GedgeHeadMar 16
I have been playing around with a broken Dragon 32. My intention is to add a couple of 3.5 inch drives and reduce the height of the chonky case.
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Hashed area is what is being reduced. After cutting the keyboard is way too high for the case and needs altering.
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Added tabs for structural integrity and bonded the two halves back together.
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Used body filler to make the two halves neater.
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Placing the 2 floppy drives in and cutting recesses to house them.
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Creating the posterior of the case with Polycarbonate.
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More filler and sanding.
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A primer coat to see where the imperfections are.
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Yet more filling and sanding.
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First try with Black Matt paint and test fitting of the floppy drives.
Show threadGedgeHead5d ago
Spacer for between the floppy drives printed. Needs a bit of fettling to fit as the old case is warped a little.
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Re attached the base to the upper and some more spray painting to come.
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Although not finished I have had to stop so that I can exhibit at the Dragon Meetup in Cambridge this coming weekend.
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It now spins!

If you wish to see it in the flesh I will be at the Cambridge Dragon Meetup on Sunday the 29th of March.

Dragon Meetup - 28th - 29th March 2026 - Event Ticket - Computing History https://share.google/qYwddyD7H6zYURJEt

Show threadoisin5d ago
@GedgeHead good old dragon data logo, nice
Show threadGedgeHead1d ago
@oisin Cheers, I think I found an SVG of the Dragon Data sticker on Wikipedia and turned it into an STL.