[Solved] Cutout in my Spedo

I like my Spedo case with one exception: There's no cutout in the motherboard tray behind the CPU. I want to create my own. I'm thinking it should be pretty easy. What should I use to create the cutout?

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

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Reply to ubercake

Probably a dremel. But I don't know much about pc modding, i am just thinking a dremel. Wait until moto gets on and he will help you.

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Reply to amuffin

Best answer

Yeah, a dremmel with a cut-off wheel should do the trick nicely.
Just mark where you want to cut with as sharpie and make sure to do the cutting far away from any components
After you have cut out the hole, be sure to deburr the edges so you do not cut yourself/your components later!

Should be a pretty easy mod, best luck!

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Reply to outlw6669

outlw6669 wrote :

Yeah, a dremmel with a cut-off wheel should do the trick nicely.
Just mark where you want to cut with as sharpie and make sure to do the cutting far away from any components
After you have cut out the hole, be sure to deburr the edges so you do not cut yourself/your components later!

Should be a pretty easy mod, best luck!

A dremel will cut through the metal? Is there a specific bit you'd recommend?

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Reply to ubercake

ubercake wrote :

A dremel will cut through the metal? Is there a specific bit you'd recommend?

you would need to use a metal cutting bit. usually, looks like a circular sawblade, but with either very fine teeth or no teeth.

Reply to clarkjd

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rh [...] ing&page=1

Depending on what angle you are attacking it at...

You can punch 4 holes with a drill and use the disk cutter, then smooth off the edges, or which ever way you come up with that fits

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Reply to totalknowledge

I use the first item on that amazon page... the quick disc change bit is AWESOME!!! just used it last night to cut some "wings" off a cross member in my new case..

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Reply to slhpss

totalknowledge wrote :

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rh [...] ing&page=1

Depending on what angle you are attacking it at...

You can punch 4 holes with a drill and use the disk cutter, then smooth off the edges, or which ever way you come up with that fits

Great info. Thanks. What do you use to smooth the edges?

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Reply to ubercake

Hi

If you are using a dremel...REMOVE THE MOTHERBOARD FIRST.....

All the best Brett

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Reply to Brett928S2

Brett928S2 wrote :

Hi

If you are using a dremel...REMOVE THE MOTHERBOARD FIRST.....

All the best Brett

Ha! Thanks man. I plan to take everything out for this mod.

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Reply to ubercake

Got the dremel bits. Now can anyone tell me a way to find the time to do this?

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Reply to ubercake

Best answer selected by ubercake.

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