tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14964901774416570152024-03-13T01:45:45.842-07:00Hello Kitty Case ModCustom computer case mod for my daughter.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544227448362882225noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496490177441657015.post-88543990234143032662009-11-10T21:20:00.000-08:002009-11-10T14:31:23.716-08:00The Project<div style="font-family: arial; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;"> My 8-year old daughter loves Hello Kitty...what little girl doesn't! :) I decided that her first computer should therefore be modded to suit her accordingly.<br />
I surfed all over the Net but did not find any examples of such a mod, at least not as extensive as I was planning on making it. So, with a handful of inspirational images I decided to do it.<br />
First of all, if anyone decides to do this or any other project based on this blog, please be aware that I will not be held responsible for any financial, emotional, or physical losses/damages due to one's following or attempting to follow procedures outlined herein. The purpose of this blog is to simply share my experience on this project and provide inspiration/ideas for someone who is looking for such information. So, now that we have this out of the way, lets get to the good stuff :)<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Note:</span> I wanted to post this blog in a chronological order - top to bottom. Unfortunately, thi</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">s site adds newer postings to the top, resulting in a sort of upside down sequence. So, I had to set the dates in reverse - every new posting with an older date than the preceding post. This way, it will keep things displaying in the proper sequence. Hope this doesn't confuse too many :))<br />
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1. Cost:<br />
You can go with a cheap case and some spray paint from the local hardware store. Probably not a bad idea for either a first-timer or a very budget-conscientious person. Or, you can splurge and go all the way! I decided to splurge a bit :) Base layer coat (the PINK paint), base coat (gold sparkle), another base coat (white paint), high velocity clear coat (the finish coat), hardener, plastic adhesion promoter (makes the paint stick to plastics), some mixing cups, primer, and tack cloth = 180 bucks! :) I got it all at a automotive paint shop. I think the finish is gonna be worth it! I did go for a cheaper computer case though. Didn't want to risk screwing up an expensive one.<br />
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1.1 Additional materials - sandpaper (180/220, 400 - sheets or pads for use with a sander), steel wool (00 and 000 for final rub). Also, for this design I obtained two packs of Super Sculpey at 14 bucks each, small can of automotive Bondo, green masking tape (preferably one for usage with automotive paint work)</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">, paint thinner or cleaner, sheet of copper mesh (from Arts and Crafts store),</span> <span style="font-size: 85%;">30-gauge copper wire: two spools - one black one red (RadioShack), and assortment of heatshrink tubing (for your wiring), 1/2in by (twice the height of your computer case) translucent white or clear piece of plastic (for LED diffusion).</span><br />
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1.2. Additional parts:<br />
Nine pink LEDs - 5mm, two white LEDs - 10mm, </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">two</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> amber LEDs - 5mm, </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">two</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> green LEDs - 10mm, 5mm LED holders, two spare male mini power connectors (matching your computer's power supply), nine 1k Ohm resistors, 120mm PC case fan, custom-built Hello Kitty grill (for the 120mm fan).<br />
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Depending on what you already have and how closely your design will/will not match this one, your final cost may vary substantially from mine. I would say that the extras cost me less than 70 bucks.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">2. Equipment:<br />
Step drill bit, countersink bit, drill bits for usage with sheet metal, orbital sander, drill press or hand drill, air compressor with a water/oil filer, a good quality paint gun (I happened to already have a gravity feed spray gun), paint strainer and filter, cookie sheet (for baking of Super Sculpey designs), plastic spreaders (for Bondo), Dremel rotary kit (with flex shaft) or equivalent, small metal files with flat and round surfaces, hot glue gun, heat gun or a mini torch, soldering iron, a pack of latex gloves, safety goggles/glasses, and a filter mask.<br />
Some of this equipment does not have to be very expensive or top notch, unless you plan on doing many more projects or go pro. Mine came mostly from local home improvement stores and seemed adequate enough to do the job.</span><br />
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Here are pics of some of the materials and tools:<br />
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</div><span style="font-size: 85%;">This is the bit I used for carving out shapes in the plastic faceplate</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: 85%;">Step drill bit for cutting in sheet metal and plastic</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"> 5mm LEDs<br />
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</div><span style="font-size: 85%;">LED plastic holders</span><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%;">Heat-shrink tubing for wire insulation</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Note for future - pick the right colors for the project!)</span></span><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%;">Extra set of "hands" was really helpful, especially when soldering.</span><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%;">For creating shapes of Hello Kitty and friends</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: 85%;">Small files for getting into tight spaces during fabrication</span><br />
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This is kinda upside down deal. You have to click on Older Posts to see Newer posts. I had no other way of listing this in a specific progressive order so that you would not have to start at the bottom, or the last page.<br />
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</div></div></div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544227448362882225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496490177441657015.post-16152738188090235992009-10-21T23:50:00.000-07:002009-10-22T19:49:50.430-07:00<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">Starting point: </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Honestly, I wish I had picked something made out of thicker material. Working with such thin sheeting proved to be a challenge. I had to change my design plans for attachment of the Hello Kitty on the side panel...will explain later.<br />
