LGR 486 Update! Applying New Woodgrain
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- The LGR Woodgrain 486 has gotten a little rough in recent years, with the wood-pattern vinyl getting all scraped and torn up while being moved around all over the place. So it's time to apply some fresh woodgrain!
See the full playlist of LGR 486 build/upgrade videos here:
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I love them both. The old one had a wood paneling aesthetic and felt like colored plastic/metal, whereas this almost looks like a wooden casing or veneer panels.
Well put. I liked the classic look of the old one, but I also like the classy look of the new one.
I agree
This.. makes me want to put fake woodgrain vinyl on the sides of my microwave. It's a nice 2.2 cubic feet Panasonic behemoth with a stainless steel front. I think it'd look fantastic!
Wasn’t totally sold on the new wood grain but after seeing it on, I’m with ya. It looks good! More contrast with the beige and makes it stand out more
The legend gets a new set of armor, the Woodgrain PC is fantastic and glad that it is still kicking!
If you're looking for textured wood grain, 3M DI-NOC vinyl is where it's at. I've used it on past projects and it turns out great.
Ahh yes, I've heard good things and I actually went to grab some for this. But I couldn't find the right wood finish/stain that I wanted, I think it was out of stock or no longer made or something. I'll give it a try if I find the right look though!
@@LGRBlerbs if you do pick up the Vinyl remember to replace it every few years as the longer its on the harder the adhesive sticks if you remove it after more than 3 years it will pull the paint up with it(got a work van i was told to re-wrap it pulled the factory paint up with it)
@@LGRBlerbs .. The Sims 4: My Wedding Stories .😶🌫. almost 10 years and EA keep milking this thing .🤨. this people have no shame .🙄.... 53Gb of crap the "unofficial 🏴☠ISO" with all the DLC's an stuff.... un-be-lie-va-ble!! 😳
It looks more modern. The old one looked more from the 80s 😅
The new, darker color looks more '70s to me, especially when looking at the back, where there's woodgrain right next to bare metal.
Honestly, with the possible exception of the first couple of years of the decade maybe, woodgrain was already on its way out in the 80s. It's more 70s.
@@BilisNegra Wasn't the 80s me the silver era for electronics? I see a lot of 80s receivers that are silver.
@@nerdyneedsalife8315 80's was all black plastic hifi and beige computer equipment. Silver electronics are definitely more of a 70s thing.
The "rings in water" pattern of the old grain had a better retro vibe, methinks. The new one looks more fancy. But I love the 50 shades of beige going on frontside! Absolutely lovely palette.
Yeah, the old vinyl really had that 90s school desk, dad's hi-fi speaker, 70s microwave oven type of energy
Thought the same thing, oldschool woodgrain was proper woodgrain. This is modern hipster woodgrain, it just doesn't cut it. Doesn't have the retro feel to it.
Damn, i remember watching your woodgrain 486 build videos and was so jealous as i had no components to create a 486.
Today, watching this is so weird, as i have an amazing ISA/VLB-only 486 sourced as components and put together. Running at 3x50MHz, 1MB of L2 cache, 64MB ram and a fast Trio32 VLB videocard.
Absolutely love this machine!
I was thinking about your woodgrain 486 time to time... please give it more love, it deserves it! :)
I've applied that type of veneer to speakers before, and I find it best to use a heatgun during the application process. Low heat keeps it from tearing and makes it more agreeable when shaping it to the object, haha! that said, your application looks REALLY good and that's a super impressive outcome!
The old one had a more "70s paneling" look to it. Kinda the aesthetic they went with for TV sets and some electronics too. The new one looks more like actual wood. Both look great!
The Woodgrain PC had a glow up! He looks ready for a night on the town.
The workshop setting for a project like this is amazing. Glad you are making the new space your own.
I was pretty skeptical when you contrasted the new with the old, but after seeing the new wrap actually on thr case, it looks superb. It looks like less of an 80's woodgrain and more of a 60's/70's hi-fi grain.
