Sure, turning a scrap piece into something impressive would be cool, but you’d need much more heavy-duty equipment for that kind of work 😢. Believe me, once you properly sand the wood down and apply a high-quality finish, it looks just like high-end furniture from a showroom.
I ended up being pretty lazy this past summer, though I had originally intended to build the thing out of wood. If you have access to the right woodworking tools, I’d suggest going with timber. You can round off the edges, sand everything down smooth, apply whatever stain you're feeling, and then hit it with a clear coat... From there, you could fashion some kind of tracks for glass—maybe acrylic—so certain sections can actually open, similar to how those side windows work on a city bus.
If I’d had a bit more free time over the summer, I definitely would have gone down that route...
Skip the acrylic, though. That look is totally played out; everyone is making them out of 👎
Oral discussions? Please. I barely "know" about 5% of my neighbors in this building, and even then, it’s limited to a polite "hello" or "have a good one." Most of them are elderly retirees, though there are a few young girls living on the floor below me; I know because I can hear them blasting Britney 😂, Rihanna, and whatever other nonsense they listen to...
For the record, the local police station is roughly 500 meters from my place as the crow flies 🙏. But if you ask me, there isn't a single officer working at that precinct. I've lived in this apartment for two and a half years now and I haven't seen a SINGLE 👍
So, what if I just donate some cash to the building fund? And then, at their "request," I sign my name as: "Proud donor, Apt X" 🤣
... does anyone have suggestions for what I should write on a notice for our apartment building's bulletin board? My goal is to soften the blow for the neighbors so they don't call the cops if we get a little loud 🙂.
Ideally, it would be well-crafted, creative (maybe even a bit witty), and perhaps even trigger a sense of nostalgia in whoever happens to read it.
(And no, it’s not my birthday or anything, I just want to be prepared ahead of time)
I really hope you don't keep your rig in your bedroom, 😬. I once tried using some sleep aid spray because I couldn't catch a wink of sleep for two or three nights straight... but even then, my computer was still sitting right there in the room with me 😁
I’ve got an idea brewing—building a custom case out of wood, but I’m not talking about some cheap planks. I actually have a solid log sitting right here 🙂 . If things get too quiet over the summer and I find myself with enough motivation, I might just dive into this project.
Also, does anyone know if you can buy a DVD burner that doesn't have that annoying tray that pops out? I'm looking for something slot-loading, like what you'd find in a high-end car audio system. Anyone got a link?
No matter what you put over those vents, dust is going to find its way in eventually 😉.
@steelsailor3/">@@steelsailor3, isn't that a bit "bold"? I mean, how much air is actually going to be able to flow through there 😬 ? Look, just go ahead and install whatever steelsailor3 posted. I honestly can't say if it’ll cool things down as well as before, but at least you won't have dust swirling inside the chassis; just make sure you clean that filter every 2 or 3 weeks.
By the way, while dust is one thing, I once had a stray hair (or maybe a whole bunch of them 🙂) drift into my case—which was open since the side panel was off—and it got tangled right in the GPU fan. It was pure luck that the damn thing was spinning hard enough that I caught it in time to shut the PC down...
edit: And where exactly would the components even fit 🤷 ?
It looks flawless... It’s just a shame that the availability of components and everything else for PC Modding here in the States is absolutely abysmal, if you can even call it that.
@ Sean Clark2, you can't get anything done without daddy pulling the strings ☕
And honestly, I have that same kind of brownish sludge myself—I think my mom has about 30 containers of it. Ugh, just thinking about having to lug them all down to the basement every winter and then hauling them back out again... 🙂
Would it be possible to run this through the PC audio output? That way, the triggering would be more precise.
It's plenty precise enough 😉... And honestly, I think it’s doable—just a little bit of cable splicing to merge that mic line with the speaker output...
slyheron13 said:If you actually have the willpower, you'll get it done. Like Matesonic told you, just use a utility knife to cut it—stay far away from hammers or tin snips.
By the way, does anyone know how to sync PC Modding lights to music? Specifically, I just want them to pulse to the bass. I’ve seen people doing it on YouTube, but I can't find any actual diagrams or schematics online.🤣 All I can find are VU-meter circuits, but I suspect the chips used in those are too weak to drive LED strips properly. I feel like there was a thread about this on this forum before, but I can't track it down.👍
A buddy of mine (the guy with the taller tower case) has a setup where he spent maybe ten bucks on a little module with a built-in mic. You just set it wherever you want, and the lights react to whatever sound is nearby...
Joseph Carter9 said:But man, it looks absolutely flawless right now—just imagine if we added a single 9-inch side vent... I'll have to post a photo of that setup sometime...
By the way, there's a large side vent missing where those slots are visible in the shot, but he's hesitant to install it because he thinks it'll be too "loud"... There's also a blue LED-ica in there that pulses in sync with the music, though you can barely see it since it's broad daylight out🙂
Roger Miller8 said:The replacement color $3.25 black ,$5.00 CMY. Here are the prices for compatible ink http://www.amazon.com/s?k=bci+21
But try finding a single printer that actually uses that specific cartridge... good luck with that, it's about as likely as finding a needle in a haystack.
I actually just finished a massive print job a few days ago, and using three 24B cartridges, I managed to churn out about 400-500 pages; and I still have a little ink left over... For the record, I was printing standard size 11 font text... If you really sit down and crunch the numbers, you'll see it actually works out to be pretty affordable...
I’ve never been much of a fan of those pre-built cases that come cluttered with all sorts of random fans and extra junk right out of the box... A custom build is still a custom build, even if its design language traces back to Microsoft 😁
Megan Diaz33 said:...Because of their sheer stupidity, I ended up deleting almost all my President's messages...
When you open your inbox, there's an option in the bottom right corner that says Save all private messages as:. You can select a format like XML, and it'll just save everything wherever you want—there's really no need to delete them.😉
