While most of us won't be pro modders and maybe we won't make our cases from scratch. I'm curious what some of the pros have in their arsonal of tools?
While most of us won't be pro modders and maybe we won't make our cases from scratch. I'm curious what some of the pros have in their arsonal of tools?
Drill PressOriginally Posted by X child
Band Saw
Table Saw
Scroll Saw (The only good Dremel)
Bench Grinder (Buffer)
Paasche paint gun
Foredom shaft tool
Microtorque rotary tool
Plus hand tools
Drills, lots
Jigsaw
Orbital sander
Heatgun
tap and die set
Also good to have
Bending brake
powder coating equipment
anodizing equipment
e.t.c.
Clamps
t-square
straight edge
hole saws
large drill bit set
polishing compounds
I know Im forgetting alot but thats the gist of what a good shop should have in its arsenal
Last edited by ZeD; 05-08-2005 at 08:11 PM.
Basically what I figured but I had to ask just to be sure, plus there's stuff there that I don't have a clue what it does. Really been thinking about getting a drill press and band saw. A bending brake would be really awsome, you could make some insane shapes with that thing.
as long as those shapes are composed of bends
You can make scratch cases without a lot of tools. It just makes things a little harder.Originally Posted by X child
Scroll Saw .. the only good Dremel ?!? Nothing can replace my Dremels !! .. ok .. so my scroll saw is also made by Dremel.
I just wanted to see what would make it easier. My present case is scratch built, although I did steal the 5 1/4, 3 1/2 drive cages and the piece from the back that the motherboard attaches too and the cards are screwed into. I originally had planned to make everything but I got lazy and short on time so I started hacking into my old case. Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll get some pictures up. Once I get my switch panel made and the PSU in I'll post some.
Originally Posted by ZeD
Isn't that what a bending brake is for?
Yes ... But I think Zed thought you wanted to make nice curves. That is not what brakes are for.Originally Posted by X child
For small sheet metal break you can make it yourself (isn't that what we really wanted to do anyways).
http://how-to-plans.com/shop_equipment.html
Just because you used some parts from your old case doesnt make it any less of a custom build, show it off, lets see the picsOriginally Posted by X child
Thats great, too bad ya need welding equipment to make what you could have bought for less than the welding equipment it would have taken to make it in the first place. On a side note I hate buying plans online, the plans are NEVER the same as the picture your looking at, and you only find out how much you don't really like it after you pay for it. totally sucksOriginally Posted by Malatory