It's got a bit more of a rustic feel.
I did a similar thing to one of my computers, but I used a "marble" contact paper instead. It actually looks pretty nice. So, you have a woodgrain 486, I have a marble 486 🙂
Sounds very vaporwave... Did you paint the front panel a matching pink or teal? :P
The new woodgrain is, indeed, cherry. Nice job, Clint!! I actually like the black strips at the bottom, they make it look almost like it's floating, and give a snappy bit o'contrast.
I think that looks way good. Love how it turned out. That wrap likes some heat and stretch to get a good bite, especially around the edges. I use the same stuff building button boxes for my truck simulator setups. I heat up my panels and the wrap with a heat gun on low.
I think it looks even better now!
Yeah, I totally agree!
I like it, it stands out a bit more; guess the grain makes a big difference, especially the 5.25" bay filler and I guess the colour does fade slightly over time anyway ...
The now-venerable Woodgrain 486. Iconic.
I'm 44 years old and I keep getting sucked into wasting large portions of my day watching LGR's videos. Wow what a memory trip. It really is.
As a fellow 44 year old, I know what you're sayin'
Time enjoyed is not wasted :D
@@39zack Unless i was supposed to leave for work 10 minutes ago.
@@charizard4410 Worth it.
46 and no better. I guess it just reminds you of years gone past and all the fun you had in your teens with the computers of the time.
You know what? I wasn't sure about it either when I first saw the roll, but I think I like the finished look actually better than the previous one.
Time to update the Woodgrain486 playlist...
Definitely like the new Woodgrain better
Man I'm loving the return of Blerbs.
Next time cover it in genuine imitation Naugahyde.
I kinda miss the "any colour you like as long as it's beige" 90's PC aesthetic. Damn you, Steve Jobs!!
I feel like the old version looked more like how you would expect woodgrain to look around this computer's era. Everything in the 90s had that kind of heavy grain and medium brown hue (though often more golden brown than the old wrap was). This is an odd case where, while I prefer the new wrap aesthetically (both the grain and color, IMO, are nicer and I think more timeless), for this application I preferred the old wrap, simply because it nailed that 90s fake wood furniture look. The new wrap is nonetheless quite lovely, and in particular I think it goes a bit better with the beige face plate than the old wrap, which was a bit grayish and muted in comparison.
Personally I've never been a huge fan of the woodgrain look but i gotta say that I REALLY like the deep, rich color and grain of the new vinyl. It seems to pop with the beige color of the front and looks more "high end" than the contact paper that was there before... to me at least. 🙂
The Woodgrain 486 build video is Clint's one algorithmically-approved feature-length video that just loves to autoplay and tell me it's time to go to bed. I feel like I know that computer better than I do my own. Also, that computer (_in its current configuration_) is now nearly as old as the LGR channel was when it was assembled. Still a pretty lady, as far as retro battlestations are concerned.
I'm honestly surprised you haven't gone to hard wood laminate on the 486. Then you could stain it as you see fit.
Though I will say, the new vinyl wrap does give the ol 486 the vibe of an 70's Marantz hi-fi system. :)
I love the new finish, it looks much more like natural wood. Very nice 👍🏻
I think I like this woodgrain better!
Nice job!
Definitely looks like a nice improvement, very cherry ;) and should hold up better for you
Wasn’t sure until I saw it from behind. That contrast really makes it pop.
Have you considered doing the wood grain on the front panel and as much of the drive faces as is reasonable to do? I think going full wood would look great.
Dude, you need to make an enclosed monitor that mimics one of those 70s tvs to match. Would be spectacular.
Makes me think of a car wrap...and now I want to wrap my car in woodgrain...
So glad you were able to replace the wood grain vinyl on that computer. But I wouldn’t use anything cheap to cover that old computer, since those components like the disk drives are rare!
I have a lot responsibilities and things that need doing, yet here I am watching a man remove his wood grain wrap off of an ancient PC and reapplying a new one.
