Thats sick work!...you should start a side job building cases for us who want it...

Spotswood

Hypn0t1q79

Thats An Awsome Case.

Where In NH are you from?

Thanks!   I'm in Nashua.

 
Ahh Im a fair bit north. Up By Wolfeboro 
 
nice to see someone else from NH 

I must say I admire your modding skills!

terrisorian

I got a question I'm building a similarly sized case out of aluminum as well and was concerned about the integrity of the thing as I do carry my computer around occasionally (Its a great workout routine btw). How much weight/strength of the case is attributed to the side panel? 

P.S. Mind taking a look at my build I'm guessing you have A LOT more experience then me at case building and I would love your input.

If the frame of the case isn't strong/rigid there's no hope of getting the side panels on/off repeatedly and accurately.  But then again, I don't think I would move a completed rig with the side panels off.
 
Your case looks awesome and plenty strong to me.    Good luck!
 

The inner and outer front sheets, cut to final length.

very nice indeed! :).. 
 
i will stay tuned since this is awesome! :)

Shelves!

Looking sweet. How much do you think it will weigh when it is completed?

nice, build me one too!

I bolted the 5.25-inch drive rail assemblies to the front inner sheet.



Note how the extra deep rails will completely hide the drives and cables.



Another design benefit of the front air duct is hiding all of the mounting hardware.


 

That's some high quality work there man! I can vouch for Spotswood. I had him build a highly-unique eco-friendly m-ITX case awhile back and it came out great. It was an especially challenging build since I had him use recycled materials and paper made from Elephant poop.

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the final product! It's turning out freaking amazing!

Wonder how much this rig is gonna weigh. That's some heavy work you're doing there. Nice rig.

{uZa}DOA

Looking great so far! Can't wait til it's complete! Good luck with the build!!

That makes 2 of us!!!

Another awesome feature of this case is the "false" back, which is simply a sheet of aluminum between the removable back panel and the motherboard tray.  The "false" back prevents the case from racking and is the primary cable management feature.  In this case, the "false" back consists of three pieces of .10-inch thick aluminum.  
The sheets that make-up the "false" back are threaded along the top via PEM nuts.  Fastening them to the top support beam is simplified via the addition of slots routed out of the support beam.  These  allow the hex wrench to be raised into position as the socket cap screws are driven into the sheet.





Along the bottom, the sheets are fastened to some 1/2-inch angle.