Custom made case from scratch?

[scs_789]

SO I am thinking pretty seriously about building my first PC.  Though I am new to technology, I am an experienced fabricator (woodworking, metalworking, composites, etc) and due to my design background I find myself extremely dissatisfied with the PC cases available within my budget.  That is, I have not found a case for under $120 that isn't butt-ugly IMO.  For this reason, and due to my skill set, I am very tempted to build my own case to satisfy my DIY desires.  Is there some sort of "PC case design magic" that I should keep in mind while I am in the design phase?  Do you guys have any ideas that you always wanted in a PC case but did not know how to see it through?  

 

 

 

I have access to these fabrication abilities;

Woodworking (I can woodwork like a beast I promise)

Metal Fabrication: Sheet and tube benders, brakes, shears, MIG and TIG welding, Blacksmithing, vertical milling machines, variety of cutting and drilling capabilities

Composites; casting resins, epoxies, fiberglass, carbon fiber, plastics

Other; CNC laser cutters, FFF and SLA 3D Printing

[Radium_Angel]

3 minutes ago, scs_789 said:

SO I am thinking pretty seriously about building my first PC.  Though I am new to technology, I am an experienced fabricator (woodworking, metalworking, composites, etc) and due to my design background I find myself extremely dissatisfied with the PC cases available within my budget.  That is, I have not found a case for under $120 that isn't butt-ugly IMO.  For this reason, and due to my skill set, I am very tempted to build my own case to satisfy my DIY desires.  Is there some sort of "PC case design magic" that I should keep in mind while I am in the design phase?  Do you guys have any ideas that you always wanted in a PC case but did not know how to see it through?  

 

 

 

I have access to these fabrication abilities;

Woodworking (I can woodwork like a beast I promise)

Metal Fabrication: Sheet and tube benders, brakes, shears, MIG and TIG welding, Blacksmithing, vertical milling machines, variety of cutting and drilling capabilities

Composites; casting resins, epoxies, fiberglass, carbon fiber, plastics

Other; CNC laser cutters, FFF and SLA 3D Printing

Look up a fellow called MNPCTech. He is on here, has a website and is on ArsTechnica.

 

His work is second to none, and he posts a ton on how he does things, and why.

Simply fantastic work

Check out this thread, for example

https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1309703