4. Let's Begin
Gloves... check. Goggles... check. Condoms... check. Oh wait, were doing a case mod article.
The first step was to lay everything out, measure, measure, and measure again. It really helps if you sketch your design out on paper first. Fortunately, since the case was going to be small, I would be able to get most of the pieces on this one sheet.
One thing to keep in mind is that your plexi sides are not imaginary lines like in geometry. When you plan your cutouts, you gotta make sure which plexi pieces will overlap the others. Think of an L joint, one piece must butt up against the other, so just keep that extra 1/4" in mind when planning your cutouts.
So now that the plans were all laid out and measurements taken, I needed to cut the plexi somehow. I thought of the jigsaw (might scratch), dremel (too long and messy), so I went with scoring and snaping. Since the plexi is so thick, you need a professional scoring blade like $2. After about 20 hard scores, the plexi was easily snappable. After some cleaning of the snapped edges, it was on to the next piece. Try not to veer off your score and into fresh plexi like I did a couple times, it'll really piss you off.
Now that the pieces are ready, I wanted to get the mobo in place so I could test fit the other pieces around it. To get the mobo to stay in place, I used some mobo standoff's, and drilled only part-way into the plexi after marking locations for the holes. This way, the holes would not go all the way through, and I could mount my mobo like mounting it on a regular mobo tray in a regular case. Check it out!
With the mobo in place, it was time to attach the pieces of plexi together so something resembling a case will appear.
