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Icrontic's EPIC Duct Tape Case
CB Droege
May 8, 2008 1:00 AM ET in Tech
Mounting the optical drive
Next, we installed a shelf for the optical drive. The shelf was made by binding numerous smaller pieces (which we call simply ‘tape squares’) to each other to form a ‘board’, which is stronger than the panels, but much heavier per square inch. This was lashed to a horizontal pole across from the motherboard, and held up by two smaller poles, which were embedded into the underside.
Finally, we had to measure and cut the openings in the rear panel for the power supply and the motherboard’s I/O ports. Rather than cutting the standard-sized rectangle and using a backplane panel for the motherboard, we decided to custom-cut the back panel for our motherboard’s ports to allow as small an opening in the panel as possible. After cutting away the tape for this hole, we wrapped more small strips around the unfinished edges.
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