like OP is looking to use them as intakes. I like the idea of speakers too as long as there are options for air flow; maybe from the side?

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, Dissitesuxba11s said:

From the 4th pic it looks like OP is looking to use them as intakes. I like the idea of speakers too as long as there are options for air flow; maybe from the side?

The back with magnetic fan filters? Or the left side?

[Dissitesuxba11s]

8 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

The back with magnetic fan filters? Or the left side?

Most likely on the left side since there is more room there.

[Ashiella]

2 minutes ago, Dissitesuxba11s said:

Most likely on the left side since there is more room there.

I mean, he might not even need to have airflow in and out of the case.. he is using a pentium which even at full load wont be that bad. Just full enclose it.

[Dissitesuxba11s]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

I mean, he might not even need to have airflow in and out of the case.. he is using a pentium which even at full load wont be that bad. Just full enclose it.

You're right, that's another option. 

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, Dissitesuxba11s said:

You're right, that's another option. 

Then we get the speakers. Lol

[ZeroMo]

hey

as i am not that expierienced with casebuilding i designed the holes as air intakes.

I never thought of speakers as my father already has some speakers set up...and if i wanted to do good speakers without the distortion from all the electronics inside...i might have to make the case bigger...but that is a fun idea. Will try that as alternative

[ZeroMo]

11 hours ago, Ashiella said:

図 why japanese?

i had to have a name for it...and i kinda like japanese...so why not

 

[Ashiella]

7 hours ago, ZeroMo said:

i had to have a name for it...and i kinda like japanese...so why not

 

Japanese, english, and german? Same...

[ZeroMo]

11 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

Japanese, english, and german? Same...

What do you mean? The language or that it is the same in every language?

[Ashiella]

8 minutes ago, ZeroMo said:

What do you mean? The language or that it is the same in every language?

Im learning german and japanese. I speak english, obv.

[ZeroMo]

1 minute ago, Ashiella said:

Im learning german and japanese. I speak english, obv.

Ah...if you are referring the difficulty...i get it...and maybe even the sound of speech

 

[Ashiella]

8 minutes ago, ZeroMo said:

Ah...if you are referring the difficulty...i get it...and maybe even the sound of speech

 

ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅis the hardest

[ZeroMo]

15 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅis the hardest

I wont argue with that...as i only understand japanese a little bit

 

[ZeroMo]

a week later...im back. Wood is painted and assembled.
Now for some testfitting.

yes i know...the GPU is tiny...but i won't buy some ridiculously priced GPU for an office PC

 

and the for the finished thing:

 

and in its natural habitat

 

 

 

Big Thanks to all of you who stopped and read through this little project. I learned so much and i am already improving the design.

Feel free to leave some comments on what you think should be incorporated in the improved version.

 

Until next time, have a nice day.

Bye

[Al3x_B0ss]

On 1/30/2018 at 5:16 PM, ZeroMo said:

I wont argue with that...as i only understand japanese a little bit

 

Hehe. Same here. I can understand German to a certain degree.

On 1/30/2018 at 4:47 PM, Ashiella said:

Im learning german and japanese. I speak english, obv.

As a Japanese-British-Romanian person which can speak Japanese, Romanian, English (Ameri-British), French and a little bit of German and so little Russian, you have my sympathy. Why did you decide to learn Jap out of all the languages?

[Ashiella]

1 hour ago, Al3x_B0ss said:

Hehe. Same here. I can understand German to a certain degree.

As a Japanese-British-Romanian person which can speak Japanese, Romanian, English (Ameri-British), French and a little bit of German and so little Russian, you have my sympathy. Why did you decide to learn Jap out of all the languages?

Simply, to watch anime without subtitles. I also like the culture, I plan on moving there one day.

[ZeroMo]

What the actual F***...why are there pictures missing...ah screw it...you saw the end result  

 

thanks for reading, even if this one was a short one.

 

See you next time

[ZeroMo]

i really apreciate all of you...but maybe some comments about my project?

[Ashiella]

32 minutes ago, ZeroMo said:

i really apreciate all of you...but maybe some comments about my project?

those fan holes should be speakers. MAKE IT FANLESS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[ZeroMo]

Just now, Ashiella said:

those fan holes should be speakers. MAKE IT FANLESS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

If you insist i'll experiment with speakers  but for my dad there was no need to put in speakers...since he has a very good sound system anyway.