Pongo's Case Mod: Project Lemonade

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over the rest of this year, i plan to be putting away PC parts i can salvage to make a new PC build for my mum, anyway, i found this case in the garage that can take a Micro ATX Motherboard, and its like 7 years old. pretty much, im going to mod the thing out, its going to be a slow process, but i am picking up shifts at work slowly, and the case may be done by late june (my birthday is in there, so i will have plenty of money. Today, i plan to sand it down and make it look better, and give it an overall clean, and salvage what i can from it, so i am taking my camera up to the garage, and will show the pics later today.

15/04/2009

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Doles

Awesome mate

Lemonade, I like it

Will see how it pans out

15/04/2009

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Pongo

you want to fix up mod in the title for me? typo ftw

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SACRED

Mmm lemonade

Is it gonna be yellow?

15/04/2009

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Doles

Pongo said: you want to fix up mod in the title for me? typo ftw

Yep, I didn't even notice that

DaBomb12 said: Mmm lemonade
Is it gonna be yellow?

And bubbly

15/04/2009

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Pongo

nah, i just called it lemonade cos there were three cans and a bottle infront of me while making the title, ok, so i have some ideas, im going to vacuum the acumulated dust and then chuck some pictures on here. im thinking a black very similar to guyvers. and im thinking about putting a fan in the case, i have to reconstruct it to see where i can put crap though.

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show us some pics of the case Pongo

15/04/2009

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Pongo

im getting there, i am uploading them as we speak

More images of what i have done are coming, my camera battery died so i cant upload them as of yet

15/04/2009

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DoYL

WOW
uuuuuuuugly

now go and work some magic

15/04/2009

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Pongo

its ten years old, i cant believe it has uATX. i got rid of the packard bell logo and that, the top is chromed, and the side is.... getting there, i need to get rid of all the pop rivets, though once i do i dont know how i will support the mobo, i might have to let my welding skills out.

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DoYL

or you could borrow a rivet gun off someone and just put more pop rivets into it, not that hard ey. They don't cost much either

15/04/2009

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Pongo

DoYL said: or you could borrow a rivet gun off someone and just put more pop rivets into it, not that hard ey. They don't cost much either

true enough, my next door neighbor will have one, i just need to clean it, like the case, its so rusteh

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ROOK1E

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

OMFG ! ! !

AHAHAahHAhahahhahAA

i need an ambulance.

i hurt my knee

LOLOLOL

THAT THING IS FUGLY ! ! !
HAHAHhA

15/04/2009

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mateo1

ROOK1E said: LOLOLOLOLOLOL
OMFG ! ! !
AHAHAahHAhahahhahAA
i need an ambulance.
i hurt my knee
LOLOLOL
THAT THING IS FUGLY ! ! !
HAHAHhA

ur a lemon rookie

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ROOK1E

i ain't one of those yellow asians like vinh ... -.-

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Pongo

anyway....first side and the top are sanded, i will post more pics tonight.

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DoYL

ROOK1E said: i ain't one of those yellow asians like vinh ... -.-

I think the holidays has made your brain go soft...

Pongo said: anyway....first side and the top are sanded, i will post more pics tonight.

are you going to try and do what Guyver tried? to give it a polished top?
Maybe you should just sand and polish the WHOLE case! maybe that wouldnt look so good with a plastic front...make something out of metal. That would be sweet.

15/04/2009

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Pongo

lol, nah i am going to mirror coat it black

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xCaRmiNEx

How did you work out what motherboard it can take?

15/04/2009

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Pongo

i had a look at the motherboard on the gigabyte site, and it said MicroATX (uATX)

15/04/2009

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Skarteh

LOL man you guys keep some prehistoric ****! I throw cases like that away, hell I would have thrown my project case away when I got my new PC and its a perfectly serviceable mid tower that doesn't really look bad either

Nice project case either way glad to see more of these happening!

15/04/2009

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vinhskiies

ROOK1E said: i ain't one of those yellow asians like vinh ... -.-

Huh?

15/04/2009

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BJ2

@rook1e - yes you are..

16/04/2009

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Pongo

i wont be able to get much done today, i have schoolwork to get over and done, and i have to go look at a hall for a 18th.

16/04/2009

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Pongo

okie dokey, an update. I will being doing more today, i hope to get the other door sanded, but this is a pic of what i have done.

that pic is actually a little outdated, almost all the door on the left is done. and the front bezel has been sanded, i still have to figure out a way to slim it down.

19/04/2009

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