Daniel's murderbox - with a sLight twist

WOW Charles, great craftmanship!!!!

Looks like you feeling like a brain surgeon!!!

SUPER+

Gr Yil

As usual Charles your work is amazing - I cannot wait to see it fitted to the case :yepp:

Keep up the good work my friend :up:

Very clean Job Charles.

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Originally Posted by Dangals

As usual Charles your work is amazing - I cannot wait to see it fitted to the case :yepp:

Keep up the good work my friend :up:

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+1...and I would like to add the fit and finish are impeccable. :bows:

Excellent work Charles! :up:

It is evident now why the extra piece was used over the PLED's. Who would want to look at those screws, that would have been an eye sore and completely out of place in such a well put together masterpiece.

My God thats hot.

Fantastic work as always Charles!

Its good to see such well thought out plan coming together as perfectly as that :)

Stunning and breathtaking Charles!

/heartattack

He is using gloves... His perception is: modding is surgery... And I always admire clinical approach.

Super clean and solid execution, Charles. I'm waiting patiently for final product.

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OMG!!! DON'T DROP IT!! Lol, very nice looking work there! It's nice to see that you also wear gloves to prevent those nasty finger prints from getting all over everything!! Keep it up!

Michael

Hi!
Congratulations by the great work! :up:

Can you post some printscreens of the software used to control the lcds?

Thanks

The quality of that is jaw dropping, very impressive.

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Hi!
Congratulations by the great work! :up:

Can you post some printscreens of the software used to control the lcds?

Thanks

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There are none. I'll be writing the software once the box will be up and running :).

D.

Hello Charles, first off let me compliment you on the fantastic work - as always.

I have a quick query for you, if you don't mind.
In this image I see you have some very interesting stand-offs.

I'm presently faced with a hardware challenge in my Prometheus project, so I am on the hunt for stand-offs/rivnuts/etc - whatever I can find that will make life easier and with no sacrifice to aesthetics.

Do you mind if I ask what are those standoff assemblies you are using?
Is it just a screw+nut+threaded pipe?

Two by two... hands of blue.

I say MurderMod needs to build their own robotic arm, for the sole purpose of holding pieces of their projects while they are being photographed.

One of the most simplistic cleanest looking mods ive ever seen Charles
Bloody good work :)

I'm overwhelmed with your comments Guys; THANK YOU! :)

Your support motivates me immeasurably. :yepp:

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Originally Posted by Langer

I have a quick query for you, if you don't mind.
In this image I see you have some very interesting stand-offs.

I'm presently faced with a hardware challenge in my Prometheus project, so I am on the hunt for stand-offs/rivnuts/etc - whatever I can find that will make life easier and with no sacrifice to aesthetics.

Do you mind if I ask what are those standoff assemblies you are using?
Is it just a screw+nut+threaded pipe?

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Langer, I chose to go with cylindrical standoffs from Digi Key. I used "brainwashers" - a discovery of Nils to provide the base for the standoff. Without the brainwasher, the standoff would be loose since the base of the screw head would have made contact with the standoff and not the aluminum plate (because of the countersinking). Does that makes sense? What's nice about the brainwasher over a normal washer is the recessed seat that the standoff sits in. While it may not serve as pure function, I really like how it looks. They also really enhance the visual appeal when used with screws - not to mention protect powder coated surfaces from chips since they're plastic... I guess that makes them functional after all.

I hope this answers your question - I'm really looking forward to seeing what's next for Prometheus! :)

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Originally Posted by 3Z3VH

Two by two... hands of blue.

I say MurderMod needs to build their own robotic arm, for the sole purpose of holding pieces of their projects while they are being photographed.

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It's very funny you should say that - one of my aggravations is not being able to take better action shots while working. I'm trying to figure out a solution so I can get good shots while working with both hands. I've thought of a tripod but it seems so cumbersome and would likely break the work rhythm. Perhaps a robotic arm is the answer indeed! :)



Project Update: Still waiting on the final light panel which is kind of holding things up ATM. It should be any day now and once its done, things should start moving along nicely. I'm working on a mount design for the SSDs and have some interesting ideas I'm hoping will work out and ultimately compliment the build. I could easily go pure function but I'd like to first try something a little creative. Of course, it will either be great or a bloody eyesore... Oh well; nothing ventured, nothing gained eh!


Cheers. :toast:

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Ahh it's the 'brainwahers' that made it pop for me as well, I've never seen a washer with a rolled up ledge like that. It actually looks like it could be a kit the way it fits together (MurderSpacers maybe? lol).

Thanks for the info mate... and as for the headache that is Prometheus I spent the past couple days baby sitting a CNC machine - Aerospace grade Carbon Fiber cutouts will be posted soon.

Thanks a lot for the info mate. :up:

Ah Ha ... I have finally figured out the source of Charle's ability to make these amazing transformations of otherwise boring objects into such works of art:


http://shazza53.smugmug.com/photos/4...87_mU5aJ-S.png

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Two by two... hands of blue.

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Yes Fire Fly =P

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Ah Ha ... I have finally figured out the source of Charle's ability to make these amazing transformations of otherwise boring objects into such works of art:


http://shazza53.smugmug.com/photos/4...87_mU5aJ-S.png

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Who watches the Watchmen. . . ??

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The quality of that is jaw dropping, very impressive.

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my thoughts exactly. this looks so clean and polished - very professional!

great work :)

Cheers Guys. :)


Project Update: The murderLight panel is done and I'm very happy with the result. There was actually a funny moment earlier tonight as I was taking a few quick pics. My wife came in and said: "wow, that's really cool". Here's the thing - she's never done that before which either means I'm really onto something or you guys will hate it! :wth:

Still waiting on the Mips chipset blocks that Kirk is having Nickel plated but I thought I'd at least give you guys a peak at what the illumination does to a motherboard - keeping in mind it's recessed...


http://www.murderbox.com/uploads/DSC_7339.jpg


I think once all the innards are installed, it's going to be really something!


The res holder is in final production after a round of revisions - hopefully pics in the next few days. The other custom job are the SSD mounts which have yet to go to production. Truth is I'm still wrastling with the concept. I'm hoping to spend some time on the design over the next few days. The rad has been mounted and once the Mips arrive I'll work on the loop and drill the holes through the murderLight for the hoses. I'm really anxious to see how that looks! :yepp:

Short and sweet update - thanks for looking in and Daniel, thank you for your patience! :toast:

oo lala that looks beautiful. looks like the boards getting some studio shots done:) well done Charles :up:

That is simply amazing that is all i can even say