Build Your Own Lego Computer Case 268
PuppiesOnAcid writes "Here is what comes about when you cross a case modder and an AFOL (Adult Fan of Legos). It would be interesting to see how he got everything mounted in there since there don't appear to be any screw holes." Not just a Lego shell around a case, he's used the Legos to support everything. Impressive.
Been done before (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Been done before (Score:5, Insightful)
This is a higher quality production by far. A two year old could make the one at mini-itx.com.
Re:Been done before (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Been done before (Score:2)
My media box is a mini-itx system built into plastic toolbox. Other than a little arcing across my fillings when I get too close, I haven't had any problems.
Re:Been done before (Score:3, Interesting)
Anyway, here's another one that I built 3 years ago. Someone said it'd be a hassle taking this to LANs, but I took mine to about 30 LANs. It was stable, self-supportive, and didn't require anything but gravity to hold itself nice and tight. I took it apart a few months ago. It had become a bit passe already.
http://kahn.caglan.net/~dan/images/gallery/Lego C as e
Been done with a mac also (Score:2, Informative)
Gamer (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Gamer (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Gamer (Score:5, Insightful)
I just love how the grammar/spelling nazis almost always make mistakes in their corrective posts and are usually ACs.
Re:Gamer (Score:2)
Clever troll, look how many posts it has spawned.
Re:Gamer (Score:2)
Not a troll, I meant it.
Re:Gamer (Score:2)
Re:Gamer (Score:2)
I purposely leave out that 'honor' for them, they don't deserve it. The same goes for god.
My Lego Computer (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:My Lego Computer - link (Score:4, Informative)
Re:My Lego Computer (Score:2)
Great prototyping material (Score:2, Interesting)
A case made out of machined metal and plastic is better, but you can't move things around easily.
Google (Score:3, Interesting)
once upon a time. [archive.org](Scroll down.)
Not nearly as artistic as these, though.
Re:Google (Score:2)
Re:Google (Score:2)
Cute (Score:3, Insightful)
Case-modders. Funny people.
Re:Cute (Score:2)
See those three holes in hte bottom left, bottom right and top right wit the red block in the bottom? There are three matching pins build onto the panel that covers this hole. Slide the panel to the left and it lifts right off!
=Smidge=
Where do you get this much lego? (Score:4, Interesting)
Lego Store! (Score:5, Informative)
You can also get the big blue tub which has a bunch of plain bricks.
Big consumer of Lego bricks (Score:5, Interesting)
Look at her website [strath.ac.uk] for a while, and you'll just say "wow." She has the most amazing designs, and stays as true to the equipment she's modeling as she can.
Re:Big consumer of Lego bricks (Score:2)
Re:Where do you get this much lego? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Where do you get this much lego? (Score:2)
Their charge for vanilla 2x2 bricks is around 7c/brick. You can pick up a bulk bucket at WalMart with over 200 bricks for $6.95 - that's 3c/brick (well actually, it's a little higher than that because some of the bricks aren't *useful*).
Of course if all you want is yellow 2x2's then you'd have to buy a heck of a lot of buckets to get that many - so if *ALL* you want is one colour for one project then use the bulk-buy service - but if
Re:Where do you get this much lego? (Score:2)
Holy dang it took me like two seconds to find out! (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Where do you get this much lego? (Score:3, Informative)
From the blurb... buy and sell new, used and vintage LEGO® through fixed price and auction services.
Re:Where do you get this much lego? (Score:2)
Try www.lego.com or shop.lego.com IIRC.
Mycroft
Re:Where do you get this much lego? (Score:2)
I'm puzzled as to why Legos hold such fascination for slashdotters, in light of that.
Re:Where do you get this much lego? (Score:2)
Maybe because the most advanced lego models (for anyone who was a teenager back in the 1980's at least) consisted of one or more moving systems (the 8860 car [hw.ac.uk] consisted of a rack and pinion steering mechanism, gear box, differential gear and suspension system. If you managed to get a copy of the 8888 advanced model guide, you could also build a Lego robot dog [hw.ac.uk], Lego printer [hw.ac.uk], and the most advanced purely mechanical (ie. no e
Re:Where do you get this much lego? (Score:2)
However, the collection is no where near having the ability to make a grand-father clock.
I rec
Re:Where do you get this much lego? (Score:2)
If you look at the parts count in the fancy kits and figure out the price-per-brick, it's pretty much the same for everything Lego make. The buckets are a slightly better deal in terms of price-per-brick - but because they contain *FAR* fewer of the relatively useless decorative
Re:Where do you get this much lego? (Score:2, Funny)
Skilln' or just plain illn'? (Score:2)
Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:2)
Well, I supposed I was being more snarky than anything else. It was just an indirect dig at so much of the other commentary I see here on slashdot - you know, the notion that companies making money off of something that they've defined on their own and sold is somehow wrong. Rant, rant, rant. Wasn't really looking for big yuks, of course. And you're totally right about human ingenuity in working withing a seemingly hard set of rules... it's like finding a w
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:2)
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:2)
That's pretty darned ge
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:5, Informative)
Anyway, many people are Lego purists, and refust to use clone brands. My experience with them is that the quality isn't as good. But they are about half the price sometimes.
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:2)
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:2)
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:3, Interesting)
I count as such a purist myself - Lego simply makes the highest quality Lego-like bricks out there.
However...
Tyco makes two lines of bricks - One has a sort of "soft" feel to them, and one feels much like Lego bricks. The soft ones absolutely suck and will not stick together unless they have gravity (or some sort of glue) helping
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:2)
Okay, my bad - The bottom-most one looks pretty sweet.
