magnethead

Sorry for the multiple updates, but i'm doing what I can while I can.

Gonan pick up some 12" square sheetmetal tomorrow after school. That will be folded in half so I have two strips of 6"x12" metal, which I will drill holes in and customly fabricate into a hard drive cage for 6 hard drives. After that, I will use a bench vise to bend the top 1.5" of each side into an L, then mount the cage by sandwiching the metal between the top panel and a latch block.

Once both cages are mounted, I will trace out the doors and openings.

CD door opening: 5.25" wide by 5.5 inches tall
CD door: 6 inch wide, 6" tall

I can't put the HDD cage as I wanted, the front doors won't clear eachother. Will take up more room, but I can deal with that. I'll just have to cut 3" off the existing side panel and cut a 7" wide piece for the removable panel when i make the new fully removable panel.

Removable side panels will slide down into the slots on bottom, then latch at the top by 2 screws (later to be changed to a keyed lock maybe?). This should still allow the big fans to clear. Once I get measurements made, i'll trace out the holes and mounts for the 2 80mm fans that will blow down onto the motherboard and use a hole saw to cut holes in the mobo tray for cooling and cabling, as well as cut the excess tray off that is not needed for ATX installations (everything to the right of the 10 inch mark).

Will have pics hopefully tomorrow afternoon.

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