</div></div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544227448362882225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496490177441657015.post-3933221196730596662009-10-21T23:45:00.000-07:002009-10-22T19:50:11.902-07:00<div style="font-family: arial; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">First thing needing attention was to cover the existing vent holes. This will provide an adequate area for the Head. Venting will be provided at another location.<br />
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</div><span style="font-family: arial;">Coat of Bondo and some sanding...</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: arial;">Another application and more sanding. When it starts to look "smooth" apply a coat of primer. It will show all existing imperfections otherwise you may not be able to see. I think it took about 5 cycles between Bondo and primer before I was satisfied with the results.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: arial;">Now we're getting closer to a smooth finish. Notice that during the sanding a lot of the existing paint came off. That's perfectly OK. Just use self-etching primer (or another good quality primer) when ready. The imperfections in the center are of no concern as these will be covered by the Head. It was a result of something I tried and it did not work as expected ;)</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">It's a good idea to provide some support in the back. Otherwise, your filler will just come through like cheese through a grader.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Ok, this looks rather good :) Now the surface is ready for attaching of the Head. (The next steps I ended up altering completely due to the difficulties in working with thin panels)<br />
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</div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Head! I used a template to cut out a shape which then I rolled flat on an upside down cookie sheet. I also used this sheet to bake the characters as per Super Sculpey instructions.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Ready for baking and sanding...<br />
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</div><div style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Badtz-Maru, Chococat, and Keroppi primed and ready for painting<br />
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</div><div style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Some detail that will later help in painting<br />
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I decided to bolt the Hello Kitty head to the panel. This way there's no way it can get "accidentally" knocked off. You know how kids are! ;) I was planning on finishing the joint around it with Bondo. But as hard I as tried, I kept on running into a nasty problem. See the 4th pic down:<br />
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Frankeinstein Hello Kity :)<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Countersinking the holes. This will ensure that the screws can be covered over once the head is bolted on.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">On the inside of the panel, smoothing some metal shards from drilling.<br />
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1. Use a thicker material PC case that does not flex (definitely too late now)<br />
2. Use something like short fiber reinforced fiberglass filler by Everlast rather than Bondo. It will flex with the material rather than crack or chip (found out too late about it). This product is more expensive than Bondo, but if you are going to work with thin sheet metal or plastic, you really should consider it.<br />
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I decided to take the head off, and finish the panels independently w/o the characters. Both Hello Kitty and it's head will be completed separately and then either bolted or glued to the finished panel. Not sure yet which method will work best and not cause any damage to the finish. I'll have to look into this a bit more before deciding.<br />
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</div><div style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">This character will sit directly over the power switch, however, that created a problem - the original switch was now too deep to comfortably reach it. I decided to fabricate a button/tummy that now sit at the proper level. Just press his tummy to power up :)<br />
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Keroppi almost completed. Just needs a clear-coat and LEDs.<br />
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I used some simple designs that I found on the web. I then used a tracing paper to transfer outlines of the shapes onto the plastic bezel.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Traced outline of the flowers and hearts.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Since I did not have any air cooling, I turned the RPMs down in order to avoid getting the plastic melted around the burr.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Going shallow passes - one at a time...<br />
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</div><div style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Keeping the lines as close as possible to the original<br />
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Carefully progressing while avoiding overheating the plastic. You can ruin your entire design if a blob of melted plastic suddenly sticks to the burr and wipes a chunk out of the bezel.<br />
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Flower design<br />
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Rough cut-out. All of these were later smoothed out with a hand file<br />
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</div><div style="clear: both;">Another flower design<br />
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Closeup from the back. I had to take out some of the material, otherwise, the copper mesh would not follow the contours of a thicker material.<br />
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</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544227448362882225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496490177441657015.post-14549307977457678102009-10-21T23:00:00.000-07:002009-10-22T19:51:15.678-07:00<div style="font-family: arial; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Bezel Modifications - Part 2<br />