The amount he complains it’s a different grain says to me he doesn’t like it… it’s annoying
Nah not feeling the new look , old one looked more cheap 80s console TV cabinet vibe loved it
I think you should start a new channel where you thrift shop, find a random piece of electronics, and then woodgrain them up. Because watching this was MAGIC. Love your content, Clint! PS - I miss LGR Foods. :)
Would love to see a blerb of the pegboard setup behind you. I just really love organized things.
I think it looks way better but less, I dunno, authentic? That last one had a real 70s stank to it.
Looks great man. I really like how the new version is a little deeper, has a polished look to it that's quite nice.
The woodgrain 486 build was how I found and subscribed to your channel! Always great seeing it being kept nice and woodgrain.
Looks great! Keep being you, man.
I think it looks fantastic, I love the stronger contrast with the new color
That 486 is my favorite computer on the entire internet. If I could copy it, I totally would.
That really turned out. I think the slightly older plastic front transports you better to an older woodgrain look. A better retro look. Without that I think it could look too modern but here really worked. Well done! Glad you got it back and going.
Woodgrain on old computers sounds so wrong and looks so right. I feel like the new style has a bit less of the 1980s formica feel to it than the old, but it still looks great. You didn't answer the big question, though: how has this affected the performance?
Clint do you by chance have a British person in your life?! I feel like this isn’t the first time I’ve heard you espouse a traditionally British word like ‘knackered’ 😂
Wood grain looks good on 80s Dodge Caravans, AM/FM clock radios and 486s alike.
The other day at the store I saw a wood grain surge protector, made me think of the channels and this PC, lmao.
That new woodgrain gives me more like rustic oak vibes but it really looks a lot better as I imagined it would. Definitive a new era for the Woodgrain 486.
The woodgrain is dead, long live the woodgrain
I've never seen anyone so particular about woodgrain vinyl. I like the new one, though I also kind of prefer the classic style.
That definitely looks better!
Is the second mini panel a spare? Where does it go?
The Woodgrain 486 rides again! I love the new look
At the age of 40, this is so much more than taking a trip down memorylane for me… You mentioned the hard part of your childhood and how getting need for speed changed it all. And this is where I can sence the essence of your content, and you are appreciating and cultivating this good memories wich 90’s gaming gave in a way I can relate. I had a very bad upbringing and childhood. But the pc, webdesign, gaming, Mirc and musicproduction saved the sain part of me wich has survived to this day. Your content revitalizes the whole shabang for my part. Thank you so much good sir!
The king is dead! Long live the king!
I prefer the old one. It SCREAMS late 70s early 80s hospital waiting rooms, boring insurance company offices, old building elevators... So nice
Nice, Need For Speed III just turned 24!!! Please see if with the new wood grain you can beat the time I just posted on my channel. SL600 Atlantica, 2m40s.
Okay so I have a question. You made a wooden thingy for the IBM industrial PC, and yet this woodgrain 486 is just a vinyl wrap. Why?
Would it be... too unrealistic, to have a custom-made... maybe not the whole case, but, at least one panel? Real wood on top could be nice.
But yeah, I understand that this PC is a workhorse, using it all the time, dragging it up and down the country, so perhaps it's not the best idea. But hey, I'd love to see it. Surely, I'm not the only one.
Anyone else in the U.K. thinking about Blue Peter every other project they showed you how to make required copious amounts of "Sticky Back Plastic" ) called Fablon by everyone outside the BBC.
Sturdy steed old workhorse gets some new duds.
You might say it's looking cherry.
Eh? Eh? Because its probably based on cherry wood grain...
I'll see myself out.
Anyway looking preem, choom.
*bzzzt... bzzz* hrm sorry been playing a bit of Cyberpunk 2077 again lately.
Looking rather posh my boy, good show jolly good show.
I couldn't help thinking, as you were peeling, the car chase in Johnny Dangerously, the shelf paper. "Calling all cars, calling all cars, be on the look out for LGR's 486 covered in... now get this, duckies and Bunnies" You're welcome!