Incidentally, I did try to RTFM, but gave up after five minutes with only the fifth picture loaded. I see Lego bricks help poor overtaxed machines recover quickly from the Slashdot effect.
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:3, Informative)
The grandfather poster doesn't know how right he is though - Lego does have a virtual monopoly, and they charge like a wounded bull for the privelege of buying anything bearing their trademark.
And with many of the newer sets you are locked into building what they want you to - the blocks are becoming less generic and therefore less useful for anything other than what's photographed on the box.
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:2)
Greetings,
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:2)
Not only are the designer series sets really nice, but they have started a "BrickMaster Club" which my son received a subscription to for his birthday. Included are 6 special club-only sets, the first of which was a designer set. Also, there's a designer software in the package that lets you enter the set number for each set you own, and use them to build in the computer. It's a very nice, kid-friendly app. My son loves it.
Unfortunately, there's no set number for the 20 gallon toolbox tote full of leg
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:2, Informative)
Looking at modern offerings from both camps however they do seem to have grown together. Both now offer lots of unimaginative plastic pieces of very limited use. I
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:2)
The Lego Group realized this, too; and hopefully not too late. They've changed their offerings dramatically in the last year or two, have cut back on the inflexible kits, and are now focusing on their core sales. They're not going to release as many movie tie-ins, and they're opting for "construction" and "imagination" toys again.
One can only hope that they'll still be able to spark kids' imaginations.
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:2)
All I was saying was that products like Torro, Tyco and Meccano are alternatives, not derivatives.
Re:Legos: possibly missing the point (Score:2)
AFOL? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:AFOL? (Score:5, Funny)
So, AFOL.
-russ
Re:AFOL? (Score:2)
Re:AFOL? (Score:2)
Must try this with a dual athlon (Score:5, Funny)
Your Sig... (Score:2)
Flames are welcome
You lego-pyro!
Re:Must try this with a dual athlon (Score:2)
Another good one (Score:5, Informative)
A much better (IMHO) legoputer as its not just using bricks, but has windows and doors to control cooling!
Awesome! (Score:2)
"Impressive." (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:"Impressive." (Score:3, Funny)
This guy doesn't have enough lego bricks (Score:2)
-russ
plural of lego (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:plural of lego (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:plural of lego (Score:5, Informative)
The word LEGO is a brand name, and is very special to all of us in the LEGO Group Companies. We would sincerely like your help in keeping it special. Please always refer to our products as LEGO bricks or toys and not LEGOS. By doing so, you will be helping to protect and preserve a brand of which we are very proud, and that stands for quality the world over. Thank you!
Re:plural of lego (Score:2)
-The plastic foundation
One Word... (Score:2)
Like the concept... (Score:2)
jesus christ that thing is ugly (Score:4, Funny)
I WANT A PARTS LIST (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I WANT A PARTS LIST (Score:5, Funny)
Coralized link for this... (Score:3, Informative)
For use when his server melts down, or the bandwitch cop pulls his plug.
Note to fellow Slashdotters... why don't you coralize this stuff right away, *before* the site goes down? I've tried many times to coralize a site, only to see that Coral couldn't retireve it.
Back on topic: This sure blows away any of the stuff I did with Lego bricks when I was a kid! I even tried making an "aquarium",once, but it REALLY leaked.
Re:Coralized link for this... (Score:2, Informative)
Coral doesn't work on port 80.
Because of this, lots of folks would miss out on seeing it (corp firewalls etc).
just my 2p
Re:Coralized link for this... (Score:2)
One problem with the Coral Cache is that after a while it ends up just mirroring an error message. Mirrordot works better for this particular purpose because it captures the site at the time of posting to slashdot and doesn't refresh it.
How typically Lego (Score:3, Insightful)
also, he made a box. With legos. Pretty much what most kids make.
heh, good job though.
Re:How typically Lego (Score:3, Informative)
Lego fan (Score:2, Funny)
People who can't spell 'Lego'... (Score:5, Funny)
A friend was asking me about this the other day... (Score:2, Interesting)
That must have cost a fortune! (Score:3, Interesting)
In the end it cost more than if I had just gone out and bought a brand new color monitor. (Not that color would have gotten me much. This was an 8mhz XT clone. CGA was pretty ugly.) Legos are not cheap. Even if you buy the big huge buckets, it takes a lot and you always need something not in the bucket.
You also have to cement the legos together or the heat will pop them apart.
I still have it in a box somewhere. I will have to dig it out one of these days and post pictures.
It is not something I would want to use on a regular basis. I swear you could feel the x-rays pouring off the screen. It was pretty evil. But it looked cool.
Mounting and screws (Score:2)
Fans (Score:2)
THE PLURAL IS LEGO YOU FOOL (Score:2, Informative)
yeah, but can you... (Score:2)
Forget the legos...this guy still has a TYEWRITER! (Score:2, Funny)
Shielding (Score:3, Interesting)
Also got to wonder about cooling. I'm not sure of the thermal properties for legos, but I imagine they're not the same as regular metal...
My favourite (Score:2)
Sucky Resolution of Lego (Score:2)
Just look at the horrible pixellation at http://members.cox.net/richw/4-6.jpg.
He could have made a castle (Score:2)
"Form follows function" may not necessarily apply when the medium you're building with it capable of so many things...
A REAL Lego Computer (Score:2, Funny)
My God! (Score:2)
Re:mini-itx (Score:2)
Re:Build your own lego computer case (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Soo all I have to do... (Score:2)
Re:Is it that hard? (Score:5, Insightful)
Ah, but this guy was enough of freak to actually take the time and do it. That's a special sort of nerd, right there.