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Final results

But, with no forther adue, I present the final result! Enjoy!
Pic7
Top side Borg Cube
Pic8
Right sidepanel
Pic9
Left Sidepanel
Pic10
The full monty
Credits:
I'd especially like to thank Gerard for the many hours we spent in the workshop creating the Borg Cube.

Final results

But, with no forther adue, I present the final result! Enjoy!
Pic7
Top side Borg Cube
Pic8
Right sidepanel
Pic9
Left Sidepanel
Pic10
The full monty
Credits:
I'd especially like to thank Gerard for the many hours we spent in the workshop creating the Borg Cube.

Final results

But, with no forther adue, I present the final result! Enjoy!
Pic7
Top side Borg Cube
Pic8
Right sidepanel
Pic9
Left Sidepanel
Pic10
The full monty
Credits:
I'd especially like to thank Gerard for the many hours we spent in the workshop creating the Borg Cube.

Final results

But, with no forther adue, I present the final result! Enjoy!
Pic7
Top side Borg Cube
Pic8
Right sidepanel
Pic9
Left Sidepanel
Pic10
The full monty
Credits:
I'd especially like to thank Gerard for the many hours we spent in the workshop creating the Borg Cube.

From the ground up, the Cube is made from strong cardboard plates. The reason is that cardboard is really easy to work with and paint. To put the pieces of cardboard together, I used rubber cement. This is because rubber cement dries quickly and has a good strong compound. On the outside I used steel wires for the pipes, and glued them onto the cardboard with industrial superglue.

The hardware
Mainboard: VIA EPIA-M 9000, 933Mhz
Memory: 256 MB PC2700 CAS 2
Harddisks: 2x10GB 2,5" harddisk
PSU: A-Open 180Watt Micro-ATX
LAN: 3Com 3C905
Cooling: 3x Sunbeam 80mm fans. 2 of them are the green Led-fan with green circular CCFL version.
Resistors: To be able to manage the speed of the fans I used 2 Sharkoon resistors. One is connected to the top and rear outtake fans, and the other to the intake fan.
Pic1
Layers

After a few test runs, I decided to supply the case with two different layers. One inside layer for some extra strength, and a Borg-like outside layer. The inside layer is made out of 1mm cardboard, every side being 30x30cm. For a bit more toughness, the bottom is made out of 4 pieces that are glued on top of eachother.

Except for the bottom, every side has a couple of big holes carved out, so that the light from inside can find its way outside through the inner layer. Additional 80mm wide holes were made in the front, top, and back panels, for the three fans. On top of that, the inside layer has been spraypainted silver, to optimize the reflection of the light, for extra coolness.
Pic2
Pic3
During the construction of the frontpanel, we had some doubts about the final result of the case. Without a proper paintjob it was hard to see if we were on the right track, so we finished the frontpanel first before we went on with the rest of the project. Fortunately, giving the panel a nice coat of paint made it look better than we expected, so we had nothing to be worried about.
And so we went on creating the rest of the panels. We knew what to do, and how to create certain effects, so we could continue the construction as follows:

Pic4
We began with the cardboard plates...
Pic5
Pic6 ...after which we added some dimension, and some steel wiring to top it off.

This project took us 9 months, in which I spent 250hours of my spare time. In total, we used about 60 meters of steel wire, and 1,5 m2 cardboard.

From the ground up, the Cube is made from strong cardboard plates. The reason is that cardboard is really easy to work with and paint. To put the pieces of cardboard together, I used rubber cement. This is because rubber cement dries quickly and has a good strong compound. On the outside I used steel wires for the pipes, and glued them onto the cardboard with industrial superglue.

The hardware
Mainboard: VIA EPIA-M 9000, 933Mhz
Memory: 256 MB PC2700 CAS 2
Harddisks: 2x10GB 2,5" harddisk
PSU: A-Open 180Watt Micro-ATX
LAN: 3Com 3C905
Cooling: 3x Sunbeam 80mm fans. 2 of them are the green Led-fan with green circular CCFL version.
Resistors: To be able to manage the speed of the fans I used 2 Sharkoon resistors. One is connected to the top and rear outtake fans, and the other to the intake fan.
Pic1
Layers

After a few test runs, I decided to supply the case with two different layers. One inside layer for some extra strength, and a Borg-like outside layer. The inside layer is made out of 1mm cardboard, every side being 30x30cm. For a bit more toughness, the bottom is made out of 4 pieces that are glued on top of eachother.

Except for the bottom, every side has a couple of big holes carved out, so that the light from inside can find its way outside through the inner layer. Additional 80mm wide holes were made in the front, top, and back panels, for the three fans. On top of that, the inside layer has been spraypainted silver, to optimize the reflection of the light, for extra coolness.
Pic2
Pic3
During the construction of the frontpanel, we had some doubts about the final result of the case. Without a proper paintjob it was hard to see if we were on the right track, so we finished the frontpanel first before we went on with the rest of the project. Fortunately, giving the panel a nice coat of paint made it look better than we expected, so we had nothing to be worried about.
And so we went on creating the rest of the panels. We knew what to do, and how to create certain effects, so we could continue the construction as follows:

Pic4
We began with the cardboard plates...
Pic5
Pic6 ...after which we added some dimension, and some steel wiring to top it off.

