Beautiful Wooden PC Cases

mrbill submitted linkage to a site offering to sell what appear to be very beautiful wood PC cases combining wood, glass and silicon into something a hell of a lot prettier than that beige box. Something tells me these wouldn't win the recent Intel sexy case contest, but they sure are sharp.

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What's the deal with the new submission style?

[Anonymous Coward]

I call it "Taco Lazy" myself, but one of my friends prefer to call it "Taco Classic." Thoughts?

Anyway, wooden cases are hardly new. Slashdot's had stories on them a couple times. From a quick Googling of this company they appear to be new, as their link was just posted a number of places the last few days.

Mirror

[Anonymous Coward]

There's no Google cache, Mirrordot doesn't have it yet, but there's still a Coral Cache of it.

Re:Neat, but not practical

[Mr._Galt]

Wood is exceptionally bad at this.

Which is why all the cases are liquid-cooled and air cooled. TFA claims they have been designed to maximize airflow and with the liquid-cooling, I would imagine they don't run hot at all. Not to mention silently....

Re:Wood warping

[KokorHekkus]

As I have pondered doing this, I had concerns about the humidity level of the wood going up and down as the case got hot, then cold, then hot again. I wondered if this would eventually crack or split the wood. What is the longevity? Is his choice of woods helpful in this regard? My chioce would have been ceder, what a great smelling computer, but it is very prone to splitting....

Guess there's better quality cedar around because you can apparently line a sauna with cedar (http://www.doityourself.com/stry/homesauna). The temperature differential in a sauna is of course much higher and as we all know (or can imagine) it's not a place where you want splintering wood.

And in general the lifespan of sauna is much longer than any computer.

Re:Wood warping

[Purdah]

Cedar will crack, just like any other 'unsealed' wood, due to expansion and compression of the wood fibers due to humidity. If you can control the humidity then you will be able to have an unsealed cedar case. (Cedar is also a good dehumidifier)

Cedar is commonly used in humidors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidor and is used unsealed on the inside, but it is encased in a pretty veneer, so it is kept at a constant humidity with a tight fitting lid.

The heat from the computer, on the other will limit the joinery options as the non-uniform expansion of the wood from heat will need to be meachanically limited by the type of joint (think dados) rather than chemically (glues).

Re:Price is nuts....

[jawtheshark]

There is also a media box selling for $35,000. It's nice work, but I think the guy overestimates the financial worth of his craft.

You are hugely underestimating the prices of good carpenters/cabinet makers. This isn't some low skill job that any dolt can do. I've some of these guys in the family and I couldn't even buy one of their smallest items. They make a very nice living at it too!

People do want pretty furniture, and if your want a pretty computer case to go with your mahogany desk, well, you pay for it. This is nothing for us common folks, this is for the rich and filthy rich.