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    Project Focus Revisited: (Car Shaped Pc)

    Well, this is now my fourth project running concurrently so I will apologise for gordy modding overload hehe. Due to a forth coming event I needed to look at project focus and give it a good tidy up. While I was at it I decided I may as well give it a proper make over and clean up.

    Here is the project as it was this morning and when you all last saw it:
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    I took everything out to start the chassis a fresh, I will be using aluminium sheet with L shaped aluminium sections riveted in place.

    First thing to do was to cut out a new chassis plate:









    I then cut 4 L shaped sections out to attach the wheels to:









    Thats probably all for the day unless I can sneak in some more modding later.

    It all needs to be finished by the 2nd of june so i will be finishing this mod quickly.

    Hope you all like the progress so far

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    I've done some more work on the chassis today. I've drill all the holes for the hard disc and psu board. I've rounded the corners of the chassis plate so it fits inside the shell. heres the pictures from today:












    Next up is to redo all the wiring and tidy it up as its far too long and untidy at present.

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    I've pretty much finished this revisit of Project Focus. Its looking far better than it did before. The chassis is now much cleaner and better to look at.

    First job of the day was to redo the wiring looms , they were far too long before taking up valuable room underneath the motherboard. I shortened the main wires and rewired completly the power for the psu. I also made up a new power switch.



    I then mounted the dvd drive at the rear of the chassis, I had to add a new l-shaped aluminium section to hold the drive in place. The drive fits snugly between the two wheels.





    Next I had to finish the chassis, I cut a small section out of the rear of the chassis to allow cables to exit the case cleanly. I also cut a small square hole out for the power switch. After these had been done I set to work brushing the aluminium. This was nice and easy to do. With a quick coat of clear coat spray paint the finish is very nice.







    Then it was time to add all the components and the cables back onto the chassis.








    A quick shot of the base with all the parts in place including the switch for powering on the pc



    Now pretty much everything is installed and you can see how the drive is accessed





    And finally some shots of the shell on the chassis and the pc under my tv in the lounge where it lives:









    I have not put the lighting back in as it takes up so much room with all the cabling and it looks very untidy, I may add it back in with a tidier wiring setup at a later date. When time allows.

    The project was nice and quick as I have to get on with my other projects as I have a deadline for this and project silicon to be finished by.

    Any feedback would be nice to hear

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    Very nice

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    Cheers caged

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    very nice indeedy

    ever thought of blacking out the windows and adding a white light inside so u can only see the insides with the light on?

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    I'm trying to avoid lighting this time round as it takes up too much space inside and looks messy

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    Looking tasty

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    wheres the spoiler for the focus? looks odd without it...



    *Disclaimer* - The contents of this message are not necessarily my own opinions,thoughts or views... they may belong to the voices in my head!

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    I didnt like the spoiler so I ditched it when I first did the mod.

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    Thats pretty cool man .

    What thickness of Alu did you use for the base?

    The next thing is to see if you can squeeze fully working RC car running gear in there as well. That would be cool

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    I used 16swg aluminium ideally it needs to be 22swg but thats all I had around. The chassis is strong enough but only just

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    Isnt 22swg even thinner than 16?

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    Yep should be come to think of it .

    16SWG is around 1.5mm

    22SWG=0.7mm

    Even 16SWG seems a bit thin for that job

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    Sorry meant 13SWG

    16swg is 1.6mm from memory 13swg is 2.2mm

    Bloomin stoopid method of measuring imho

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