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[PaulB]

I posted this over at AVSForums but thought that the folks here may be interested.

For anyone not sure about cutting the fan holes on the LVPS on a 9500LC to take Notura fans (or any other fan), here'e an easy way that cost $10 and took 15 minutes to complete!

I bought a Coping Saw from my local Hardware store, cost $10 (actually £4.99 from Maplin's in the UK). This saw has blades that can cut metal - so what I hear you say! Well the neat thing is that the blade can be moved to any angle so that it can cut a fairly good circle or straight line or whatever, also the saw comes apart so that the blade can be removed, inserted through the existing fan hole, reconnect the blade to the saw and then start cutting.

If this confuses you a bit have a look at the pictures below. I broke a couple of blades in the process but as the saw came with spares included it was only a few seconds before I got going again! All that needs to be done now is finish off the edges with a file and thats it!



Starting out. You can see where I made the first cut and then slowly turned the saw blade to cut a circle. Didn't really have to turn it much as the blade is thin and will quite happily follow the line that needs to be cut.


View from the other side.


See here that the blade on the saw has been turned so that it is actually cutting on the horizontal plane even though the main part of the saw is upright.



15 minutes later including blade changes and photographing. Ahh, finished! Edges need cleaned, but thats easily done with a metal file.


Clearer view of the saw itself - you can see where the blade fits. The saw handle is unscrewed to either turn the blade or to fully release the blade.

Easy as pie!

Paul

[deronmoped]

Being aluminum you should be able to chew through it:)

I'm always surprised to see the fan mods done to the Marquess, they are already real quite stock. I guess it's all relative, it does not matter how loud the PJ is, if you can hear it, it needs a fan mod.

Deron.

[Nashou66]

I think we like to do the fan mods cuz its one of the easiest things to do mod wise. Remember its a hobby and suppose to be fun ! yeay!


Athanasios