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07-09-2007 at 07:37:43 PM

I am a wood worker and enjoy working with exotic woods. Any reason a computer case cannot be made from wood?

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07-09-2007 at 07:54:36 PM

Many others have successfully done it, my only concerns as a woodworker myself would be to make sure you seal the inside as well as the outside of the wood used in the project to make sure you're covered as to, heat, moisture levels, everything that would affect a wood case inside and out.

So are you considering veneering an existing metal case or building completely from scratch?

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n°1730624
07-09-2007 at 08:36:21 PM

xringx wrote :

I am a wood worker and enjoy working with exotic woods. Any reason a computer case cannot be made from wood?



Nope, lots of people do it. This is the one I built, as part of a desk.


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07-10-2007 at 01:35:37 AM

Nice!

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n°1730769
07-10-2007 at 10:01:04 AM

turpit wrote :

Nope, lots of people do it. This is the one I built, as part of a desk.


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Wow, Turpit. I'm really impressed. That's a nice case/desk.

The only question is: does wood adequately dissipate the heat produced by high performance components?

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n°1730775
07-10-2007 at 11:01:52 AM

Totally impressed. Great job. Might stain that badboy with mahogany for the uber case??? ;)

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07-10-2007 at 11:37:35 AM

My only concern would be radiate EMI as wood does not shield
against electromagnetic radiation, But as log as your TV and cell phone still work---

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07-10-2007 at 12:20:10 PM

That reminds me... You never got around to sending me any working drawings.

(new layout is a bit un-intuitive)

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07-11-2007 at 02:59:06 AM

easyg wrote :

Wow, Turpit. I'm really impressed. That's a nice case/desk.

The only question is: does wood adequately dissipate the heat produced by high performance components?




Heat dissapation isnt a problem. The case runs 3 120mm fans in parallel, flowing about 100 CFM through a specifically designed single-plane path that flows over all components. From the intake (where you cant see it) on the bottom the air flows over the HDDs first (it can carry 8) then over the mobos/cards, past the PSU,s to the fans, and then through a sound trap. Flow should be 132CFM, but the filter reduces it a bit. The case is actually designed to carry 2 full systems, but I only have one in there right now as the mobo 'tray' needs to be altered slightly to allow for some dongles. All the interior wood surfaces are also isolated by 1/2 insch of sound damping foam. On a stock cooler, the CPU(E6600 on a P5W DH Deluxe) idles at 31~34C (varies with ambient)when the system is closed, with the door open it will drop 3' Under full load it hits 56`57'C, so Im fairly happy with the air flow


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07-11-2007 at 03:49:51 AM

bobjmoran wrote :

My only concern would be radiate EMI as wood does not shield
against electromagnetic radiation, But as log as your TV and cell phone still work---


The other way around is the more important one. Imagine sitting in front of your computer and getting a call on your cell phone is enough to induce a little power fluctuation on your reset button wire...

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07-11-2007 at 05:11:19 AM

The door actually opens wider..to the point that its flush with the jamb so that the drives can be removed from the front.


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