Getting the Case!

To began, I purchased an SGI case from Ebay. After a few bids and a quick payment the case was on its way. It arrived shortly thereafter and with the glee of a boy on Christmas (or a boy getting his present a few days late) I unwrapped it and immediately began mutilating its insides. I removed the former chassis and set it aside to get measurements from it for the new frame which I would ultimately have to construct.

Unfortunately the case was in very poor condition. The corner piece had broken off completely and a crack ran the length of its left side. It also appears as if something was rubbing against it “shaved” away some of the plastic. All these would require repair and later, reinforcement.

To add to these atrocities I dropped the case once more and it broke along the other side. Not only did this add to instability of the “shell”(top portion of the case) it also added to the repairs to be done. I can be so careless sometimes.

With all the repairs to the top part of the case the base of it would be undergoing serious modification. The look I was going for with the base was sort of like a rocketship. The vents on the base just gave me the feeling of some sort of propellant/exhaust system. I wanted blue lights to shine through in a sort of stepped pattern through the fins, you'll understand what I mean later if you don't already.

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