Update #17 feb 26 (FINALLY! Assembly line)
Spyrious: Yeah I hope they'll sort it out. Would be an irritating set back if they wouldn't.
Unicorn: Thanks man. As I said, I really hope they'll be able to sort things out cause I don't have the extra material needed for a new panel. But I'll start assembling the computer withough the outer panel. After all, it's the last piece to go on.
trucha: Cheers! Thank you for your compliments.
Final assembly starts
I'm really excited as this project is closing in further and further. It's so fun to see things come together and so far I'm extremely happy with the result. All the bolts and nuts suit this case so nicely.
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Parts on the table. Sorry bout the dvd-drive beeing a bit dusty. Missed that out.
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Parts
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It's a bit funny how factory made all the panels feel. It gives you that extra pleasure when assembling.
I want to point a HUGE thanks to Sifvert for providing me with all the bolts and nuts needed for this project. Thank you!
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Mhm, bolt godness :)
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So seriously packed with individual zip-bags for each kind of bolt.
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Back mounted with round-headed hex bolts. Black. Looks slick
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And a final teaser for today.
Project: Aluchill - Update #18 feb 27 (Assembly continues)
Thank you! Killer, I think I'll stick with the black fans :)
Oh well, another update for ya'll. Basically I've continues with the assembling. Got the whole front finished. Took a bit of time to get the dvd lined up properly in the slot on the front. Have sleeved as many cables as I had time to and mounted the pumps and moboslide. Also mounted the LCD-bezel at the back.
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LCD-bezel mounted with counter-sunk insex bolts.
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Front, pumps and dvd-reader mounted. Got a bit of cable management done.
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Dvd mounted with m3 round headed insex bolts.
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Fan controller mounted and the knobs attached.
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Mobo-slide bolted and the tray was slit into place.
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Close up on the pump-mounting. Rubber grommets and m6 hex cap screws.
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The underside of the mid plate.
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The left side with the internal cover attached.
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And a final pic for today :)
Update #19 Mar 3 (EYE CANDY! Internal build 98% finnished)
Thank you!
Talked to the powder coaters today and the outcome was not too pleasing. The sheet metal worker said that It would be impossible to fix the panel perfectly. And he told me that the guys that would have lasercut a new panel for me was filled upp their asses with work, so it would take a long time to get it done. However, he offered me a 140$ compensation, a new piece of sheet metal, discounts if I would like to powder coat something in the future and a new free session of powder coat on the new outer panel.
So i have to fabricate a new panel which sucks.. will take about ~18 hours to fabricate a new one. But I'm going to try bending the old panel as good as possible and see if it can do as a temporary panel.
Any who., have finished the hardware and internal build to say 98%. It started up and is working great. Great temps and silence. Just got to do some sleeving etc. Anyways here are some extra large candy shots for ya'll. This time I'm going to let them speak for themselves.
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Again, THANK YOU for your support throughout the build so far
I don't know if you'll notice, but I skipped the internal cover and went with an open view. Wanted to see the pumps and wanted the case to be a bit more flexible. No bigge.