Nice work so far. What's gonna be your color/stain/veneer scheme?

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If you don't "know much about woodworking," then what do you call your awesome case? An intelligent mistake?
Oh, FYI, I didn't make that Sangaku case.
I just hang with a lot of interior architects/product designers, someone was researching Japanese design for his own case mod, and he and referred to this in a preliminary ideas critique. Ended up not building it because our workshop didn't have the joinery tools needed to accurately build according to Japanese traditions. I sure wish I had the skills/time to such a thing - who knows, maybe when I'm older and whatnot I will be at a point to do that.

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I wrestled with what to do with the side panels since I needed airflow both for the rads and MB. I did consider putting the rads on the bottom both vertically and horizontally next to each other. If mounted horizontally, the case would have to be over 1' wide, which doesn't work when using 1'x12' which is actually 3/4" x 11 1/4". Oak, poplar, and the like aren't readily available any wider. If mounted vertically, the case would end up being too tall to fit in my desk. The deal my wife has with me is that I can make whatever I want, but it has to "look nice" and fit within the desk. Given the desk/room arrangement, it really does need to fit inside of the desk. After considering all of the options, I landed on the current rad placement as being the best option.
Really? You can't get oak, popular, etc wider than 1 foot? If mounted on the bottom with some trim to provide intake space, you wouldn't need solid wood, as most of the area of the bottom would be radiator. Get what I'm picturing? Either way your system is very cool and will be great for future builds as well.

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As for the side panels, I actually think that very plain sides are in keeping with the designs of the radios of that time period more so than having some kind of decorative trim would.
What about spray painting these fan grills (they can come in squares as well) to match the color of the wood. Seems they would be less obtrusive than wood-made ones, as long as the color get's matched.