My steampunk PC mod turned into a steampunk Battle Station! 

I used a corner in the basement, 6 feet of wall space to my right and 7 feet to my left. 9ft ceiling. All PC parts are from my Fire and Ice build with a few new water cooling rads etc...

The PC frame was built out of 1" rigid steel pipe and interior wood paneling for the backing.

I bought the clock, top hat, mug and a bunch of copper and rigid fittings. Other than that, everything is built from garage parts.

The valve wheels, Frankenstein (throw) switches, top for the steam boiler and all the gears were done on the 3d printer. 

The steam boiler is an old milk jug that sat in my backyard for 10+ years. Brick background is wallpaper on black concrete. 

Built the desk out of a 4' x 8' x 3/4" piece of plywood and threw some stain on it. 120v ran through the desk for switch power and switch legs ran through copper raceways for lights.

27 hours for the setup of desk etc...

15 hours for PC

This project was heavily inspired by Steampunk Styles, Retro Electronics, and Industrial Design. I wanted to build an an open-air chassis that was an unconventional shape, and a matching set of peripherals of equal complexity and caliber.

The two main pieces are made of pine, stained black, and utilizing iron pipes for structural support and wire management. I personally made the PC's custom wires, and chose the yellow wire with a black stripe to match the look and feel of the project. The custom wires are purposely visible in the back of the PC, and they add a sort of rawness to the electrical components. The wire management as a whole turned out fantastic, especially considering it is an open air chassis.

The red valves were all new, painted to look distressed, and modified to house electrical switches inside. By turning the valves you can turn the PC on and off, and they also control various lighting zones throughout the mod. The programmable game pad and mouse sit on a solid sheet of aluminum. The mousepad area was 50% carved out using a CNC machine, so the thick mouse pad sits even with the top of the tray. The electrical box on the tray contains a USB Hub to have only a single wire go out to the PC and keep the wiring clean.

This mod consists of the PC, the Monitor Stand, the Peripheral's Tray, and the Controller Stand.

The Project:

The idea for the project came at work, as i am a Fallout fan and the game with its post-apocalyptic atmosphere has always fascinated me. The right choice was easy for me it should be a terminal from Fallout that seemed easier to me than to design such a gigantic power armour...The first step was to find out if such a thing was already built with fancy hardware, watercooling, RGB, sleeve and everything what belongs to it...After weeks of long search and research i found out that there is no terminal in such a direction from there was not much in my way. So the idea became reality.

Material used:

A variety of materials were used: wood, aluminium, glass and parts from the 3D printer that were specially designed in AutoCAD and then printed. The challenge was to connect these different materials with each other, so mainly screws and 2-component glue were used. Before painting, the whole project was filled with body kit and sanded several times so that all the larger holes were sealed. The weathering was then applied with model building paint using brushes, old cloths and even sponges. The smaller dents and scratches were allowed to remain on the terminal because it should look a bit used and not like fresh from the factory.

Eye-catcher:

There is not much that can be moved in my project, but there is a glass bottle in Nuka Cola style that serves as the tank for the water cooling, 2 Niexie tubes that represent the number 76, a mouse pad for moving the mouse together with a DZ60 custom keyboard as the keyboard and a full HD display to round off the project, so it is a functioning terminal like from the Fallout series.

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.