Sunday 30 March 2014

Gutting a PC




 Dust and outdated components, all destined for the dump, though they may be used to test the modified case.

The Starting point was, a many year old time PC picked up for free following an advert on a local website. This case has many advantages 

  1. This was free, can't argue with that.
  2. This case is from an age when PCs were a luxury item and is better made than most modern budget cases. Leading to 3.
  3. This case is made of thicker steel than is used now, meaning it will stand up better to having various openings cut out of it.
  4. Lots of space, this can take a full ATX board with room to spare.

 A blank canvas.

Sunday 16 March 2014

Completed Side Project: Boyle's Law Lamp


 I finally got round to making a lamp out of the Boyle's Law Apparatus which I found in a charity shop. This was done using LED strip in warm white. A single strip runs up the back of the tube whilst four strips at the back provide a bright back light. The whole thing involved around a weekends worth of soldering and there's still a least on slightly dodgy connection. But all in all I'm happy with the way this has turned out.