Deepcool Tesseract 3x120mm fan case mod (front panel)

This is a front panel for your Deepcool Tesseract case. The only functional thing it provides is the capacity for 3x 120mm fans or a 120mm / 240mm / 360mm water cooling unit. It also looks somewhat good, especially with inlet cones.

You can also chop the top of other cases, and mount it there. I am already planning to use it for other PCs. Use prusaslicer to measure the dimensions of the cut you are going to make. The fans are mounted with an M4 screw in a 3.8mm hole, because I always forget to buy threaded inserts.

Precautions:

• This mod will require you to cut out the existing mesh, and remove the 5.25" and 3.5" drive bays. Make sure you have a plan regarding where to mount your drives, I suggest thinking of that before it leaves your storage devices dangling around.
• You will have to take the USB/Audio board and buttons out of the front panel, to avoid damage.
• To perform this mod, you will need cutting tools (ranging from a hot knife and hacksaw blade for the ABS front, to an angle grinder or a dremel for the ugly metal bits in the front side of the case) and a small drill for the rivets holding most of the metal together.

Preparing the front panel:

After some experimenting, a hacksaw blade wrapped in a towel works best for carefully cutting off the ABS plastic. The Dremel tool melted it too much and was too bulky, the angle grinder isn't cut right for this kind of a fine job. (lol) Use a hot piece of metal to access the complicated places you can't reach with the blade.
Cut out the entire bottom part, along the gap between it and the panel's edges.
When cutting out the top 5.25 cover, make sure you cut through the mesh, so you leave some room for the USB/audio port cables.

Preparing the case:
Drill out the rivets holding the 5.25" and 3.5" drive bays, also, cut off the bottom front part, which used to serve as a 120mm fan mount. Yank everything out, and you should be good.

Assembly:

• Glue the parts together, using a spare 120mm fan mounted in the middle position, to align them properly and to make sure you'll still be able to mount a fan correctly when done. To make sure you don't crack the walls, heat up your M4 bolt with a lighter, and tap a thread before fitting the fans or post-processing.
• Sand, apply primer, sand again, and paint.
• Fit the printed part and the front panel, and apply the glue of your choice to the connection between parts on the backside of the panel, under the lip in the front, or both.
• Assemble the front panel USB/audio headers and buttons, install your fans, and mount the panel back on the case.

You should have this in the end:
 The case was bought for $5, with a chinese PSU, so it's rusty and dirty, but a good steal. Waiting for shorter SATA cables so pardon the poor management.