The Bender PC Case

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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Translated Webpage

[TripMaster Monkey]

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

Re:Translated Webpage

[ABaumann]

Why don't we just create our own Bender PC? ...with blackjack, and hookers. In fact, forget the PC.

Re:Translated Webpage

[k98sven]

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

Important Question

[CleverNickedName]

Does it have a shiny, metal ass?

Re:Important Question

[October_30th]

Can I brew beer in it?

mirror of full article

[winkydink]

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

Re:mirror of full article

[Mike1024]

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

Re:mirror of full article

[grazzy]

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.

Re:mirror of full article

[kyojin the clown]

you miserable bastard. the guy mirrors articles for the benefit of the community at large, and you call him a "karma whore"?

Because of course everyone is just desperate for karma, i know i personally wouldn't even get out of bed if i wasn't going to earn slashdot karma for it - its a big part of my life.

Re:mirror of full article

[itchy92]

I'd mod you up, but I'm afraid that might be ironic...

So which is it?

[Jeff Hornby]

You know, a part of me says these guys need to get a life.

And another part of me says this is a really cool waste of time.

Re:So which is it?

[SethJohnson]

a part of me says these guys need to get a life.

Sometimes I wonder what people mean by this phrase. "get a life"-- what does one need to do to qualify as having a life? I'm assuming that this is the stereotypical checklist for those seeking a life:

• Job
• spouse
• house
• 401K plan
• kids

People like Jeff Hornby (no flame intended for the parent poster) must look at these Norwegians and assume that they're not sufficiently burdened by the items on this list such that they have free time to pursue hobby activities like this casemod. Perhaps when people say, "get a life," it's out of jealousy from the perspective of someone who feels bogged down by their own life and they wish for others to become similarly restrained.

I personally think all of our lives would be less interesting if everyone had "a life."

Disks?

[keesh]

"I don't like having disks crammed into me... unless they're Oreos, and then only in the mouth."

how to get in

[the_Bionic_lemming]

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

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

Image mirror

[hairykrishna]

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.

Site slashdotted - article text below

[Anonymous Coward]

I fully expect to be modded +5, Informative for this ;)

Prosjekt Bender

Forfatterbilde

Publisert: 14 april 2005
Av Kjetil Eide

Ikke alle våre worklogs er kjedelige kasser og vannkjøling. Konstruktøren av TUX-kabinettet slår nå til med Futurama-figuren Bender i full størrelse.

Bizardos prosjekt er et av de fï½ virkelig originale innslagene i workloggavdelingen vï½r og er noe man absolutt kan kalle "one of a kind".

Vi i Overklokking.no har valgt ï½ fremheve Bizardos prosjekt nettopp pï½ grunn av originaliteten og gjennomfï½ringen. Prosjektet burde vï½re en innspirasjon for alle til ï½ lage noe annet enn bare standard kasser.

Artikkelen som fï½lger er skrevet av Bizardo selv, slik han velger ï½ presentere sitt Prosjekt Bender. Vi i Overklokking.no kan ikke annet enn takke for at du deler det med oss, og hï½per vi fï½r se mer av deg senere.

Forord

Etter at jeg var ferdig med mitt TUX prosjekt, mï½tte jeg bare lage noe nytt.. Jeg tenkte i flere mï½neder pï½ hva dette skulle bli og hadde flere gode ideer, men til slutt falt jeg for Bender :D Har alltid vï½rt en stor Futurama-fan og var 100% sikker pï½ at dette skulle jeg fï½ til, uansett hvor mye tid og penger jeg skulle bruke. Jeg hadde aldri klart ï½ gjennomfï½re dette prosjektet hvis jeg ikke hadde fï½tt hjelp av mine kamerater: Einar Flï½ - sveising, Geir Gravem - mattegeni som regnet ut vinkler og stï½rrelsesforhold. Sï½ en stor takk til disse :)

Planlegging og utstyr

Hvor stor skulle den egentlig bli? Og hvordan fï½ alt til ï½ passe sammen? Dette mï½tte nï½ye tenkes gjennom og jeg fant ut at jeg kunne lage hele figurer i papp fï½rst, for da kunne jeg feile sï½ mye jeg ville uten at jeg trengte ï½ slï½se med metallplater og masse tid.

Dette ble brukt til prosjektet :

* 1 stk Slim slotload DVD ROM/CD-brenner fra Carputer.no
* 1 stk VIA EPIA-M 10000 Mini-ITX hovedkort
* WLAN-kort med antenne
* 2 stk 10 watt lyspï½rer (12volt)
* 1 stk 120 GB harddisk + 4 stk eksterne 250 GB disker koblet til firewire
* Panserslange (til fï½tter og hender)
* 3 kjï½kkenboller i metall fra Coop (til toppen av hode, og til beina)
* 4-5 papplater
* 3 stk 0,7 mm stï½lplater
* 1 Stk Digital lydopptaker fra Produkt 24

Etter litt leking med diverse 3d programmer klarte jeg ï½ fï½ ut denne 3D-modellen. Den brukte jeg som arbeidstegning der jeg skrev pï½ mï½l over hvor stor den skulle bli osv.

Sï½ begynnte arbeidet med pappfiguren, regne ut vinkeler, finne riktige stï½rrelser osv.

Sï½nn, der har vil en pappfigur, veldig skeiv og greier. Med denne pappfiguren er det bare ï½ brette ut papp-platene og legge de pï½ metallplatene og bruke de som mal :). Nï½ som alle malene og delene vi trenger, er pï½ plass, sï½ kan byggingen begynne :D

Byggingen av Bender

Øynene som brukes er 10 watt halogenpærer som går på 12 volt, og kobles til psu-en :). Siden disse er på kun 10 watt og kobles i serie så blir de ikke varme i det hele tatt og bruker heller ikke mye strøm.

Så var det å begynne på kroppen av Bender. Startet med å plukke fra hverandre pappfiguren og så legge den på metallplatene og tegne på målene:

Så begynte skjæringen.

Platene ble skåret ut, valset til de ble

Slåshdøtted

[macmastery]

Yer wéb sêrver hås been eåten by a Møøse!