Registered: 11/15/07
Posts: 1797
Loc: Florida, USA
Well for some reason me and my fiancee for some reason were playing with my old collection of legos. I have 2 big bins full to the top, I forgot how much there was. Well I thought I would copy the guys at applefritter and mac a headless iMac in cased in Legos. This case will take me a while to make because I want it to be color coded and built strong. I'm debating to include that mini LCD with it.
Registered: 11/15/07
Posts: 1797
Loc: Florida, USA
My case is going to look more like of a case then a playset. I'm going to try and hide the DVD drive and try and make the hard drive swappable. If I do include the LCD it's going to be tricky. I'll take pics on every level I build.
I tried to make a case out of Legos for my Linux computer. But it is to big, and I don't have enough Legos. And my 17' screen was hard to build into legos. But that case is sweet, good job!
Registered: 11/15/07
Posts: 1797
Loc: Florida, USA
Well in my youth I collected legos since I was 2 to 17 years old. So I have plenty to go around. My mother use to say to me "Keep this up and you can build a real house out of them Legos." lol.
Anyway, I spent most of the day designing the case. The building will start Wednesday. I wanted to start today but by time I got done with the design I had to go to my fiancee's house.
Registered: 11/15/07
Posts: 1797
Loc: Florida, USA
This project is such a head strain. Since I have two huge 20 gallon jugs of legos im having problems digging out the right part and keeping it color coded.
Registered: 11/15/07
Posts: 1797
Loc: Florida, USA
I've started again on the lego case project. I found my missing legos yesterday in the attic.
I have been drafting some plans again for the case and overcame some problems on the last set of plans. Also i'm going to make the power supply external since the power supply is one of the hottest devices in the system and also it will help slim down the case size.
I found a nifty program for Windows and OSx called LEGO Digital Designer. I've been using it to get a idea on the build of the case.
Registered: 10/03/04
Posts: 156
Loc: Cyberspace Sector USA
Oh man, couldn't you just see your friends looking twice at the Lego case?
Here's an idea: buy some parts for the Lego Dacta system, like bumper switches and light blocks, and the wires to go with them. Then, modify the wires so you can connect the switches and the lights to motherboard. Just an idea.
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