When The AOA camp out came to be, I knew I would have to get myself a rig to take with me that wasn't the putty brick I am known to tote around. So I set aside a Sunday to head down to the local "flea market" to see what I could come up with to slap a PC into.

Right outa the gate I spotted a 10 inch Rotron fan complete with finger guard lying with some old cabinet speakers. Having never seen one before, I snatched it up at the advertised price of $4 and noticed an old grenade box full of miscellaneous cables that looked like it would be perfect for a PC. After convincing him it was only to "carry the fan in" he let me have the case for $8 as well.

Once back in the lab it was time to find some stuff to cram in it,I was really thinking micro board, but to my surprise it looked like a full ATX was gonna fit if I worked it right. I Knew pretty much what I wanted to do, and had a ratty old ATX case I would canibalize for the mobo tray and drive mounts. Turns out the "saddle" cover was of decent gauge, so I used that for any sheet metal parts I had to make, and A few PCI hold down bars to stiffen things up. Unfortunatly the early pics fell victim to a few six-packs and and a Mavica floppy cam with one crappy disk. Anyway, here's where we start with the pic's.

	Here's the tray with some sheetmetal pop riveted to the face to mount the PSU and CD/HDD cages I snagged from the old case.
I "JB welded" some tabs on the ends to hold it together and the salvaged track down one side to keep the guts steady.
	And now ready for paint!
A Little olive drab, some parts and ...presto!!
	Since I wanted the case to remain air tight when closed, I had to duct some air in from the front with a high speed 80 to keep things cool. There's also a 92 and 80 in the PSU to drag the hot air out. The wires goin in are LED's for the PWR and HDD visible through the intake grate.
I decided to go with the original paint to give it that rustic look, not bad eh? It's gonna be just right for draggin out to the campground, and since everything in it is a year old or more, I wont cry if the baggage handlers toss it around, though I might swap the AX7 for something that bolts to the board before I put it on a plane. I'd say I'm ready for some DoD now!!