hej all,
im new here and wanted to give an update on this diy case build using custom aluminium U-profile.
So overall for doing it the first time it was medium difficulty for someone with rusty metal and wood crafting skills :)
materials where really afordable, overall maybe 80-90 euros, less if you have the building basics.
+ about 1/2 to 1 day of your time
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Prototyping of the sidepanels was done with hard cardboard, which was super helpful to get it right...
for84 hp, 4u i needed the following materials
Custom aluminium U-Profile from online service - about 38 euro
rails- about 35 euro
cheap birkwood sidepanel ( with cutting service)
M5 and M3 screws. drillheads for aluminium and wood
beewax, wood color and
a drill
One issue that came up.is that it is easy to drill into the aluminium,
but really hard to match the sliding nuts with the screw holes
since it is completly covered by the case.
what helped was to use a torch and look through the hole
while pushing the nut carefully. but even then it is possible to have trouble fitting it!
