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I Think I made an
old Chevy.
The Materials are:
Sheet copper (with a natural age patina), Lacquered Cherry wood, Stainless
steel sheet, and some Bondo with copper infused epoxy as a finsh.
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it around a sweet little chassis designed for a microATX motherboard. It's
only got 2 small drive bays and 1 large bay. |
It's compact,
as can be seen here on a desk beside a 19 inch monitor.
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As a friend who was watching me use it remarked,
I've finally got a computer that can keep up with me!
I put in a 1.2Ghz AMD Thunderbird - very snappy, and quite affordable. |
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The main problem is noise.
Mostly, It's this Seagate ultra ATA 100 hard drive, which makes an nasty
grinding buzz, but there's also 3 fans in it. Part of the problem is that
the HD bay is integral with the chassis, so the noise gets transferred out.
I have built some foam rubber and some thick corrugated cardboard into the
panels, which does muffle it quite a bit. Rubber feet also help. |
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It even kind of sounds like an old Chevy!
if you put your ear against the top, the combination of all the spinning
things in there makes a loping rumble, kind of like a big V8 at idle.
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