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Sick of all these wimpy plastic Pi cases, so I built my own out of steel and brawn!
I also had to design a different bracket for the Ice Tower cooler to turn the fan in the proper direction.
Sick of all these wimpy plastic Pi cases, so I built my own out of steel and brawn!
Waterjet cut 1/16" steel and taped to test fit after bending.
Sick of all these wimpy plastic Pi cases, so I built my own out of steel and brawn!
Welded. Faceplate off
Welded. Faceplate on
Sandblasted before paint.
Sick of all these wimpy plastic Pi cases, so I built my own out of steel and brawn!
Paint
Post paint test fit with polycarbonate window.
Finished!
Build includes 6 fans, 1 M.2 SSD, an Argon One case daughter board to move the I/O, and a 6A Mean Well PSU!
Rear I/O includes a soft reset switch.
OC'd the CPU to 2.1 and the temp never gets above 36 degrees Celsius!
Sick of all these wimpy plastic Pi cases, so I built my own out of steel and brawn!
Sick of all these wimpy plastic Pi cases, so I built my own out of steel and brawn!
Sick of all these wimpy plastic Pi cases, so I built my own out of steel and brawn!
50" TV for scale. Final dimensions are 6.5"x3.25"x7" (LxWxH). Couldn't be more happy with it!
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