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slightly to suit my purposes.

Figure

B

shows the printer’s interior with side

panels and fans installed. The floor of the box

is plywood, cut to suit and covered with a piece

of lamination meant to look like carbon fiber.

You can see the motherboard standoffs being

installed. Notice the rear panel containing the

power socket.

In Figure

C

, the motherboard is installed,

oriented correctly and ready for the rest of the

components. It was important to test-fit first and

consider how the cables lay out and how easy it is

to install wiring and plug or unplug things.

And here’s everything installed in the printer

base (Figure

D

). Notice the two power ...