help me design false floor/box

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:48 am

the fan is pretty solid, it doesn't feel like anything snaps off or comes off, here are some pics:

edit: wow didnt realize those pics were so big and close up, sorry.

Fishy · Post by **Fishy** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:51 am

He must have some big ones.

That wouldn't work with any of the 80mm fans I've seen.

-Fishy

[edit] just saw the pic. you'll have to cut out that lil right angle notch the screw goes thru as well.

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:52 am

yeah i cant see anything that will come off

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:15 am

Fishy wrote:Most case fans are designed to mount "flush" against a piece of thin metal either in a computer case or power supply and usually come with some funky lookin, plastic grabbin, screws. Cut out a hole in the MDF the size of the fan, build yourself a grill/plate out of a piece of sheet metal slightly larger than the hole, mount the fan to that with the crazy-screws, and then screw the plate/fan assembly into the outside of the MDF.

It shouldn't look too bad.

:)

-Fishy

Exactly what I would have said

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:00 am

Ok you see the in the corners, how there is a front and back screw hole. What I did to my fans was remove all 4 of those from one side, and leave the others to stop the fan in place. The only thing I see that would make yours a little more dificult is the V shaped notch were the screws run from one side to the other. If you decide to try it my way, take a small hand held saw, or a drimel tool and acrefully remove the screw tab and the V. Should work nicely once finished.

Fishy has a good idea too. It will be a little faster, and might be a little easer than the way I am talking about, but how it looks in the end will depend alot on how you finish the box.

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:02 am

Ok you see the in the corners, how there is a front and back screw hole. What I did to my fans was remove all 4 of those from one side, and leave the others to stop the fan in place. The only thing I see that would make yours a little more dificult is the V shaped notch were the screws run from one side to the other. If you decide to try it my way, take a small hand saw, or a drimel tool and carefully remove the screw tab and the V, then cut your hole in the box for it to slide into. Should work nicely once finished, and if you carpet the box, the outer edge of the fan will work as your trim ring giving you a nice clean look.

Fishy has a good idea too. It will be a little faster, and might be a little easer than the way I am talking about, but how it looks in the end will depend alot on how you finish the box.

Fishy · Post by **Fishy** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:13 am

Nah your way would be quicker. Cuttin plastic is a lot easier than cuttin metal. I would just find it hard to cut up a brand new piece of equipment even if it is only a 3 or 4 dollar case fan.

-Fishy

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 1:17 pm

JeremyC wrote:Ok you see the in the corners, how there is a front and back screw hole. What I did to my fans was remove all 4 of those from one side, and leave the others to stop the fan in place. The only thing I see that would make yours a little more dificult is the V shaped notch were the screws run from one side to the other. If you decide to try it my way, take a small hand saw, or a drimel tool and carefully remove the screw tab and the V, then cut your hole in the box for it to slide into. Should work nicely once finished, and if you carpet the box, the outer edge of the fan will work as your trim ring giving you a nice clean look.

Fishy has a good idea too. It will be a little faster, and might be a little easer than the way I am talking about, but how it looks in the end will depend alot on how you finish the box.

ahhh you mean remove it like that, I thought you meant it was made to snap off or remove or something.

yeah I get it now, I will probably try that way, i dont really have any metal or other sheet of someting lying around.

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:07 pm

Sheet metal is really cheap, check Lowes/Homedepot/etc...

Fishy · Post by **Fishy** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 5:55 pm

A piece of lexan or plexiglass would work and might look cool too although it can be pretty difficult to cut or drill holes in plexiglass without cracking it. Lexan would be a better choice and it too can be found at Home Depot for pretty cheap.

-Fishy