MarioMac Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Amazing mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banini_jeque Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Finally got to the USB and Firewire ports on the front. Still need to do audio. Also added a power button from a PowerBook G4 Titanium. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baudouin Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Great job. Congratz. Looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatTheTech Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Amazing!! What a unique and creative front panel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Aduro Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 So wait, this is from 2010, talk about perseverance! btw that new front is very inspiring, nice design. Seems like you had some problems at first when you had it plasma cut? Is plasma cutting of steel not that accurate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banini_jeque Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Yeah the accuracy was terrible. I didn't know what I was doing. Not that I cut it myself, but I just didn't know it would come out so bad. If I had to do it again, I would use thicker material and get it machined. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Aduro Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I'm very interested in the best way to have parts cut out, working on a few parts myself. When you say machined do you mean CNC cut or on a lathe of some kind? I'm trying to find out what the best end product to cost ratio is. Thanks for the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple apple Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 MY FN G-D! I remember when you started down this path. Amazing. So many have got caught up in the g5 and pro case mods, and little is done anymore on these little gems. I love what you have done. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniHack Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 banini_jeque This thread inspired me when I first read it a year or two ago, and it still does now. Lots of work in this case and some time ago I had a little go at replicating this in mirrored acrylic (my advice to anyone thinking the same is - in acrylic - is don't bother!), but to answer anyone else contemplating doing this in any material my advice would certainly be to find someone you can trust who is not horrendously expensive. CNC or laser would work, for either type of operation it would be do-able, as long as you do the ground work yourself first and need not be too expensive. The major part in any project like this is preparation by taking apart the machine you are working on, measuring several times, trying paper templates, getting all the measurements onto the PC and presenting your CNC or laser person with something they can quickly translate into a cutting file. IF you can do that, or the guy with the machine is on your side and wants to do it for you, then it can be surprisingly affordable. If the machine shop are not particularly interested or have their time taken up by orders from industry then they will make it cost too much to be practical. But hey, this forum is a good place for finding people that can help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatTheTech Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Holy large image Batman... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banini_jeque Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) Well, it's time to upgrade this old X58 system, and make a new grill. Got rid of the obsolete stuff like the optical drive and firewire port. Then I figured I might as well be cutting edge and leave out the USB-A ports. I just put two USB-C ports and a headphone jack. The horizontal slats have grown on me over time, so I think I'll go that route this time instead of vertical like I did last time. Not sure which platform to go with yet. Z390 should fit my needs just fine, might even try to stuff a 9900k in there. On the other hand, it might be interesting to see if the 3647 socket builds start to gain momentum, now that the Mac Pro is available to order. X299 could work too, I don't know. Edited December 11, 2019 by banini_jeque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banini_jeque Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 Alright, I'm making a little bit of progress! I got tired of trying to find power supplies with the power plug in the right place for the back of a G4, and didn't feel like cutting my back panel, or using one of the Laser Hive ones. So, I bought an old ATX power supply from a surplus shop for $12, cut it up, and made this ghetto adapter with an 80 Noctua in it. When it's all put together, with my new Seasonic, it doesn't look too bad. It also helps to put the PSU fan in a better spot on the side so I can pull in air from inside the left side plastic panel. I got the aluminum grill from the waterjet cutter. It's definitely going to need some cleanup, and the dimensions are a little smaller on outside edges, and bigger on inside edges, but it looks pretty good. I think I can work with it. Painted the rainbow on the Apple logo from the inside. It's tinted, but I used the Apple logo from a MDD, so the tint isn't as dark as a Sawtooth - Digital Audio would be. So, some of my work comes out looking pretty good, while other pieces look pretty ghetto. I'll see how it goes. If the trend turns more towards ghetto the farther I go, I may just dump it and get a Dune Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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