Dashboard assembled!

I’m thinking about illuminating the dials something like this. It looks sweet. I was going to get new back plates for the dials, but they’ve really grown on me-if you think I should replace the back plates on the needle gauges, the please let me know, maybe suggest something? You might have noticed that there’s no temperature gauge on this anywhere. The reason for that is that I think it would ruin the appearance. This mod has come through a lot of revisions to get to where it is today, and although I had included a digital temperature monitor in the dashboard in every revision bar the last, I decided to put this inside of the door. The whole front of the case will be removable, with a temperature/electronics light board underneath. The one that will be visible through the mesh at any rate. Anyway, here’s the illumination pic.

Next up is the left side panel. I’ve dropped the hazard light for a number of reasons.

1. It would eventually annoy me.
2. It would be very difficult to implement, and time consuming. The time/result ratio was close, but not close enough.
3. I already have an idea for what to replace it with that will be equally as effective, at least I hope so.

At least if I ever missed it, I could get one on a pole, and have it ‘sticking up’, if you know what I mean. So with this in mind I cut my materials, and worked out what to do with the left hand panel.

I found some shelving brackets that I had left over from making my keyboard bench in Stage 3.¹ So I used them at this point as they were perfect fits for my corner brackets. This was blind luck, as I had planned to make these. This is better thought.

After waiting a while, I managed to assemble the square for the side of the case. This is what it currently looks like.

Then I got on with tying up some loose ends; I tidied up the floor of my case, and filled in and flattened out the holes that were in it. There’s no point in doing a half-assed job, is there?²

Finally, I made these little hinge/bracket thingies to attach the front door to the case. They might not look like much now, but I’m hoping they’ll look a lot better when they’re all in and finished.

Alrighty, I think that’s all for today! I’ve got a day to myself here, so I’m going to get some work done on this and hopefully you guys will be in for another proper worklog tomorrow. I’d love some feedback and criticism on how you think the mod’s coming along, and on my Worklog technique too, that would be interesting and helpful. Thanks guys!