Moderator: volvite
Almost forgot. As far as the material, being in I.T., I just happened to come across an old server cabinet that was going to be thrown out, so I used the grill material off of the front of the cabinet. The piece was about 5'x2', but I only used half of it. Turned out this stuff was absolutely PERFECT. Nice pattern, good color and perfect thickness.Npath wrote:That looks awesome.
How did U do it? Where did you get all the material?
Oh no! Now I've got more to worry about than missing patch cords and mice in my server room. I wonder if security will notice me trying to walk out with door off a 72" tall rack.G35TR wrote:Almost forgot. As far as the material, being in I.T., I just happened to come across an old server cabinet that was going to be thrown out, so I used the grill material off of the front of the cabinet. The piece was about 5'x2', but I only used half of it. Turned out this stuff was absolutely PERFECT. Nice pattern, good color and perfect thickness.Npath wrote:That looks awesome.
How did U do it? Where did you get all the material?
You mean security actually cares where you work?MARKSPATH wrote:I wonder if security will notice me....
Classic social engineering ploy: impersonating a service tech.G35TR wrote:Isn't that the truth. While it wasn't server/network gear, several years ago we had someone steal a large network printer (HP 5SI), which weighs quite a bit. Turned out he lied to our security guard, and our guard actually helped him load the printer into the back of his pickup truck.
from the step-by-step, it sounds like there might be opportunity to use some epoxy to hold the mesh on the grill shell. i would probably trust epoxy before i trust tiny screws in the grill plastic.MARKSPATH wrote:My only concern is the mesh coming loose once its mounted. After amputating the OEM grill I wouldn't want the mod to fall apart on me. Was there any room for some tiny screws to hold the mesh in place?
There should definately be enough room to run some screws through to really secure the filler material if you wanted to do that. For the side pieces, the best place would probably be in the two corners (upper far corner, and lower close corner in relation to the center of vehicle). As far the for the center piece, there is more then enough room on the top, and maybe enough along the bottom. It would probably be best though to just cut your material to take advantage of the 2 existing screw holes used to bind the grill backing and grill trim together. Note that this would only apply to the center piece.MARKSPATH wrote: My only concern is the mesh coming loose once its mounted. After amputating the OEM grill I wouldn't want the mod to fall apart on me. Was there any room for some tiny screws to hold the mesh in place?