Making Computer Cases out of Plexiglass?

Posted by Cliff on Friday March 15, 2002 @11:09AM from the making-familiar-things-out-of-odd-materials dept.

antis0c asks: "After reading many stories on Slashdot about building custom PC cases, I'm highly interested in building one myself. The only problem - I have absolutely no experience working with PlexiGlass/Acrylic/Lexan, basically any plastic type materials. I'd like to learn the basics, cutting, adhesives, special tools, all the skills required to build a PC case out of this stuff. A quick Google search left nothing really good on it, and I can't even find any books on Amazon on the topic. I hoping some Slashdotters might have some insight on good books on the topic, sites, or perhaps just information."

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Bit-tech article on it... by Sabriel · 2002-03-15 11:55 · Score: 4, Interesting

There's already been some really useful comments here. I'll in checking out the Bit-Tech articles section at http://www.bit-tech.net/article/
"linear" has two articles there so far. "Planning Your Acrylic Case" is seven webpages with details on various aspects of acrylic case design. "The Invisible Case" is sixteen webpages on how the author went about making a (rather ambitious) clear plastic case for their computer (amongst other clear modding), complete with plenty of pictures.