But I thought this episode was.... very a-peeling!
LGR is truly the Bob Ross of vintage computers.
On the colour, I like it, but feel like it'd work better on a black case. Would give off a real Atari 2600 vibe... you may have just inspired me here.
My computer is in a crappy, cheap, generic black case, and I may just spruce it up with some woodgrain on the side panels and blank 5.25" bays for that Atari 2600 feel.
I went for a hammer-finish bronze with my mid-tower case when I repainted it (it had been crudely painted black when I got it). The surround for the drive bays is black. For my IBM x3200 case (which now holds a Ryzen5 system) I touched up the case with a very-lightly flecked black (just enough that it still looks original).
Very timely I think. Very Up-Cycled looking. It went from late 70's kitchen cabinet to late 2020's barn door. Cutting edge, yet retro. Ohhhhh the Duality!!
Young people have it easy these days. No having to fiddle about with one piece case covers. It's all modular for them. Good bye, old woodgrain, hello, new woodgrain. Looking sharp, Woodgrain 486 but for a short while Woodgrain Pentium. :)
i own an Old Big Tower (one of the fisrt ATX Models) with 7 x 5,25" Bays. Almost 30inch tall. Guess what i did to him.. i put Woodgrain Adhesive Foil on it 🤣🤣
Looks awesome with the darker color! I'd love to see you try a self adhesive hard wood veneer on that thing one day!
Looks good, classier, weightier :👍, would watch the uncut, non-sped up 45min version, could have some serious Bob Ross meets The ReAssembler meets LGR vibes to it...
I bet if removed carefully, somebody would have been wanting to buy the genuine woodgrain vinyl from LGR's legendary 486 PC! Better still, square inch portions of it on cardboard base with some dedicated scribbling from Clint would make for some fine merchandise.
Something about the "thanks for watching" instantly invoked AvE and I heard "keep your..." 😅
dunno about you guys, but just hearing the clunking of the metal brings me warm feelings inside, i miss these chunky boxes, not like the ones most of us use today that are so light and convenient, those heavy boys were the real deal, i still remember carrying my pc from my house to the shops for upgrade like 10 blocks with no car, sure built up some muscles, and did i say most times we would take it up and down 21 flights of stairs ?
RSVP LGR Woodgrain 486 version 1. Long live version 2!
Perhaps if you want something more permanent in the future, you could get a custom woodgrain hydrographically printed onto the case? You cold even do the front panels of all the drives together so they've got a consistent woodgrain over all of them, although I'd probably swap the Nakamichi disc changer for a standard drive. Technically there's nothing stopping you from doing whole front panel that way, but I think it's better having the bay covers and/or drives printed, and leaving the rest of the front panel beige.
Anyway, this new woodgrain looks pretty great to me. Hopefully it serves you well for at least a few years.
Most wood veneer products included either metal or contrasting color trim to set it off. Brushed aluminum, brass, black anodized, etc. That would really set it off. Maybe some analog VU meters for sound, voltages, Temps, whatever would be a cool addition.
I could never go against this grain. I like this style of woodgrain wrap a lot more actually...while the wood-panelling aesthetic was nostalgic as ever no doubt, this looks a lot more authentically woody and suits the shape of the case gorgeously!
Here's to many more years of the Woodgrain 486's life!
I don't know how woodgrain decals were made back in the olden days, but this one was definitely made by scanning some actual finished wood. It makes the case look like a real piece of furniture. Which is great if that's what you're going for, though personally I think the obviously-fake look worked better for a project like this.
It looks more like a modern finished wood floor. The old wrap completely captured the aesthetic of cheap furniture from 1988. So yes, it looks good, but it's not period correct. I think just about every 386/486 I knew of sat on some cheap computer desk had the exact look of the old woodgrain PC.
The front of your 486 looks just like the Pionex computers that I got at Sam's Club back in the 20th Century.
My first computer was a 486-100 Mhz with Windows 95. This video brings me back some good memories.
