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SFF Kickstarter – REMHA’s ‘CASENDRA’

Promoting the creators within the SFF space is core to what we do at SFF Network, and to that end, let’s have a quick look at REMHA’s ‘CASENDRA’, launched on Kickstarter a couple of weeks back. Built mostly from wood, with a flat pack design and completely recyclable packaging, CASENDRA is a move into a more sustainable future for SFF enthusiasts.

Coming in at 8.8 Litres (152 x 212 x 349 mm), this M-ITX case supports graphics cards up to triple slot and 327 mm long. This sandwich form factor chassis ships with a PCIex16 gen 4 riser for GPU support, or a PCIex1 Gen 3 riser if you select the NAS/Home server variant.

The design takes advantage of a ‘Torsion Hinge’ design – laser cut into the wood shell. This enables a curved aesthetics, and easy component access when folded out.

The packaging is one area of interest for the CASENDRA – eschewing the usual foam and plastic for an entirely cardboard, and thus recyclable, package (notwithstanding a single anti-static bag for the PCIe riser). The eco credentials don’t stop there though, with the wood for the chassis claimed at being 70% PEFC certified product, as well as recycled acrylic, PLA and PETG components.

The chassis has quite a few options for layout, from gaming to home server/NAS duties.

The Kickstarter is live until June 1st 2026, so check it out on the Kickstarter page or in the thread below.

REMHA

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"Reserve the first few posts in a new thread to have extra room for updates, pics, specs, FAQs, etc." #1
 

REMHA

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"Reserve the first few posts in a new thread to have extra room for updates, pics, specs, FAQs, etc." #2
 

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"Reserve the first few posts in a new thread to have extra room for updates, pics, specs, FAQs, etc." #3
 

robbee

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Nice, I've always been fond of wooden cases and this one looks spot on. How confident are you that the screw holes that hold the side panel closed will not wear out over time? The screws seem to thread directly into the wood, with very little material around them. Some kind of metal threaded insert could extend its life significantly, especially with a screw that will be unscrewed and screwed in again so often.
 
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REMHA

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Nice, I've always been fond of wooden cases and this one looks spot on. How confident are you that the screw holes that hold the side panel closed will not wear out over time? The screws seem to thread directly into the wood, with very little material around them. Some kind of metal threaded insert could extend its life significantly, especially with a screw that will be unscrewed and screwed in again so often.
Well spotted! The final version will feature metal inserts to be used with M3 screws, eliminating this issue. (btw, I dig your web design! great asthetics.)

To add a little more context, I wasn't happy with the pictured solution to begin with, for one because of wear (which actually is not as bad as you would expect, they do worsen - but all prototype panels I ve been handling so far are still strong enough to hold screws - it's far from smth like IKEA quality, where after one assembly the screws holes are gone...) and secondly because it's more complex to drill all these holes to the side panel manually... takes a lot of time and presicion. I couldn't add threaded inserts right from the get go as there are none available that fit a 7mm thin wooden panel. So how is it solved then? I experimented with larger cutouts and a 3D printed frame that then holds a metal insert to fit a screw. This doesn't wear out and it's eliminates the drilling of holes. All tests have proven successfull, but I haven't come around to engineer them to all occasions on the prototype. I will do this bundled with the 55mm CPU cooler upgrade to avoid spending ressources on new prototypes with minor chnages :)

pictures showing the new solution.

They are quiet strong, haven't tested the limit yet - but 1kg of pure GTX 780 Ti was no problem. That should be more than suiffiecent to just hold a side-panel.

Edit: I don't know what the issue is, but I either can't upload pictures... Or they preview fine but after posting they are broken. You need to click the broken preview and it *should* redirect you to the image...
 
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HWI

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Not my jam, but I can really appreciate the design and hope it's successful for you.