A 1m by 2m sheet of acrylic or aluminium shouldn t set you back more than around 20 and for small cases this will probably be enough to make the external shell and a few additional pieces.
Diy sheet metal pc case.
There are thousands if not tens of thousands of cases on the market.
Design the case to be assembled from bent metal sheets without any need for welding.
But when we get to the this project my students always have a hard.
This is a great project to make if you are new to working with sheet metal.
Reduce the number of openings that cannot be created by punching holes has to be laser cut.
Reduce the number of punched holes instead increasing the hole size to maintain the same total hole area.
Also available in kit form.
In this video we ll be making a sweet looking pc case from scratch using cheap materials basic hand tools.
A great place to purchase discover these cases are amazon newgg and even pc part picker.