11 Apr
1999
11 Apr
'99
4:52 p.m.
At 09:31 PM 4/11/99 +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
If you are going to make your own cover (do you have
sheet-metal forming
facilities?) then you could make the lip about 1" deep at the front and
back and screw it in place. It wouldn't be original, though.
I do have sheet metal forming capabilities. However since it isn't going to
be a "real" cover anyway I'm considering making it out of polycarbonate
(trade name Lexan) The goal would be to have a transparent cover that I
could affix labels to that identified the function of the boards, without
having to leave the top off. The goal would be to allow it to be set up in
a museum where it was running, but showed off the insides as well. (my
daughter's 3rd grade class got a real kick out of the fact that both the
CPU and memory were three board sets rather than single chips.)
So this is the current plan:
Lexan material, Bent metal (custom) hinges on the right
hand side, velcro straps on the left and two velcro patches
glues to the side of the psu to hold the straps.
Labels on the sides and tops.
The catches on my machine were broken before I got it,
but the cover
stays in place just fine without them. So you don't need to fasten it down.
Yup, I would guess from the pictures that the top would be statically
stable in the "closed" position. When I get this thing built I'll take some
pix of it and post em on my web site.
--Chuck