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- Nov 18, 2010
Wow, snowbrdd, this is quite the undertaking!
1. Google Sketchup. Check it out. It has literally hundreds of easy-peasy tutorials to follow online, and just after a few of the basic ones, you'll be able to crank out 3-D prototypes pretty quickly, with everything to scale.
2. Paper Mache, Toothpicks, Cardboard, and Copper Wire. This project has some fairly complex shapes and curves - might I suggest making some small models? Make a 1/4 size cutout of hard-drives, optical drives, and motherboards and make a basic frame out of copper wire, see how all the components will fit, and how all the weight will be supported. You can even make a little model person and chair to make sure everything will be the right height.
3. SATA Cables, if I'm not mistaken, are limited to 3 feet. Keep that in mind. Optical drives have a bit more leeway, in the sense that you can use USB instead of SATA, and then your length limit goes to 10 feet.
1. Google Sketchup. Check it out. It has literally hundreds of easy-peasy tutorials to follow online, and just after a few of the basic ones, you'll be able to crank out 3-D prototypes pretty quickly, with everything to scale.
2. Paper Mache, Toothpicks, Cardboard, and Copper Wire. This project has some fairly complex shapes and curves - might I suggest making some small models? Make a 1/4 size cutout of hard-drives, optical drives, and motherboards and make a basic frame out of copper wire, see how all the components will fit, and how all the weight will be supported. You can even make a little model person and chair to make sure everything will be the right height.
3. SATA Cables, if I'm not mistaken, are limited to 3 feet. Keep that in mind. Optical drives have a bit more leeway, in the sense that you can use USB instead of SATA, and then your length limit goes to 10 feet.
