Steampunk Frankenstein casemod

I love everything about Steampunk Frankenstein's casemod, from its superfluous brass tubing to the gauges, rivets and assorted fillips of the imaginary bygone days.

SteamPunk Frankenstein

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fg

Fantastic.
Lobster

Think it’s BIG enough? ;)

The actual “computer” parts stand out though. Need a cover for the floppy drive and some brass DVD trays.
Jeff

Very robust looking. But can it make a good espresso?
jahknow

This is great and all, but will there be a portable/laptop version? Maybe even a MacBook Steam?
holtt

It almost looks like a tall narrow bureau if you mentally strip away the gadgetry.
skogs34

Gosh, it looks technically, functionally, operationally, wonder what the heck it does, all at the same time. I wish my neighbor had one.
skogs34

That’s the nicest one of those I’ve never seen
Tensegrity

ivan256′s comment made me think:

“My god, it’s full of pipes”
themark

Interesting. But I question why all that work was necessary if you’re going to ruin it all by hacking a hole in the middle for 2 CD drives and a floppy. Otherwise a lot better than some of the other examples I’ve seen posted here.
Agies

The case is amazing, but I’m still saddened that yet another person doesn’t know that Frankenstein was the Doctor not the monster.
Moriarty

Apparently, in the alternate steampunk universe, everything is covered in completely nonfunctional gears and tubes and dials and stuff. Why is that? Do they worship technology? Are they status symbols/fashion statements? Decoy targets for rampaging primitivist cults?
Jack Crosby

Somebody get that man some brass DVD bezels pronto.
PrometheusG

I know I’m being a little nitpicky here, but the valves on those pressure gauges are shut off. It’s causing cognitive dissonance in my engineer mind.
eustace

Ahhh… steamy goodness.
abq halsey

This is how you polish a turd!
Halloween Jack

They really need to do something with the bezels for the drives in the middle, but otherwise this is very nice.
Will_Tingle

“I’m still saddened that yet another person doesn’t know that Frankenstein was the Doctor not the monster”

It’s generally accepted that in the “universal” universe,”Frankenstein” refers to the monster _if_ the doctor does not appear in the film.
Anonymous

To those confused folks wondering what its function is, I believe it is a computer case. Most people don’t have one in their home, but it’s a big ugly black metal frame. They’re a pretty big eyesore so to create one that is beautiful is nifty. Particularly the steam punk style, as it would generally go in an engineer’s space, which often already looks like something out of a spaceship.
jeremyhogan

I just had a four alarm nerdgasm.
ivan256

Are those… CD drives in the middle?

My god, it’s huge!
Darren Garrison

I can only hope that some of those pipes represent a real, functional water or heat pipe cooling system.
Anonymous

For those wondering if the DVD roms would stay black, the computer has been updated and the drives are now SteamPunked. Updated pictures can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/steampunkfrankenstein
aninsomniac

This reminds me of the machine in The Return o Oz that the psychiatrist uses on Dorothy. I was alwasy fascinated by that machine.

And those trees that carried sandwich-in-a-lunchbox fruits.

-anin
holtt

RE: Useful Pipes…

According to this description it is water cooled so we can actually hope.

I do agree with Moriarty. There comes a point where the word superfluous comes to mind. And it’s a shame really, because it’s not impossible to make analog meters activate on disk activity, power, and other things. There are so many interesting things one could do with a bit of techno-work. Imagine turning a valve to eject the CD or adjust volume on internal speakers.
Telecustard

It’s sort of Space 1999 as envisioned by Jules Verne.
Anonymous

someone should go back to the miniature designers at Henson’s London creature shop in the 80′s for examples of what’s now termed steampunk. it was everywhere.
Anonymous

Yes, but it’s what’s in the case that counts… Details?!?!?! Since when has BoingBoing become Not Couture?