Yeah, so I decided to build a 2TB ammo can NAS box. I'm waiting for the hard drive and a custom I/O panel to arrive before I can wrap things up.
The top of the ammo can after I cut the 120mm fan port. The lid is quite thick which made cutting it a bitch., I'll definitely consider placing the fan ports elsewhere for future ammo can builds.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...g?t=1289677134
I used some epoxy putty to permanently hold the handle in place mostly to help with air flow. Then after a couple of primer coats and a few coats of OD green, I have the finished lid.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...g?t=1289677365
Here we have the can with the front intake (originally going to be the PSU mount for another ammo can project. I'm going to cover that with some modder's mesh to form the intake. I also recycled the HD bracket from an old case and sealed it in place with epoxy putty. Perhaps if I make more of these, I'll use a different method to mount the HD bracket (brazing?). Still waiting for the I/O bracket to arrive before I paint.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...g?t=1289677495
Here's the first real fit test. I used an old IDE drive to put weight on the HD bracket, and cut an unused PCI slot cover to provide support to the PCI SATA controller. I had to use a PCI controller because the board that I have (VIA EPIA something or other). Some 3/4" x 1/16" aluminum square tube served as the motherboard mount. The 2 black sleeved cabled will be connected to 2 buttons on the front of the can (left of the picture) to serve as power and reset. Power supply is a PicoPSU 90W. And the O/S (FreeNAS) is installed on a 4GB IDE disk on module (can't see it in this pic).
The square aluminum tubing made a perfect surface to mount the mobo risers. They're miter cut because they were going to originally be used in my now cancelled Causality build
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...g?t=1289677704
I should have the rest of the parts this coming week, so hopefully I'll have a finished, functioning NAS Can by week's end.
I do have plans for a 4 to 8TB version which will utilize the s478 ITX board that I have.
