Building a PC case from a 40mm surplus Ammunition Can

Very very happy with how it all turned out

Starting off with a 40mm Ammo Can off of amazon for about $30

Removed the back hinge with a bit of percussive engineering to make room for the GPU/Motherboard outputs

Cutting the side open to allow for part installation

Here she is, rivets (and paint) removed

Planning the location of the fans and window on the side panel

I eventually decided to make a slightly larger outline out of another piece of steel and have the outline be attached to the case itself with removable screws for maintenance and future upgrades

Cut the steel to shape with a dremel and a LOT of cutting bits

Laying out all the parts of the door/panel

And a mock-up of what I want it to look like

Bolts were put through both parts and secured with nuts on the back

...here I discovered I'm going to need more than JB Weld to hold the makeshift legs of the case on.

Lookin' good! Door panel temporarily added

Now to fit the Power Supply

A hole was cut for the fan, and the case taped off for spray painting

Don't want paint on the garage carpet

Eh, looks a bit off, but its whatever paint we had laying around

Power supply in place!

Not about to go back to the store when I bought bolts too long for the motherboard

Much better

its here!

Cutting holes for the "standoffs"

Like a glove

Finally cut the holes in the back for the outputs, this took longest to try and get all the measurements right and to not screw it all up

"Standoffs" (re-purposed brass rivets) working great!

Less than 1/2 in of space on top to spare

GPU fitting nicely also, a mere 1/8th of an inch of extra room between the fan housing and case

Probably should have painted first....

Starting to look like a PC case eh? maybe

Adding a bit of a border around the window for pretty

Corsair H50 Closed system CPU watercooler

It looks a bit weird from this angle

But not too bad from the outside

Shiny

Installing the CPU (i5-6600k)

Getting that CPU contact on was a huge pain, but its on there nice and snug

Adding my little 40mm fans for extra GPU air flow

Ta-da! 1st power-up success

Adding that window now, ProTip: Do NOT cut acrylic with a Dremel, the smell is ungodly and actually made me nauseous

Held in place with adhesive strips from old wall hangers, I spared no expense of course

damn that's messy, but she does work

Installation going great so far!

Windows 10 sounding like its trying to cover itself for something it did

My favorite feature, a little aftermarket white LED ring power button on the front.

"After"

"Before"

More glamour shots

Runs super cool-n-quiet as well, maxing 50c cpu and 55c gpu on near-max load.