Wine-TimeDescription: I was excited to hear about this Steampunk Mod Contest, and even more so to submit my own creation I named ‘Wine-Time’. My first thought was to build a case from scratch, but I fell in love with the Thermaltake Core P3 TG Pro, so much of my modding expertise centered on both the front of the case and the surrounding area where Wine-Time is located - in my desk cabinet. During the research phase, I found some cool things like the handmade Pentode USB drives, a mechanical retro-typewriter keyboard, and Steampunk pipe stickers (intended for use on a car as decoration). The pipe stickers fit nicely in the cabinet, and I used some USB LED light strips from IKEA to light the interior of the cabinet. To hold the two Pentode USB drives, I modded a small jewelry box by drilling two holes in the top and one hole in the back (to allow for the USB cable connections). Oh, I had an old glass-domed clock that we inherited from my wife's parents and that fit nicely next to Wine-Time in the cabinet. This computer took about 30 hours to build, including the cabinet modifications. My last mod was the addition of pirate gold coins and clock gears spilling out of the jewelry box.
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