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Greetings fellow Techie Types,

How many of you know of the Tornado series cases from www.3DCOOL.COM

Check them out if you are not familuar with them.

Now The 2000 case is the one that I would like to get. But the prices for them are a bit frickin high. The 2000 is a modified InWin Q500 full tower. I happen to have 2 InWin Q500 towers for my and my wife's computers. My question for you onipotent ones is, what sort of tool can I use to cut 2 holes into the side pannel (see pictures on 3DCOOL.com) to be able to mount the 2 fans? If I could do this myself, I would save myself a ton of money.

Thanks all!

[This message has been edited by jediab (edited November 28, 2000).]

[This message has been edited by jediab (edited November 28, 2000).]

You could probably do it with a dremel and a little patience. Whatever you use though, do it outside and wear long sleeves. Those aluminum shards and shavings really hurt when they work their way under your skin

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You can use a metal blade on a recpricating saw to cut the basic hole making it a little smaller that what is needed, then use a dremmel tool to clean the hole and make it pretty. Wear GLOVES, GOGGLES and long sleeves - aside from being sharp the shrapnel created from that ammount of friction is extremely HOT! Shouldn't be too difficult a project to do however. Good Luck

Cool!

Thanks a bunch people. And also thanks for the safety tips as well. My skin will thank you https://forums.windrivers.com/

I used a circular saw bit on my drill [cordless] it seemed to work great.

use some kind of buffer to sand down the edges a little though, or be ready to say OUCH!

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GreenLee electrical knock outs and a drill work great for any kind of hole punching in light metal cases. The kit is kind of pricy thought around 70 bucks I think.

Grider

A sheet metal nibbling tool works great too. They are available at Radio Shaft for 10 bucks. Part # (64-823)

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A dremel with the "Tile attachment" it has a sideways cutting blade that will eat thin metal well.