Custom FreeNAS logos

[diedrichg]

Not too long ago @kmk posted a picture of their build in this post

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https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/decisions-decisions.58157/#post-413027

and pictured was a gorgeous FreeNAS logo and shark on their case. @kmk said they designed the logos and 3D printed them and I immediately said I would buy one. A few weeks went by and @kmk mailed me two sets of different sizes! The check is in the mail and I wanted to share these amazing works of art with everyone here.

@kmk had painted them silver but I neglected to mention my case was already brushed aluminum, so I painted them with some glossy black spray paint and attached them with some clear double sided 3M mounting tape.

 

[kmk]

That black really pops on that case. Very nice!

 

[cobrakiller58]

That looks sweet, @kmk you did a nice job on those logos very cool

 

[joeschmuck]

I don't see any image files. Maybe you linked the files and did not upload them to the forums?

 

[Ericloewe]

They work fine here.

 

[cobrakiller58]

I don't see any image files. Maybe you linked the files and did not upload them to the forums?

they are links to imgur, if that's blocked where you are viewing the site from that would explain it.

 

[diedrichg]

I don't see any image files. Maybe you linked the files and did not upload them to the forums?

they are links to imgur, if that's blocked where you are viewing the site from that would explain it.

Sounds like you need to unblock imgur from Sophos.

 

[Ericloewe]

Well, it's better for everyone if you upload the images to the forum. You can even just copy/paste them into messages and XenForo will figure it out.

 

[JoshDW19]

Looks great! Awesome work.

 

[joeschmuck]

Yup, it was the Country Block on my firewall.


That case looks very professional, Mark likes! I like the black type on the silver case. The placement of the shark is great too.

 

[diedrichg]

Yup, it was the Country Block on my firewall.


That case looks very professional, Mark likes! I like the black type on the silver case. The placement of the shark is great too.

It’s a terrible case. It was one of the first “modern” cases I bought back in 2010. It was originally a HTPC case and I bought it for he looks, but I later decided it was unnecessarily large (uATX) so it became my FreeNAS case. It LOOKS great, I mean - Lian Li makes some stylish stuff, but that’s where it ends. You must remove 8 tiny screws from the side panel just to get inside. The drive cages are a pain in the butt to remove, it requires a low-profile CPU cooler because the PSU is in the way, the edges are sharp, cable management is a pain as there is so very little room, and even though it can hold 8 disks (1 in the 5” bay), I would worry about cooling.

 

[joeschmuck]

Yea but as you said, it does look good. I'm sure there are other cases out there and I'm sure I could take my present case and make it look really good too with some automotive quality paint. Okay, now I may want to do that. I need to stop thinking about this kind of stuff. Nope, my case is actually just ugly but it does exactly what I need it to do which is keep things cool.

It's too bad your case sucks from a usablility point of view.