After I packed up my outside mod table and eaten some dinner, I moved things in to the garage to take a run at that hard drive cage again.

This went better than the back, but still needed to bend it back straight a little.

I then turned my attention to the remaining motherboard support brace (I had already removed two). Again the issue with too small of a drill bit meant lots of prying to pop them loose.

Apparently the screwdriver was slightly magnetized.

I then cut off the back panel that I had mangled earlier.

This little bit was just hanging on after the pass with the jig saw, kinda fun.

I salvaged a motherboard tray and rear I/O panel out of an old donor case. I had to trim it up a little so it would fit, but setting that in there let me see how it looked. I’m pretty happy with that.

And the fruits of my labor for the day. Somehow it felt like a lot more work than this box shows.