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Re: Yep, another Cube!
Blind alley number one.......
Experiment 1.jpg
This was a bit of an experiment to see if I could come up with a complete alternative back plate for the Cube cut from a single piece of Perspex.
The answer is maybe, or possibly not.
I used 5mm acrylic for this. The slots top and bottom of the plate are to engage with ends of internal plates, the lower one being a support for a laptop DVD drive, the upper one being a support for 2.5" HD and picopsu.
The lower support worked out okay, as did the MOBO tray on which the Mini-ITX is sitting. Idea was that the four metal posts in each corner of the Cube would be retained and take the strain with the various other supports not being load bearing - great, but the rear plate will need to be at least 8mm acrylic I think to stand a chance of surviving particularly at the weak points on either side of the backplate cut-out.
Obviously the mini-ITX in the pic cannot go into the Cube as it is....but I'm using my old Zotac board here just to get the measurements sorted.
Anyway, probably time to go back to the drawing board again.
Blind alley number one.......
Experiment 1.jpg
This was a bit of an experiment to see if I could come up with a complete alternative back plate for the Cube cut from a single piece of Perspex.
The answer is maybe, or possibly not.
I used 5mm acrylic for this. The slots top and bottom of the plate are to engage with ends of internal plates, the lower one being a support for a laptop DVD drive, the upper one being a support for 2.5" HD and picopsu.
The lower support worked out okay, as did the MOBO tray on which the Mini-ITX is sitting. Idea was that the four metal posts in each corner of the Cube would be retained and take the strain with the various other supports not being load bearing - great, but the rear plate will need to be at least 8mm acrylic I think to stand a chance of surviving particularly at the weak points on either side of the backplate cut-out.
Obviously the mini-ITX in the pic cannot go into the Cube as it is....but I'm using my old Zotac board here just to get the measurements sorted.
Anyway, probably time to go back to the drawing board again.