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This is what the final design looks like. The copper mesh got munched a bit, but that's OK as all of these will come out for painting.<br />
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</div><span style="font-family: arial;">View from the inside of the bezel. The copper mesh is just hot-glued to the back.</span><br />
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</div><div style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Front view - with and without the mesh<br />
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</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544227448362882225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496490177441657015.post-17347375858294065242009-10-21T22:55:00.000-07:002009-10-22T19:51:27.632-07:00<div style="font-family: arial; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Lights<br />
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</div><span style="font-family: arial;">This is where the extra pair of "hands" came in handy :) In this step, a resistor is being soldered to the LED in order to limit the voltage flow. Most common LEDs work with a max of 3V. The supplied 5V from the PC is way to much. Within few seconds the LED would smoke and melt. Done that too.</span><br />
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Attaching wires...<br />
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</div><span style="font-family: arial;">Heat-shrinking all bare wires in order to avoid short circuit once installed in the metal case. Not sure why I did not have the revelation at that time, but green heat-shrink just does not go with the Hello Kitty theme ;) If I have time, I may redo these...</span><br />
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</div><div style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Final assembly: spaced according to the holes in the case. I used solid core wire - that's why the whole thing stands vertically like this. Now, if it only was red/pink and white, with no black or green... ;)<br />
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</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544227448362882225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496490177441657015.post-47612187797364425312009-10-21T22:50:00.000-07:002009-10-22T19:51:35.764-07:00<div style="font-family: arial; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Lights installation and testing</span><br />
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Drilling holes using the stepping drill bit.<br />
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LED fitted inside a plastic LED holder. This helps in keeping the LEDs firmly attached to the case.<br />
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View of the assembly from the back<br />
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Quick test to ensure all LEDs are working<br />
Due to ambient lighting the LEDs seem a bit on the purple side.<br />
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Test with the bezel in place. Notice - the buttons module is now flipped upside down. The large power button is where Badtz-Maru will be placed. I have omitted one LED over the lower flower, the one between two hearts on the left. A defuser will be placed over the two LEDs, which will ensure even illumination.<br />
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Seems there are no 120mm fans with pink LEDs. So, I bought one with blue!<br />
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Quick surgery (well about an hour) and blue LEDs got replaced with pink ones. There was one gotcha - the original LEDs were about a 1/3 of the pink ones! I had to form new holes in the case in order to accommodate the bigger LEDs.<br />
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</div><span style="font-family: arial;">These two pieces were primed to reveal any areas still needing work. The larger piece showed a number of nicks that will have to be eliminated before painting. </span> <br />
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OK, the Hello Kitty head is just about ready. Couple minor imperfections will be addressed before painting.<br />
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This one will go on the other panel. I painted the whole thing white. It will make masking off easier when adding the rest of the colors to this piece.<br />
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Outline masking and getting ready for darker colors..<br />
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Trial assembly. Final position of the eyes and nose needs to be determined.<br />
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Using 4.5 in hole saw. It's the closest I was able to find to 120mm equivalent size.<br />
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The opening is slightly smaller than 120mm, but that will work out just fine.<br />
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Print in the background used to trace the outlines<br />
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Taken with iPhone<br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">This is where the red paint in the bow dissolved with the black outline. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">Bottom of the case has some weird reaction with the primer and it started to peel when I hit it with a plaint. I will have to send it down and try again.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, unfortunately I had to redo some pieces. The original Hello Kitty head turned out to be too thin for this size and after it was painted, it warped outwards, making the whiskers stick out. As a result, couple got broken off before I ever got a chance to permanently attach the head to the panel. I decided to redo it. This time I made it twice as thick, just like the piece on the other side (which by the way is now completed!). I have also integrated the flower into the piece. Trying to match the separate flower with the head proved too difficult. I also had to make the flower a bit bigger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">New head just baked. The eyes and nose are already completed. </span><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: small;">So, here's what happened. When I was cutting the hole in the side panel, I borrowed someone's hole saw. Unfortunately it was not very sharp. I almost ruined the entire work. I ended up having to re-paint both of the panels (so that they would match). Also, as the new hole ended up overlapping with the old vent holes that are now invisible, the semi-dull saw did not cut very cleanly. That's why you see some irregularities in the edge. Fortunately, none of it will be visible as this section will be sandwiched between the case fan and the grill. </span><br />
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