Maximum PC

Worked on the side panel pre-assembly today> The inner wall of the steel panel needs to be painted Black.

I need to stealth the LG's Black Blu-ray Drive they chose for each of the two builds
SATA Model UH12LS28 OEM LightScribe Support - OEM
10X BD-ROM
16X DVD-ROM
4 MB Cache
1/8" thick billet plate to be used for stealthing the drive tray

One could burn off quite the collection of episodes in MKV or AVI format, using that pretty BD writer

I also heard that netflix is supposed to have the entire original series on Instant Watch soon.

Had not heard that, cannot wait!

P.S. This mod is just blowing my mind with awesomeness.

Thank you!

I heard that MaxPC mentioned this build in their Podcast, does anyone know which episode it is? Thank you!

edit nvm, I found it, posted May 7th.

wrong spot..lol

I just love this mod is functional. Which is a problem I see with many mods.

Thank you!

Finished the Enterprise inlay panels for both cases last night.

Just a reminder, MaxPC is having me build two of these, 1st is for David Gerrold, screen writer for Star Trek original series, 2nd to be given away at 2011 Comic-Con!

The trim piece for the Bezel, Hot Swap & Top compartment doors are being laser cut from 1/8" thick Red Opaque Cast Acrylic. We're using a single 75 watt, 24" x 18" Platform "Universal Laser Systems" machine. We use this unit for making retail PC fan and radiator grills. This unit if new, would be priced between $19K - $25K. We don't offer laser cutting as a service, but these guys do! Laser Cutting Service, Inc. offers custom laser cutting to PC builders, modders! hobbyists.

Laser Cutting Service, Inc.
803 41st Street North
Birmingham, Alabama 35212
205-595-7070 FAX 205-595-7021
http://lasercuttingservice.net/content/view/13/33/

Fantastic work as always guys! How heavy is that thing going to be? It's got to be a brick.

Yes, the design has good anti-vibration feature built-in...lol. Next step is making the "H" frame piece for the lower portion of the bezel, from 1.5" thick aluminum. This will have an engraved "David Gerrold" signature plate (white square, 2nd pic). Each of the cases will have two ICY DOCK MB877SK-B Tray-less Aluminum Body 3.5" SATA I, II & III Mobile Rack Removable Hard Drive adapters, behind a hinged access door (red square, 2nd pic) on the front of the case.





By request from David, two ICY DOCK MB877SK-B Tray-less Removable Hard Drive adapters... to store his Scripts? hmmm

This morning we started milling the lower half of the front bezel.







I will be using this Black PSU and fan wires cable sleeve kit for the top I/O cables

Always an adventure Mr. Owen, keep up the unique taste.

Hard to ever top the AMD Dragon mod tho.

Thank you. We still working on the bezel and will update you soon!

If anyone else is interested, here is a 10 year retrospective of mods I've built.

I've loved almost all of your mods, and the fact that you always give mad credit to all those who help u when u need help on projects. I've loved all of your projects that I've seen, except for one, the Ghost Rider one, however it was still better than the movie in my opinion. It's a matter of personal taste, but 1 thing I did learn from you with that project, was about methodology in acrylic work. Thanks for being an inspiration, and that goes out to Bill and everyone else @ ModMen and mnpctech.com, as well as all of the fellow-collaborators and contributors. I hold you guys up to the same esteem as Defyant now, he's been my all-time fave modder ever, wish I could find him in forums again, it's been a long time since I've seen anything new.

Thank you for the post PM_DMNKLR. I miss Defyant as well. Last I heard, he started playing WoW. ....Hes very talented...great eye for design and excellent craftsmanship.

Ugh, that GR movie was a clunker...

You're welcome, and I sure hope that's not true about Defyant, unless he has resisted the addictive force of it, lol. Us not hearing or seeing anything however would insinuate he did fall into it's dark clutches though .

As for GR, very much QFT, but supposedly they're working on a sequel that's supposed to fix all the retardation that the 1st one had, lol. I sure hope it's true, I really like GR as a character and the comics surrounding him.

I was hoping Nicolas Cage wouldn't be in it....lol. I used to read the comic as well.

Back to the project, the first of 2 lower half of the front bezel is finished. Next step is making the upper half and the compartment door covers.









I'll be sleeving the Sentry this Silverstone FP34S Premium 3.5inch Bay Card Reader & Front I/O combo module with our Black PSU and fan wires cable sleeve kit for everything. (8 mil PolyEthylene Terepthalate (PET) monofilament yarns)

Finished the front Hot Swap bay compartment doors last night. These will be hinged with 1/8" rod. The 1/8" Opaque Red acrylic plates will attach to the back side of the door. Still need to make door handles.