If you get a little brave, design a smaller case that is more 
appropriate.  Wood is good!
Put a good fan or two in it with filters, and keep a 'positive pressure' 
in the case.  This will
keep much of the dust/dirt/chips out.

<Story warning>
In the OLD days before the IBM PC was a dream in Boca Raton FL, a guy 
George Morrow
was selling computers.  He had such a problem keeping folks in his 
company from shipping
the computer he was using for his desk top, he took a mother board out 
of the case and used
screws to mount it to the side of his wood desk.  Now he was able to 
keep a computer for him
to use. </Story warning>
... You could use the same technique, nothing says a computer MUST be in 
a UL certified metal box!
... Make it just the right size for you, and screw it to the wall, so 
you have more table space!

... Idea payment required: post a picture of what you do! :) And let us 
know about it!

alan wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 08:00 -0500, Jeff Epler wrote:
>   
>> Cast-off Pentium-III or AMD Athlon desktops are probably the best
>> systems to seek out to run emc today.
>>
>>     
> I have come to appreciate that this is the case. I even have an Athlon
> that I can use (if I can persuade my wife to give it back) but I don't
> want to use it because the case is too big and I really haven't got the
> space for it in my shed. 
>
> I have built an ornamental turning lathe with stepper control, on a
> moveable stand and I am really looking for something that sits on a
> narrow shelf under the lathe next to my stepper controller box. So I am
> looking for a eorocard or smaller sized pc with sufficient memory size
> (whatever that is ). Anyone got a best buy suggestion?
>
> Alan
>
>
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