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120mm mounting holes stencil

Discussion in 'Cases & Case Modding' started by sxotty, Sep 30, 2006.

  1. Sep 30, 2006 #1
    sxotty

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    I have been working on a mod of a case for quite awhile (I guess it is a mod).

    What I did is buy this case and cut the front 4 inches off drill holes and remount the face farther back. Now it slides right under the seat of my car. I drilled holes to mount a 2.5" HDD on the side as well as a power supply for the car. Anyway I was waiting on a 120mm fan order from Nexfan and they lied saying it was in stock, then I emailed them b/c the order would not update and they said oh it is backordered. In the email I said cancel the order if it is not shipped which they did not do and don't want to answer their phones. Anyway so I have the cutout with a holesaw in the roof for the 120mm fan but I don't have one around to use as a stencil to know where the drill the holes. Swiftech used to have a print out you could make to lay on and use as a stencil (with their water cooling kits). So I was wondering if someone knew of a PDF with the layout or something so I can finally finish the drilling sanding painting etc and restore marital bliss by cleaning up all the metal shavings and tools :).
     
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  2. Sep 30, 2006 #2
    Frank4d

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    Do you have Microsoft Word? Create a table 2 rows by 2 columns. In table properties set the row height exactly 2.06 inches, and set the column width exactly 2.06 inches.

    The corners are the mounting hole locations for a 120mm fan. Print it 1:1 scale.
     
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  3. Sep 30, 2006 #3
    w1retap

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    Download that and print 100% to scale.

    [​IMG]
     
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  4. Sep 30, 2006 #4
    sxotty

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    Thank both of you very, very much. It will definitely make things easier since I just reordered from another site and will have to wait another 4 days to get the order.

    BTW the second picture seems to have been resized or something by photobucket which is unfortunate as it makes a nicer


    Edit:
    NVM you have to print in paint to get it to come out the right size on default. The scale doesn't mean much b/c every printer puts a different number of pixels in. If you look in adobe photoshop it is a 34"x34" picture or something.

    For any searcher stumbling into this thread of fan templates stencils outline dimensions you might want to look here
    Here
     
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  5. Sep 30, 2006 #5
    w1retap

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    no, its not resized. You have it print it correctly. =)
     
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  7. Sep 30, 2006 #7
    sxotty

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    That was my problem I searched for stencil and dimensions, that is why I put all that crap in the thread so someone else like me who is to dumb to think to try template will still find it :) Anyway I appreciate all the help the cutting, drilling and sanding are done and the tools can be put away :p I still need to paint and wire things, but it is coming along nicely.
     
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  8. Sep 30, 2006 #8
    filthysanchez

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    cds are pretty close to 120 mm
     
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  9. Sep 30, 2006 #9
    sxotty

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    I know, I already cut the hole with a hole saw I simply did not know how far apart the screw holes were. It is all finished and done though now.
     
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  10. Jul 8, 2010 #10
    kezzerxir

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    Ok... To get this to print correctly, go to image size in photo shop, uncheck re-sample image, and set the dpi to 254.
     
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  11. Jan 10, 2012 #11
    toysareforboys

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    I know this post is super old, but it came up in every google search I did so I figured I would post some useful information in it :)

    I made some perfectly to scale templates in AutoCad (I know, I suck) and converted them to PDF so you can print them with Acrobat Reader to make perfect cut out templates! Make sure you turn off "Page Scaling" when you print them!!

    "Fancy" holes: 120mm, 92mm and 80mm
    "Fancy" holes: DUAL 120MM
    "Fancy" holes: Single or Dual or Triple or Quad 140mm!!
    "Simple" holes: 120mm, 92mm and 80mm
    "Simple" holes: DUAL 120MM

    Panasonic seems to have changed the location (or took down) their PDF's which show all the amazing diagrams for case fans (and their cut out templates):

    80mm:
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    90mm/92mm:
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    120mm:
    [​IMG]

    140mm (Sanyo):
    [​IMG]

    (also available HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE in case my webserver ever goes down).

    I was designing a new side panel for my new i7 computer to keep it extra cool (four hard drives, 560 Ti and i7 2600 were cooking inside my super crappy case) and I came across this post. I was able to track down cached copies of Panasonic's spec PDF's and they were super useful in my design!

    Here are a copy of the PDF's for 120mm, 92mm and 80mm from my web server :)

    My design (sorry for the crappy autocad work, I'm not very good with the program):

    [​IMG]

    I had a local shop (near Toronto, Ontario, Canada) WaterJet cut a piece of optical quality abrasion resistant 1/4" Lexan for $25 (plus $25 for the Lexan). Came out absolutely amazing (available in half scale PDF as well :))

    [​IMG]
    LICK FOR HIGH RES!

    Fans are installed. I used #8 x 1.5" Taper Head Machine Screws. This leaves enough room for me to put grills on once they arrive.

    [​IMG]
    LICK FOR HIGH RES!

    The fan's purposes are:
    Top left = CPU HOT AIR OUT, middle top = CPU COOL AIR IN, top right = HDD RACK COOL AIR IN
    Bottom left = GPU COOL AIR IN, middle bottom = GPU COOL AIR IN, bottom right = GPU + HDD HOT AIR OUT.

    There's still a rear 92mm exhaust fan as well as the power supply (140mm fan iirc).

    Installed on the computer:

    [​IMG]
    LICK FOR HIGH RES!

    [​IMG]
    LICK FOR HIGH RES!

    [​IMG]

    Can't get my CPU to go over 53 degrees no matter how long I let her burn in!!! My video card is also running super cool, and my hard drives at 31 degrees!!! WOOT!

    New brushed stainless 18 gauge fan grill:

    [​IMG]
    LICK FOR HIGH RES!

    -Jamie M.
     
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