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Dude, where's my jigsaw?

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Well, my very first casemod project has come to a screeching halt. I decided to mode the case of one of my Shuttle PC's to give it a little more glitz and glamor. Since this machines are taken to shows regularly, and tend to be on display, I figure a little more whiz-bang would be good.

For those who don't know what a casemod is, it's a way of customizing your PC case using colored lighting, lexan windows, and other doodads to make it look cool. Some examples: a normal pc, and a Shuttle box like mine, but with a blue tinted case.

I decided 2 side windows with internal red or blue LED's would look great. This would require cutting the panels out of the side of the case using a metal blade for my jigsaw.

After measuring where I wanted the panel to go, I cut the 4 pilot holes with a 1/2" drill bit, and reached for my jigsaw to mount the metal blades in, and cut the rest of the panel.

Cept, I can't find my jigsaw. This is an ancient jigsaw I've had for 15 some odd years - a little black and decker number. I'm not devastated by the loss, but it does sort of put a damper on the evenings project.

I'll probably pick up a new jigsaw at some point, though I'm considering a reasonabl dremel tool, which seems more versatile, and with a little tweaking (ala a metal cutting wheel), doing these sort of mods should be pretty easy. I wouldn't mind hearing from the more experienced tool users on the merits of using a dremel tool vs a jigsaw or the like.

Posted by dbs at November 18, 2004 6:34 PM