This project took us 9 months, in which I spent 250hours of my spare time. In total, we used about 60 meters of steel wire, and 1,5 m2 cardboard.

From the ground up, the Cube is made from strong cardboard plates. The reason is that cardboard is really easy to work with and paint. To put the pieces of cardboard together, I used rubber cement. This is because rubber cement dries quickly and has a good strong compound. On the outside I used steel wires for the pipes, and glued them onto the cardboard with industrial superglue.

The hardware
Mainboard: VIA EPIA-M 9000, 933Mhz
Memory: 256 MB PC2700 CAS 2
Harddisks: 2x10GB 2,5" harddisk
PSU: A-Open 180Watt Micro-ATX
LAN: 3Com 3C905
Cooling: 3x Sunbeam 80mm fans. 2 of them are the green Led-fan with green circular CCFL version.
Resistors: To be able to manage the speed of the fans I used 2 Sharkoon resistors. One is connected to the top and rear outtake fans, and the other to the intake fan.
Pic1
Layers

After a few test runs, I decided to supply the case with two different layers. One inside layer for some extra strength, and a Borg-like outside layer. The inside layer is made out of 1mm cardboard, every side being 30x30cm. For a bit more toughness, the bottom is made out of 4 pieces that are glued on top of eachother.

Except for the bottom, every side has a couple of big holes carved out, so that the light from inside can find its way outside through the inner layer. Additional 80mm wide holes were made in the front, top, and back panels, for the three fans. On top of that, the inside layer has been spraypainted silver, to optimize the reflection of the light, for extra coolness.
Pic2
Pic3
During the construction of the frontpanel, we had some doubts about the final result of the case. Without a proper paintjob it was hard to see if we were on the right track, so we finished the frontpanel first before we went on with the rest of the project. Fortunately, giving the panel a nice coat of paint made it look better than we expected, so we had nothing to be worried about.
And so we went on creating the rest of the panels. We knew what to do, and how to create certain effects, so we could continue the construction as follows:

Pic4
We began with the cardboard plates...
Pic5
Pic6 ...after which we added some dimension, and some steel wiring to top it off.

This project took us 9 months, in which I spent 250hours of my spare time. In total, we used about 60 meters of steel wire, and 1,5 m2 cardboard.

From the ground up, the Cube is made from strong cardboard plates. The reason is that cardboard is really easy to work with and paint. To put the pieces of cardboard together, I used rubber cement. This is because rubber cement dries quickly and has a good strong compound. On the outside I used steel wires for the pipes, and glued them onto the cardboard with industrial superglue.

The hardware
Mainboard: VIA EPIA-M 9000, 933Mhz
Memory: 256 MB PC2700 CAS 2
Harddisks: 2x10GB 2,5" harddisk
PSU: A-Open 180Watt Micro-ATX
LAN: 3Com 3C905
Cooling: 3x Sunbeam 80mm fans. 2 of them are the green Led-fan with green circular CCFL version.
Resistors: To be able to manage the speed of the fans I used 2 Sharkoon resistors. One is connected to the top and rear outtake fans, and the other to the intake fan.
Pic1
Layers

After a few test runs, I decided to supply the case with two different layers. One inside layer for some extra strength, and a Borg-like outside layer. The inside layer is made out of 1mm cardboard, every side being 30x30cm. For a bit more toughness, the bottom is made out of 4 pieces that are glued on top of eachother.

Except for the bottom, every side has a couple of big holes carved out, so that the light from inside can find its way outside through the inner layer. Additional 80mm wide holes were made in the front, top, and back panels, for the three fans. On top of that, the inside layer has been spraypainted silver, to optimize the reflection of the light, for extra coolness.
Pic2
Pic3
During the construction of the frontpanel, we had some doubts about the final result of the case. Without a proper paintjob it was hard to see if we were on the right track, so we finished the frontpanel first before we went on with the rest of the project. Fortunately, giving the panel a nice coat of paint made it look better than we expected, so we had nothing to be worried about.
And so we went on creating the rest of the panels. We knew what to do, and how to create certain effects, so we could continue the construction as follows:

Pic4
We began with the cardboard plates...
Pic5
Pic6 ...after which we added some dimension, and some steel wiring to top it off.

This project took us 9 months, in which I spent 250hours of my spare time. In total, we used about 60 meters of steel wire, and 1,5 m2 cardboard.

From the ground up, the Cube is made from strong cardboard plates. The reason is that cardboard is really easy to work with and paint. To put the pieces of cardboard together, I used rubber cement. This is because rubber cement dries quickly and has a good strong compound. On the outside I used steel wires for the pipes, and glued them onto the cardboard with industrial superglue.

