Before starting, one thing must be considered, and the method used will depend on the use of the front panel because it is not the same as working with ABS plastic (a material used by almost all PC cases) rather than metal. That said, let's go there.
What do you need?
In addition to basic items such as scarf screws, cutter, pencil, square, beads and meter, you will need the following:
- Grid, to be an iron, of the right size.
- Fatty grain sandpaper (600) and medium (400).
- Dremel or, failing that, a drilling machine.
- It's a jigsaw (although if you have a lot of driving you can use Dremel with this step).
- Epoxy Adhesive
- Riveter (replaces the above when ironing is installed).
- Bodybuilder & # 39; s tape.
- Cutting pipes
All of these materials, including the grid, are commonly purchased from hardware stores.
Create a hole where you can insert the grid
The first logical step is to split the front of the box and after doing that, we will cover the entire surface with a bodybuilding tape. This has a double purpose: on the one hand, it will allow us to mark the lines where we will cut, on the other hand, it will prevent too many chips from being cut.
Now we will measure and draw, with square, bevel and pencil, lines where we want to cut and where the grid will go. It is best to leave at least 3 inches of the edge of the edge, although it will depend on the box and when it has front anchors a larger size may be required.
Then we also make a mark with Dremel / Drill so we can jigsaw and start cutting, or if you don't have a jigsaw and a lot of blows, you can start cutting with Dremel. It is highly recommended to wear safety glasses to make this cut because even though we have installed bodybuilder tape chips it can jump.
Once cut, we remove the excess layer in the foreground and move on to the sand, first with a large grain of sandpaper and then with the middle grain, the entire edge removing the holes that might have been left over.
This should have our first imprint on it.
Install the grill on the front
The first thing to do is to, inside the front, accurately measure the size of the hole and cut the grid in size (we can do it with cutting pipes, with a jigsaw if we have a cast iron or with a Dremel, but still have to remove the piles with sandpaper).
Since the grid will be affected by the front surface, that's why we leave a lot of space when measuring the gap before cutting.
As long as we have a grid of exact size and make sure that it fits perfectly on the front hole, we apply epoxy adhesive to the whole plot and then place the grid on top to attach.
Now the best would be to put large tweezers on the edges, and weight the center so that the grid seats sit comfortably and stay completely attached to the plastic. If the front was metal, instead of doing all this we would use a riveter to hang the two parts.
Once it's dry, we already have the front with a grid ready to install on the PC, though before we want it we can paint it, logically.
And that's the way it looks, depending on the photos we took as an example.
