Allright, Allright. I know that was a little unfair, I should have posted more pics in the first place, and not just teased you with the ones I did.

I have no idea where the case is going to go, I'm kind of whinging it. But, I have a theme that I want to stick with, and then I'll see if I can incorporate some cool cut into the window. Because I gotta have a window!!

Oh right. Theme. Well, I really like the way black and silver looks together, like black and chrome is just sick in my eyes. I looked into getting some parts chromed, like I thought that would be just insane to see a chromed rad and chromed pump, and like chrome everything.

So I started calling around locally to see what kind of quotes I could get, and after countless hours on the phone trying to explain: 1) no, I'm not joking, 2) No, it's not car radiator, 3) Yes, it goes in a computer, 4)Yes I said 'Water inside the computer, and 5) You want to charge me how much? I gave up on finding any local shop to do my chroming.

Well, out went the idea of chroming stuff. But I've learned in my life that not everything can be reached direct from point A to B, sometimes the path meanders a bit. In this meander, I settled on different aspirations, but still going after the look that I wanted.

To get there, I knew that I needed to see a specialist. Only a specialist would have what I was looking for. And I found just the specialist here in Stockholm.

These Guys rock!!




But first, before I get to those goodies, here's a little more before shots:







I like this one, it shows the cut (before it got real pretty) and some attatchemnt details that I'll need for later




Did anybody catch my little reference in the background (I know it's a little blurry, that was the point) in the first cut picture of the rad hole in my first post?



Anyway, back on track.

So I decided to see Sifverts today while I waited for the case to come back from the powdercoaters, and I picked up some goodies. . .



Quite a few actually. My wife saw the bag, and then like all wives (hey, no harm no foul here, I'm calling it just like I see it) she saw the reciept and was like 'YOU SPENT HOW MUCH ON SCREWS??? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND??'

Sadly, I couldn't think of an answer to that question.

To continue, trying to get in touch with my inner theme, I went and visited these guys, and I'm always amazed at how geeky people can be. Even when I'm feeling like a big geek, somebody comes along and out geeks me. Nobody blinked when I came in and said 'I just took my computer apart into like 30 pieces, and I think I may need some screws to get it back together'. The kind folks took me by the hand (not literally, but you get my drift) and we walked around the store together putting stuff into little bags. I described what I wanted, what I wanted to achieve, and roughly what I thought the hole sizes were.

Here's what we came up with:



Those guys above will be in places of rivets, or where something needed to sit flush. I wanted to stick with hexcant screws (I think they''re called socket heads in english) as I liked the 'industrial' 'deco' look of them.


To continue (I think everyone should have some of these) :
M4



M3 and M4 together



a difference in size perspective


I figure the M4's I'll use to attatch something big (like the rad maybe?) to the case, and the M3's could come in handy as general screws. I have some M5 chromed hexcants that I found on ebay, I'll take a pic of those when I get them. I'm going to see what size I like the most to attatch the rad and the grill to the top of the case.


For the rad, I knew I might need some of these, so I got them in the respective sizes to the screws above :


Those are the 'locknuts' that have the little plastic ring on the inside.


And the Pièce de résistance (these were so expensive that they're the ones that made my wife flip out):



DOMEHEADS!!!


Saw some of these and figured 'ah what the heck, I may need them':



But then I realized, if I needed to make more cuts, the case would already be pc'ed and I'd shake like a junkie cold turkey after 4 days trying get the hole saw straight. Oh well, I have the bad feeling I may make some more cuts anyway. Live and learn.


I wonder what these are for???



No seriously, what are they for?


The kind people at Sifverts said I may need some of these anyway, so I got some, M3 of course:





Lastly, I think I may have to do something about this:



I don't really like that button. I'll see if I can do something about it.