Star Trek Case Mod: "TRICORDER CHIC" ..Winner Listed on Ebay for $8,000

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This morning I'll be sleeving the Sentry this Silverstone FP34S Premium 3.5inch Bay Card Reader & Front I/O combo module, David chose this model mainly for it's card reader and headphone jack. It's from performance-pcs here It will be mounted in the new top panel. I chose Bulgin's "Orange Dot" for the Main Power button from performance-pcs, here





The Sentry's display screen will be mounted in the top bezel opening. A 22mm Bulgin "Orange Dot" vandal resistant switch will be the Power button.





another caption by EEL

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LOL, nice one Stoanee!

3.5" HD trays painted Red Enamel and HD cage painted Black Enamel.









another caption by EEL!

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Tonight we'll be milling the aluminum panels and inlay plate for the side panel with the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) design, which will be slightly larger than whats show in this screenshot.



The top cover will have a compartment...hmm for what?



The compartment lid consists of one sheet of 1/8" thick aluminum and 1/8" Opaque red cast acrylic

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Last night the larger aluminum side panel plates took two hours apiece to mill. They exceed the travel space of the mill, so they had to be re-positioned for each side.







Made a temporary Tapping block as guide when manual tapping blind screw holes on backside of the larger aluminum panel.



Blind hole tapped for 8/32 machine screw





Caption by EEL!

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Sanded edges and removed mill trails on the aluminum panels today.











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USS Enterprise cut in 1/8" thick aluminum exterior plate.

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That just looks........sick!

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Lovin the Caption!!!

Finished 1/8" thick Opaque Red acrylic plates in the mill. They will mount inside the machined aluminum exterior plates, as shown in drawing... I'll mount these this afternoon

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Worked on the side panel pre-assembly today> The inner wall of the steel panel needs to be painted Black.