If i had a glow forge: home server computer case

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so i have been useing a micro computer with HDD’s and SSD’s via USB3. performace has not been great cause USB… i recently upgraded the game rig so now i have a motherboard and cpu that needs to be put to new task. the thought is get all the drives on the mobo sata instead of USB.

if i had a glow forge i would make a better case but for the time being ill fabercobile something ghetto.

all in all i will have to end up having a place for 16 HDD and 6 SSD

a piece of lexan (not laser safe but was close to the right size with out me having to cut it so I went with it) to mount the MOBO to

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in this picture you can see some of the drives in the middle and wings of the entertainment center
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mounted and pretty
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ill add more as my project continues, with hopes of once i have this stuff mounted i will transition this thread to a fusion 360 build in hopes of a GF. in the mean time hand drilling and cutting :frowning:

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That looks awesome, and I could see engraving traces on an acrylic version just for fun.

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One question – how on earth (sorry) are you grounding it to prevent static discharge? I can’t get within 10 cm of a piece of lexan without getting shocked…

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ya so I have had all lexan / plexi cases in the past and have not had a static problem. yes its a risk I just have not experienced it. also all the components carry a ground to each other via the PSU and that to earth.

so I cant give you a good answer but yes its a risk

also its temporary

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Then again, I live in the very dry zone of Colorado, where opening a door can be a life-changing experience.

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That’s how everybody tracks me in the building when I’m up there for work, they follow the “blue” language that occurs when I touch something…

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So I used a hand layout for holes with only a tape measure and speed square so its eh. I think it would have been better if I had a second clamp but the further I got away from the clamp the more the sheets drifted. so for 1/2 the holes I had to mill them with the drill to get the screws to line up.

DO NOT MILL WITH A DRILL THIS MATERIAL WITH DRIVES RIGHT THERE.
it created a huge static load I only did it because these are not my good drives they are 400gb 300gb etc… so I don’t care what happens to them

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my bit coin account only had enough in it the other day for me to order 1 controller so far so the remaining drives are still on USB and this project is a zero/low cost project so no hard cash being spent

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well after the eyball and doing transfer layout for the HDD panels I put this together
(svg attached but… it never works for me uploading)

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DHL lost my SATA controller card so I have to wait like 2 weeks now for a claim to be filed and a new one sent to me so this project is kind of on hold