I have been flirting with the idea of designing and building my own case for a while now. The design is partially complete; that is, it is complete in my head and in the form of napkin chicken scratch, all I need to do is sit down with AutoCAD or some such and draw it out. I have a few questions though.
1) I am horrible at construction, soldering, etc. My hands shake and I am very clumsy. I also have very little patience. Is there any *reasonable* alternative to building it myself? Are there any machine shops who will take my AutoCAD blueprints and build it for me at a reasonable price (ie: sub-$200 USD)?
2) Does anyone know of a "quick and dirty" translation of the official ATX form factor specifications?
3) The main idea of the case would be a cube in which the lower portion is an 8 unit drive enclosure. Atop the drive enclosue, the motherboard would be mounted sideways, with the expansion ports coming out the top. Have any of you built anything like this? Is there anything you wish you would have done better or would advise me to stray away from?
--Drew Vogel
1) I am horrible at construction, soldering, etc. My hands shake and I am very clumsy. I also have very little patience. Is there any *reasonable* alternative to building it myself? Are there any machine shops who will take my AutoCAD blueprints and build it for me at a reasonable price (ie: sub-$200 USD)?
2) Does anyone know of a "quick and dirty" translation of the official ATX form factor specifications?
3) The main idea of the case would be a cube in which the lower portion is an 8 unit drive enclosure. Atop the drive enclosue, the motherboard would be mounted sideways, with the expansion ports coming out the top. Have any of you built anything like this? Is there anything you wish you would have done better or would advise me to stray away from?
--Drew Vogel