Well at long last, the desk is done and slowly, bits and pieces of it are filtering into my room to be assembled. Right now I’m installing Vista and drivers on the computer. Already I can tell that this is going to be one wicked setup. The downside is that I was a bit short sighted and only realized once I brought the front in…

I don’t have room for it.

>.<

This is the back side (rather, front) of the desk. You can see the cutouts for 4 case fans.

Here is another shot of the console. You can see where the DVD drives and such are. Also notice that I didn't paint the inside of the side panels. Meh.

Here's the completed desk. Doesn't look too shabby if you ask me.

So at this point I can either take the couch out of my room or put up with a little bit less space. I can’t wait to get this reassembled and in 100% operating status.

Ok, so I could go the entire series without putting in a plug for myself. Yeah, this was fun to build and I would totally do it again for someone else if the price was right. If you’re interested, let me know. Local orders onli plx ^_^. However, since my main side business involves building computers- if you need one, look me up. That’s all I’m gonna say about that.

Hope you like what you see, I know I’m going to have a blast with this desk and the computer

Spent the past few days putting way too much time and effort into the desk. I’ll spare you the nitty-gritty right now and just pass on a picture and some details.

As you can see, I have the monitor in and set to go. After countless hours, I finally found a feasible way to mount the drives in the console. I cleaned it up a bit and filed down some rough edges. All I have left to do is the body work, ventilation, and hooking up the computer.

Speaking of computer, I have it all built and set to go. Here are the specs.

• Antec Three Hundred case
• AMD 6000+ 3.0 ghz dual core processor
• 650W 3-rail power supply
• ATI HD4870 video card
• 500GB hard drive
• 4GB RAM (2x2GB)
• 2 DVD RW drives
• Super multi drive (card reader, eSATA, fan controls, USB ports)
• Fan controller
• 17″ Dell widescreen monitor

That’s all for now. Keep on going with the photoshopping contest!

So OhYo and I just got back in from working for a couple hours on the new carputer.. Its coming along. I sure took a lot of flak from both he and my dad about how I did things… But that’s how they are, what can I say?

Below are a few pics of how it looks and a quick (30 min) Google Sketchup render of what I’m thinking.

Google Sketchup rendering of idea

Side shot of dash mounted on frame of 2x4s

Another shot of dash mounted on frame of 2x4s

For the past couple months, I’ve been developing a project in my mind. It all started with a conversation I was having with a coworker about computer desks. I decided that I’d like one similar to this: the V1 Chair. Since they were silly enough to post practically blueprints on their website, I thought it’d be great to build. I did some research and the price for the metal would have been around $200 for steel, $300 for aluminum. I wanted the steel so that I’d have an excuse to play with the welder, but other opportunities arose.

About 2 months or so ago, I was having a look at some of the IT bathroom reading material and happened upon this article in Popular Science. I instantly knew what I wanted from then on. Instead of a Battlestar Galactica theme, I wanted a car theme.

For the sake of knowing the context of my forthcoming decision-making, I should let you know that recently my family bought a Grand Prix. Its the last body style and I absolutely love the interior.

Continuing on- I found a website that specializes in selling parts from late model, totaled vehicles. The company was called P@m’s @ut0 (no, there aren’t really symbols in the name, but I will not write out their name nor link to their site because the tremendous amount of hassle they gave me, the inaccuracy of their site, and the low level of competancy exhibited). Through that site, I gained more of an idea of how I was going to bring this project about: I needed a seat and a dashboard.

I struggled mentally with the disbelief that I’d actually follow through with this and that even if I did build this .. computing center, it would turn out horribly.

Through some of my brother’s contacts and with a mild investment, I took the leap of faith.

The Dashboard via totaled Grand Prix

As this is the first step to prove to myself that I’m serious, I hope to bring you updates as I progress. Perhaps I’ll even get a spot on Pop Sci

Next Steps? Get the seat and start rigging a frame for the dash.