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To make it even more extreme, for his page discussing this case, he states that his main construction material is stained glass, and he's a hemophiliac. Hard core.

Besides the V8 and the Keg one, I wouldn't say these are too extreme. This guy has some real case mods. In my opinion, if you aren't building the case from scratch, it's not really extreme.

hmmmmmmmmm... no case mod involving a CPU as a heater, but this site documents the installation of a lava lamp into a very swanky stained-glass case. This site is the home of my favourite case mods in the world ^_^ Look at the very last case mod, number eight, to see the lava lamp.

Stained glass case mod (by a hemophiliac too, that's just crazy)
Fish tank case mod (with genuine Neon Tetras)

Anyone else disappointed that the Lava Lamp case uses 40-Watt lamps? I was kinda hoping there was a overclocked AMD processor at the bottom of that thing...

[shatner]

My...god...it's.....

....... beautiful!

[/shatner]

Interesting:

I titled this case "HEMOPHILIA" due to the red of the glass, my many wounds from working on this case, and the fact that I have hemophilia (a rare genetic blood disorder that hinders my blood from clotting.)

My god, the man's willing to risk death for his art!

[shatner]

My...god...it's.....

....... beautiful!

[/shatner]

Interesting:

I titled this case "HEMOPHILIA" due to the red of the glass, my many wounds from working on this case, and the fact that I have hemophilia (a rare genetic blood disorder that hinders my blood from clotting.)

My god, the man's willing to risk death for his art!

[shatner]

My...god...it's.....

....... beautiful!

[/shatner]

Interesting:

I titled this case "HEMOPHILIA" due to the red of the glass, my many wounds from working on this case, and the fact that I have hemophilia (a rare genetic blood disorder that hinders my blood from clotting.)

My god, the man's willing to risk death for his art!

[Disclaimer: I made lamps and terrariums in the 70's, so sue me.]

In short, treat the whole project like a Tiffany lamp.

This case appears to be built that way, although for Tiffany glass it's fugly. Plus he mounts a fan to a glass panel. Bad idea.

If you work stained glass I don't need to explain the advantages of Tiffany style construction. But for the other folks, it's stronger and prettier than 'lead came' ("H" channel lead) construction commonly used in windows.

So, for the glass I would definitely go that way.

As far as mounting the heavy bits, like a lamp I would use a fixture (frame) and keep the glass non-load bearing.

In keeping with the Tiffany lamp theme, use a pretty material for the frame. I'd look into using brass rod and sheet to make a 'perimeter' frame. Use brass lugs to join the pieces. I say this because brass and bronze are common Tiffany lamp fixture materials so it wouldn't look out of place with the stained glass, especially if you applied a patina finish to the metal.

Continuing with this basic frame, you then have a choice of making a glass 'shade' that slips over the frame, individual glass panels that come off, or perhaps a combination of the two. You could get fancy and make hinges for access panels out of tubing and rod.

As far as EMI compliance, forget it; the glass is little better than air for magnetic shielding.

Making a good ground plane under the mobo and to the rear panel is important to prevent ground loops and reduce static discharge, so splurge on the brass sheet there.

Cooling shoudln't be a huge problem so long as you position the fans close to where the airflow is needed.

-dvd_tude

Computer Success has one on display (warning, requires IE to successfully navigate their site), and it looks like LucentRigs is the website of the guy who built it.

maybe you can pick his brain: lucentrigs.com