I wanna do something similiar with my win98 pc, not adding woodgrain, as awesome that is, I want something different. Was thinking something for colourful and perhaps funky. It is really really yellowed in front... mayby something more colour full on sides will make it seems less yellowed, anyway wants to retrobirite it, but cold now, think I will need to wait to closer to summer, but probably goona get some vinyl soon)) love the 486 woodgrain computer!!!))
Love that woodgrain. I do R&D at my company, and I keep putting woodgrain sticker on prototypes I put together for my own amusement. One day they'll let me send out one of our desktop CMM's all 80's style. One day.
Clint, you need to source some 3M DiNoc film. It's the best for anything woodgrain, and what was used on many cars like the Country Squire and Wagoneer back in the day.
Woodgrain is cool. It's odd to think that at some point pretty much everything in homes would have been wood, metal or wool/leather based. Maybe the reason for woodgrain is a cost effective way to appeal to those that want "newer" things but want them to match all the stuff already in their homes circa 1930-1960 and made of wood and metal etc? Wooden end cheek for a Behringer RD6 anyone?
While I like the color & look of the new wrap I do not think it fits with the era that you went with for this PC build. To me the new look is "too modern" (but also too old, as in like 1700s/1800s old) whereas what you had before fit perfectly with the woodgrain you would see in other appliances & homegoods from the 1970s through mid 1990s.
If I were you, I would have actioned that floppy cap with the original woodgrain on it and with a signature on the back :-) Or a giveaway on some contest. Not necessarily for the monetary value if you know what I mean, but for the fans ... There's millions of us I tell you ! Millions :-)
I think the coarse, oakish grain of the old one looked good. I kinda seemed durable & rugged, even though it was just vinyl. I was initially apprehensive about the new look. It was finer, like walnut or cherry, and I wasn't sure if the grain would be distinctive enough. That said, I think the new looks good, to. It looks more decorative & fancy, like a nightstand - instead of just durable & functional. For the longest time, I thought it would be cool to put woodgrain on my Everex Megacube. I would then use it for a lamp table. However, I could never decide what I wanted to do with the front panel. I kept putting things off. I may do something eventually.
I think you should woodgrain the compact flash bay as well, maybe in two pieces (one for the outside, one for the area around the slot). And here's a crazy idea, build a plinth/base for it our of woodgrain-coated MDF or chipboard. That way it'll look more like the PC is in a wooden enclosure.
Hi Clint, would you consider doing a video on null-modem mutiplayer gaming featuring the 486? I guess it is how many of us got introduced to multi machine multiplayer! Remember having a home brewed parallel null modem cable from my uncle ☺️
Yea, I agree with how you feel about it. It's not bad but woodgrain gives a different vibe. This feels more like just a board of well cleaned/painted wood but not woodgrain. I now miss my 90s Lexus that came with wood grain in it.
Looks great Clint! I was sad to see the old woodgrain go, but the new woodgrain 😍
I'm gonna miss the Radioshack "We got a really good deal buying this woodgrain wrap in bulk" look of the older stuff, but it's nice to see PCs get taken care of after all their years of service
Looks fantastic. Next time, or on another project, you might want to consider vinyl flooring. It's textured, tough, and comes in many different patterns and shades.
Looks good man, at first i thought no its the wrong asthetic, but it turned out well 👌 makes me want to build a 1999-2002 era case with a silver front with blue leds and that new type of woodgrain on the case cover and wrap the drive bay facias with it also... Be like having a stereo of the era right before they transitioned to silver whole cases
I had my 486 covered in vinyl back in 2004 (when it wasn't mainstream haha). But it was a fancy metalic green for the cover and silver for the front. I had no other computer and wanted to make mine look modern. Last year I restored its original look :)
If Clint was a MegaMan robot master... He would be WOOD MAN.
Get it? 🤣
now you need to build an early 2000's computer from when computers changed from being beige to black using the ugly imitation green/black marble vinyl.