IMac G3 Take Apart

I have been considering taking apart my iMac G3 600 Mghz "snow". The screen is very bad and i think it will die very soon. I plan to put it in a new case and use it as a server, but i had a few quesitons. If I take it apart what precautions should i take and is it even worth it at all? Would there be any danger involved in it? I plan on taking out the Logic board, Power Supply, CD Drive, HardDrive, down-converter someting and any other parts that are necessary to run.
What are you thoughts on this?

You could try to locate the service and repair manual for your iMac on the Internet. I think the name is
imac_summer01.pdf. AppleRescue has this manual for sale. See: http://applerescue.com/
Check out this site:
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The power supply is just a logic board and it isn't separately enclosed like a pc power supply. And the power supply is next to the crt and crt contains dangerous/fatal voltages even after powering off your machine!
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