The hardware
Mainboard: VIA EPIA-M 9000, 933Mhz
Memory: 256 MB PC2700 CAS 2
Harddisks: 2x10GB 2,5" harddisk
PSU: A-Open 180Watt Micro-ATX
LAN: 3Com 3C905
Cooling: 3x Sunbeam 80mm fans. 2 of them are the green Led-fan with green circular CCFL version.
Resistors: To be able to manage the speed of the fans I used 2 Sharkoon resistors. One is connected to the top and rear outtake fans, and the other to the intake fan.
Pic1
Layers

After a few test runs, I decided to supply the case with two different layers. One inside layer for some extra strength, and a Borg-like outside layer. The inside layer is made out of 1mm cardboard, every side being 30x30cm. For a bit more toughness, the bottom is made out of 4 pieces that are glued on top of eachother.

Except for the bottom, every side has a couple of big holes carved out, so that the light from inside can find its way outside through the inner layer. Additional 80mm wide holes were made in the front, top, and back panels, for the three fans. On top of that, the inside layer has been spraypainted silver, to optimize the reflection of the light, for extra coolness.
Pic2
Pic3
During the construction of the frontpanel, we had some doubts about the final result of the case. Without a proper paintjob it was hard to see if we were on the right track, so we finished the frontpanel first before we went on with the rest of the project. Fortunately, giving the panel a nice coat of paint made it look better than we expected, so we had nothing to be worried about.
And so we went on creating the rest of the panels. We knew what to do, and how to create certain effects, so we could continue the construction as follows:

Pic4
We began with the cardboard plates...
Pic5
Pic6 ...after which we added some dimension, and some steel wiring to top it off.

This project took us 9 months, in which I spent 250hours of my spare time. In total, we used about 60 meters of steel wire, and 1,5 m2 cardboard.

From the ground up, the Cube is made from strong cardboard plates. The reason is that cardboard is really easy to work with and paint. To put the pieces of cardboard together, I used rubber cement. This is because rubber cement dries quickly and has a good strong compound. On the outside I used steel wires for the pipes, and glued them onto the cardboard with industrial superglue.

The hardware
Mainboard: VIA EPIA-M 9000, 933Mhz
Memory: 256 MB PC2700 CAS 2
Harddisks: 2x10GB 2,5" harddisk
PSU: A-Open 180Watt Micro-ATX
LAN: 3Com 3C905
Cooling: 3x Sunbeam 80mm fans. 2 of them are the green Led-fan with green circular CCFL version.
Resistors: To be able to manage the speed of the fans I used 2 Sharkoon resistors. One is connected to the top and rear outtake fans, and the other to the intake fan.
Pic1
Layers

After a few test runs, I decided to supply the case with two different layers. One inside layer for some extra strength, and a Borg-like outside layer. The inside layer is made out of 1mm cardboard, every side being 30x30cm. For a bit more toughness, the bottom is made out of 4 pieces that are glued on top of eachother.

Except for the bottom, every side has a couple of big holes carved out, so that the light from inside can find its way outside through the inner layer. Additional 80mm wide holes were made in the front, top, and back panels, for the three fans. On top of that, the inside layer has been spraypainted silver, to optimize the reflection of the light, for extra coolness.
Pic2
Pic3
During the construction of the frontpanel, we had some doubts about the final result of the case. Without a proper paintjob it was hard to see if we were on the right track, so we finished the frontpanel first before we went on with the rest of the project. Fortunately, giving the panel a nice coat of paint made it look better than we expected, so we had nothing to be worried about.
And so we went on creating the rest of the panels. We knew what to do, and how to create certain effects, so we could continue the construction as follows:

Pic4
We began with the cardboard plates...
Pic5
Pic6 ...after which we added some dimension, and some steel wiring to top it off.

This project took us 9 months, in which I spent 250hours of my spare time. In total, we used about 60 meters of steel wire, and 1,5 m2 cardboard.

Introduction

A couple of months ago, Xor'Arch posted some pictures of his new project on our forum. These first pictures created such a huge anxiety and hunger for more that we contacted Xor'Arch, and decided to keep the project a little bit secret. This way we could prepare ourselves for a worthy Caseview that this case absolutely deserves.

CaseJunkies proudly presents: Xor'Arch's Borg Cube.

We asked Xor'Arch how he came up with the whole idea. He explained that his Router had some problems with his ISP's Cable internet connection. He needed another way to provide his network with an internet connection. The only possible way was to implement an extra computer to share the internet connection, so the router would be unnecessary. Read on, and see how the project went from idea to reality.

[Inline picture] [Mirror]

Why Borg?

The plans for an extra PC, functioning as a router, firewall and download-machine were made long before I got the idea to make the Borg Cube. I first intended to use a small midi case (A-Open H340B) with a Via EPIA-M 933Mhz chipset and 256MB RAM memory. After having put it all together, I was not really satisfied with the way it looked. It looked kinda boring to me, and that's when I got the idea to build a case myself. Here's why I chose Borg to be the design's theme:

* To Route: Collective - A central point where everything comes together and gets sent out to multiple computers.
* Act as Firewall: To prevent hostile attempts to penetrate the system, and neutralize them.
* To Download: All your bytes will be assimilated...
* And, the Borg are just cool.....

Since I wanted the project to be 100% original, I searched the internet for similar projects. Fortunately none of them came close to what I planned to make. After having collected as many pictures and information as possible, which was harder than I first thought, I started the construction of the Borg Cube.