Pimp my A600...

Well, I do know not everybody likes to cut down their beloved Miggy's, but as I already own an original A600HD/40 machine, I decided to do something else to my another A600...

The case is a little bit damaged (all the side- and back clips are broken, front grill are damaged etc) I though this is the case I could practise my dremeling... ;-)

First thing I had to get some supplies: leds, switches, aluminium net etc... I cut out the top grill and decided to use that aluminium one there. Maybe...

Then I decided to change all the leds to red ones. The square shaped leds I managed to buy were too high and too fat, so I had to cut and sand them in proper size. The first picture shows the desired length of four leds and one original. I had only five of them, so I shortened them all and picked just the best three of them. Then I soldered old ones out and new leds in place (I'm not going to show you the solderings, because I just suck at it :-D ). The caps lock led was easy, I had to unscrew the bottom plate and bend the legs of the led. (And second time again, because I placed the led in wrong direction :-P .)

Now all the leds work and I have a massive workload ahead. This is my todo-list:

• Cut and install the (aluminium net) front panel (almost done)
• Install decoration lights under the (net) front panel (done)
• Install the hinges at the back (done)
• Find and install a metal plate for power & light switch (done)
• Wash and paint the case (silver hammer paint maybe)
• Buy and install these things:
  
  • Indivision A604 (done)
  • Kipper2k's CF-adapter (done)
  • Bigger CF with PFS (just because it's possible :-P )
  • HxC floppy adapter (work in progress)
  • Pico PSU (waiting for installation)
  • Ian Stedman's ATX-connector (waiting for installation)
  • ACA630
  • Indivision ECS
  • Subway USB
  • WLAN PCMCIA (done)
  • Kickstart3.1 (done)
    
  
  

So this is just a start. It's going to be a long project, so I'll keep updating here if anyone is interested... :-O

looking forward to it!

Excellent, we love the photo stories on here. Keep us updated. :)

Thanks for your comments! So, here are couple photos more what I've done today.

I cut and placed the aluminium net in place. It needs black paint and hot glue, but the idea can be seen already...

The hinges at the backside helps me to install all the upgrades in the future. Those are so expensive, I have to buy them one by one and open the case hundred times... :-P Also I made an extension cable to the red led's so the case can be opened without removing the cable every time... Now I realised, I have to make some kind of locks to the front to prevent the case opening accidentally.

well done mate! with the hinges, can they be done from the inside of the case?

Interesting project !
Keep on posting..... luv' it ! :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by PO15KA

well done mate! with the hinges, can they be done from the inside of the case?

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Maybe, but as I used bolts and nuts I decided to do them outside. The bolts would otherwise stick from the back side and look a little bit worse... (as can be seen on the last photo)

humm seem to rember some one, jimbob005,putting and a1200 in an a600 case and he used a screw driver to keep it open as well, I spot a trend
its that orange thing on the left
http://www.amibay.com/picture.php?al...&pictureid=668

That is a lovely little miggy you have there ocean :thumbsup:
One thing though, it might be a good idea to put a finer mesh underneath the existing one just incase something accidentally falls through it.

Well, the screw driver is going to be replaced with something more elegant soon ;-)

I've been thinking to replace the mesh with another, maybe a little finer one, but haven't found it yet. This one is for "tuning" car bumpers :-D If only I could find a nice honey comb mesh somewhere...

Today I found a nice piece of aluminium to make bridges to the power and light switch, but I haven't done them yet. Maybe tomorrow... :roll: