What are these called? Case Mod question

[IceRedwing]

CM 832 Mod

What are those black outline sleeves called? that you put around the metal cuts you make? As I've made several on my own CM 832, and at the moment I just left it as it is. I prefer the sleeved look

Also where do you get them? My guess is home depot, but I just want to make sure.

 

[tylerdustin2008]

That would be channel molding.

Large

Clear

Small

You can get it at almost any hardware store.

 

[IceRedwing]

helpful as always tyler, thanks!

 

[tylerdustin2008]

Thats what I'm here for.

 

[Zepper]

There are places that sell it for less than that if you have no local source. I did a quick Froogle and found one for under $1.00 a foot. And I know there is another mod supplies shop that has several colors for about the same. Perhaps someone will pop in with the link as I've forgotten the name of the place.

.bh.

 

[IceRedwing]

Any Idea what size the CM832 falls under? Large or small?

 

[Zepper]

Large or small speaks to the width of the line around the hole or the thickness of the metal. This Page has a lot more options. Any one of them would work on most cut metal edges of PC cases. If you're talking about some of the really heavy metal cases that use 2 or 3mm thick aluminum, then you might need something different like car door edge trim. 1 mm aluminum is 0.04", 1/32" = 0.03125", 3/64" ~ 0.047", so you generally you get it to suit the thickness of the metal and the complexity of the shape. Maybe you can call CM and find out the thickness of the metal you need to trim - I'd guess it would be at least 1mm (at least it should be at that price). After that you can choose it for how wide a stripe you want around the hole. McMaster-Carr probably has a lot of that stuff too http://www.mcmaster.com and search on edge trim.

.bh.