The Dragon, a desktop computer

This is the instructable that guides me to SteamPunk. :-)

I found in a Gothic shop a dragon head made of bronze. I bought it (just for further projects), put it elsewhere and forgot it.
A couple of month later I planed to build a NAS - System as a central storage for my home. I searched around for some material to build a case and then I found the dragon back.
An idea came in mind to build a desktop computer for my younger daughter (She loves dragons).
As the material for the case I decided to use copper pipes and for the case body I used beech.

Step 1: The parts

You need:

• A dragon head or something similar
• A mini ITX mainboard
• A hard disk
• A mini ITX power supply
• A push button made of brass (may be for door bells)
• Some brass screws and nuts
• 4 red and one white ultra bright LED´s
• Copper pipes and fittings
• Three pieces of beech
• Material to mount the main board, the power supply and the hard disk
• Connector cables from the main board to the front panel
• A 44 pin to 40 pin HDD adapter (if you use a 2,5 HDD)
• 2 component glue for metal

Comments

[duncanwilkinson]

So cool - I think you've just inspired my next Instructable :)

[Horatius.Steam]

Thank you very much.

[Admiral Aaron Ravensdale]

Nice and impressive.
I still work on my Steampunk Laptob and need one or two month longer to finish.

[electfire]

Wow! Nicely done! I love your computer case mods!
I think this is probably in my top five favorite ones of yours!
I love the idea of the copper pipe making the side of the computer - looks like it could be an old radiator or a heat exchanger....