Author Topic: Cutting into a brand new case... (Read 766 times)

zx2slow · « **on:** July 14, 2006, 03:06:45 PM »

It looks like I'll be dropping a wad of cash on a case (U2-UFO) or cutting up a brand new one to fit a triple 120mm radiator. I have made some nice blowholes (bring on teh puns) in cheap/used cases but never any nice expensive aluminum cases. I kinda suck at metalwork and can never get anything perfect, those stamped fan grills have saved me quite a few times.

How do you guys that mod do it? I'm going to have to get a holesaw or find a plasma cutter.

_!Rathe!_ · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2006, 06:35:34 PM »

Just to warn you a Plasma cutter will cut through the case real easy but it won't make clean lines and sharp corners. I worked with some plasma cutters down at Cannondale and they tended to get messy.

cuzzNkev · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2006, 01:56:55 PM »

I cut my 12 cm with a dremmel a couple of weeks ago. I used the fan grill as my template to scribe the circle. I then used a lot of duct tape along the outside of the circle. The thought was, if the blade skipped a lil, it wouldnt scar the case immediately. I just used the simple cutting wheel, then switched to a grinder to take off the hsarp edges when I was done.

-Sp()()ge- · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2006, 09:21:15 PM »

Quote from: "Rathe"

Just to warn you a Plasma cutter will cut through the case real easy but it won't make clean lines and sharp corners. I worked with some plasma cutters down at Cannondale and they tended to get messy.

Can you bring a plasma cutter or a Cannondale to the LAN? Preferibly size 56 cm if it is a Cannondale.