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The Bender PC Case

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

malorkus writes "This Norwegian site details the process of building an awesome Bender (from Futurama) case mod, complete with an Optical drive in his mouth that you slot CDs into! (Be sure to click the link at the bottom of the page to see the next page in the sequence)." This is one of the most impressive DIY cases I've ever seen. Props to the artists behind this one, even if I can't read any of your words!

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  1. Translated Webpage by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 5, Informative


    In the interest of promoting more enlightened discussion, a translated version of the webpage can be found here.

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    1. Re:Translated Webpage by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 2, Informative

      OK...I challenge you to find a better one.

      Norwegian-to-English translators are rather difficult to find.

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    2. Re:Translated Webpage by k98sven · · Score: 5, Informative

      OK...I challenge you to find a better one.

      Ok then. A quick and dirty human translation follows.

      Norwegian-to-English translators are rather difficult to find.

      I don't think so. :) Of course, I know norwegian.

      [first page]
      Not all our worklogs are boring boxes and water-cooling. Now, the constructor of the TUX-cabinet hits us with the Futurama-character Bender in full scale.

      Bizardo's project is one of the few truely original parts of our worklog-division and is something which definitely can be called "one of a kind".

      Those of us at Overklokking.no have chosen to highlight Bizardo's project due to its originality and execution. The project should be an insipration to anyone wanting something other than a standard box.

      The following article is writtne by Bizardo himself, where he choses to present his Project Bender. Those of us at Overklokking.no are grateful for him sharing it with us, and hope to see more of his work later.

      [second page]

      Foreword
      After finishing my TUX project, I just had to do something new.. I thought about what to do for months and had several good ideas, but finally I fell for Bender :D I've always been a big Futurama fan and I was 100% certain I'd be able to do this, dispite how much time and money I'd spend. I would never have been able to finish this project if I hadn't had help from my friends: Einhar Flå - welding, Geir Gravem - math genius who calculated angles and proportions. So a big thanks to these guys. :)

      Planning

      How big was it going to be? And how to fit it all together? This needed to be thought through and I figured out that I could first build a full-figure paper figure first, and then make all the mistakes I wanted without wasting time and sheet-metal.

      This was used in the project:
      * 1 Slim slotload DVD ROM/CD-burner from Carputer.no
      * 1 VIA EPIA-M 10000 Mini-ITX motherboard
      * WLAN-kort with antenna
      * 2 10 watt light-bulbs (12volt)
      * 1 120 GB harddisk + 4 external 250 GB disks on firewire
      * Metal ducts (for feet and hands)
      * 3 Metal kitchen-bowls from Coop (for the top of the head, and legs)
      * 4-5 paper sheets
      * 3 0,7 mm pieces of steel sheet-metal
      * 1 Digital voice recorder from Produkt 24

      After playing with different 3d programs I managed to print this 3D-model. I used it as a blueprint where I filled in the measurements for size, and so on.

      And so the work with the paper-figure started, calculating angles, finding the correct proportions, etc.

      There, we have a paper-figure, very crooked and stuff. With this paper figure all we have to do is spread out the sheets of paper on the sheet-metal and use them as a template :). Now when all templates and parts we need are finished, we can start building. :D

      [third page]

      Building Bender

      The eyes used are 10 watt halogen bulbs running on 12 volts, wired to the PSU :). Since these are only 10 watts and wired serially, they don't get very warm and don't use much power.

      Then it was time to start with Bender's body. Started with taking out the paper-model and putting it on the sheet-metal for marking:

      Then the cutting began.

      The sheet-metal was cut, rolled until completely round and then welded together.

      At last Bender was taking shape, but just the same a lot of work remained.

      And then there was Bender's head:

      A lot of people thought the head would be a problem considering that the top of the head is round. But it wasn't. Coop [Norwegian co-op supermarket] has metal kitchen bowls. These bowls had just the right diameter and everything, talk about luck :D

      Now when the head is finished it has to be mounted on the body and holes have to be cut for the doors

  2. mirror of full article by winkydink · · Score: 5, Informative

    Full mirror here, but it's still in Norwegian.

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    1. Re:mirror of full article by Mike1024 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Also, Coral Cache, in case no-one has submitted it yet.

      Den ene knappen er powerknapp, den andre er Bender voice knapp "Bite My Shiny Metal Ass"

      I don't know what that line of the article means, but I'm making it my IRC quit anyway.

      Michael

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    2. Re:mirror of full article by grazzy · · Score: 5, Informative

      One of the buttons is the powerbutton, the other is a button for Bender-voice "Bite my shiny metal ass".

      Lousy translation, but its the geist of it.

  3. It's the ad server that melted by Edgewize · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you turn off Javascript, the Coral cached link works fine. It's their ad server that melted, and with 4 or 5 javascript includes per page, that's a long wait for timeouts.

  4. Bender made his debut by EvilNutSack · · Score: 3, Informative

    here
    I think...

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  5. Pictures of the casemod by bad_outlook · · Score: 2, Informative

    Since the site is heavily slashdoted, here is the page with pictures of the final result, very cool!

    http://overklokking.no/art.php?artikkelid=14773&si de=4

    bo

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  6. how to get in by the_Bionic_lemming · · Score: 5, Informative

    if you're running firefox with adblock - add a block for ad1.hardware.no/*

    That's what's been slasdotted - not the site.

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  7. Pic here by ayeco · · Score: 2, Informative

    Toms Hardware has a pic of it.

  8. Printable page by dema · · Score: 4, Informative

    The "printable page" version is ad free and still loading quickly. Hurry (:

    http://overklokking.no/print.php?artikkelid=14773

  9. Re:Important Question by Nos. · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe its "Bite" my shiny metal ass, not kiss.

  10. Image mirror by hairykrishna · · Score: 5, Informative
    The server's down so here's a page with the images on:


    http://www.hairykrishna.f2s.com/bender.html

    One of the best case mods I've seen.

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  11. pictures by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Here are three (identical) pictures I found of bender's head under the f-ray... 1 2 3

  12. MOD PARENT DOWN- AD/MONEY GRUBBER by Eric(b0mb)Dennis · · Score: 1, Informative

    He created this website strictly for ad revenue

    Please see these posts

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  13. Re:i'm the creator of bender casemod by Bizardo · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Bender casemod page in english is now released :D http://www.wymenfan.com/bender/