PmLondon's ip i7 a March 2014 CustoMac Pro Mod

[PmLondon]

This is the original Mod that I had in my mind before I came across a SE/30 case which proved to be too small for my project.

Building a Hackintosh is something completely new for me, I thought it would be a shame to use a ready made case as it lack's personality.

The case is curved on the top and bottom and the corners are rounded.

To make it lighter and for the visual impact the shape of a maze is going to be cut to reach a depth of 8 mm.

The width of the path was conceived first at 6 mm and at some point I thought about making the design smaller and doing it with a tool of 12 mm but it would look not deep enough considering the piece of wood has a thickness of 18 mm if not less in the curved parts.

I have started the build and took some step by step pictures, this is a working progress and I hope that if someone sees a better approach to finish this mod it will be said.

First batch :

 

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Wood case!!!

Looking forward to seeing more!

 

[PmLondon]

Some progress today but not entirely satisfactory, the positionning and size of the holes was done too quickly and I will certainly patch up the space with a new part cut on the column drill.

 

[PmLondon]

Progress was slowed down as I had to avoid using the power tools to care for my neighbour who is doing the night shift this week.

I took the opportunity to join the parts together to verify if something was damaged from the buying list.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/buying-ad...first-gen-macintosh-se-30-a-4.html#post795963

To keep a good flow to the blown air I have removed the set of holes and started a metalic replacement.

 

[PmLondon]

There is some progression but at the same time some ideas proved to be dead ends for exemple the result for drilling holes in a sheet of metal for hiding the fan was not satisfactory.

Though I am posting the illustrator design and the positioning.



The blue plastic frame will be painted white during the finitions.

Otherwise I have built the support for the motherboard in a fiberglass tray to avoid any constraint exerted by the natural movement of the wood.