Okay, so, this project is originally written in swedish.. and I really don't have the energy to translate everything, so ya'll have to look at the pictures, but later on the updates will have comments written in english
Ok, have started the planning.
Sketsh in sketchup och some other godies.
This is how the case will look in the end, glossblack with highpolished front.
This is the frontpart that I am working on
One done, one more to go
I have tweaked a little with the sketch, and I did a hopefully better solution to the design. You can see what's done
Frame sawed to exactly 1cm
Why? To get the front thicker
Why?? So that the Aluminium metalsheet wont brush against the DVD-driver (Or what the hell you call it in english ;D)
This is how the loop is supposed to be.
IOW: Pump - radiator - radiator - cpu block - [gpu block] - tank - pump - osv osv osv
Have glued on the frame.. superepoxy is strong
Drawn out the lines for the logo, that I will cut with the dremel :dremel:
Have started to cut the logo.
DREMEL ACTION!
And some random photos
I can see the light!
Inside a tube
Went down to the workshop en fixed some stuff
It was to much work with the dremel, so I used the jiggsaw instead... was a bit easier
I'm pleased with the result
I had some trouble mounting the fan. The holes had UNC threads, så neither M3 or M4 would fit. So i made the threads M4.
Mounted the radiator in the back
I discovered that the sidepanel hit the radiator, so i took away a little from the sidepanel
Got my parcel with a BIX2 and a 5,25 reservoir.
Everything is beeing leektested
Got some spikefeets.. just don't know what I am going to have for protection
You dont want to put the computer on your feet with those
Found a .. dont know what the name is in english.. but ill use it for draining the system
And the Beehhheeaaast! :P
Went down to the workshop for 4 hours, feels like I didn't get anything done
Started puttying the frame.
Cut out the 120mm fanhole
Made a homemade electriccablelist
Made the mountingholes for the rad
And the crazy modder with puttydust on the nose ;P
went down to the workshop
Started with drawing out the radiatortemplate
Cut out and a list is testmounted, note that it isn't fixed, it is just for testing. Can't glue it until I have painted the case
Radiator testmounted, all screws will be insexskcrews.
Put on the feet, sexy
Pretty tight
Ill have to thank elmor For these babies, You will notice later on what they are for
After the hard work it was time for a cheeseburger!
Finnished the grinding on the putty and painted it with basecoat. Pretty smooth
Polished some of the stainless steel just for fun
Started with the "case" for the pump, that will be polished.
Ok, testmounted the front frame and it was a nice fit.
Yesterday I ordered some white LED's for the front (Will have lighted plexi behind the aluminiumsheet)
Nice and smooth.
The radhole from the inside of the case
Continued with the pumpcasing
Glued the edges. Later I will putty and paint the case.. I will also make the hole by the suctionfitting more round and nicer
Well, it seems like people have trouble with bending plexi. So I had to try before I will do it on the real thing. I cant really understand what the problem is. It was actually pretty easy to bend it...?
And as you can see I didn't burn the plexi and i didn't get any "bubbles"
I used a crappy black n' decker heating gun.. well, black & decker is a budget trademark
I also painted the BIX 2, cause the paintjob was absolutely awful.
But now I got a nice paintjob with some mirrorshine. I will take better pics later.
My finger eh ,, As I said I will take a better pic so you can see the mirrorshine better.
So, got my white leds and resistors from lysdiod.com. These babies are supposed to lighten up the plexisides in the front.
I ordered 10 Leds, and I will use 6 in the front, so the last4 will go to something else. Dont know what, maybe lightning up waterblocks or so
Bought some spaces for the front
Which is this part of the front:
And the modder-pet
Got up from the bed by 9 o'clock, ate breakfast and sent some packages aso.
But the main thing is ofcourse the projekt
Went to Söderströms järn & metall (Southstreams iron & metal). Got my hands on a piece of aluminum.. 4kg. It costed me 100kr, which is about 14$
And as you maybe understand, it is supposed to be for the front.
Exactly 3mm
The paint has been dryin' for 1 week.
Hardly no orange-surface nor FLA
And the wax
Nice and shiny
Tried polishing the aluminum. There was some kind of oxidation that was pretty hard to get through
After 1000grit and autosol, not to good in my opinion.. need some tools to get the real-deal
Started grinding on the small radiator. And it surpriced me a bit when I found out that the original color was blue-metallic
Ready for paint
Pretty dark pic, but you with bright monitors can se the reflection
And here they are, resting and hardening
Some dremel accessories is never bad
Ah, finally got something done today
The small rad have dried and the result is as awesome as on the other radiator.
Nice huh? (Yeah, there is a little miss by the screwhole, but it wont be seen anyway so..
As I will use hinges for the front door, I want it to look nice when you open it. So I'm going to but some plexi that will be painted black on the backside. So hopefully it will be nice and shiny.
Masktaped plexi.
Draw out the lines
Jiggsawcut.
After some fine-tuning it was a nice fit.
Time to make a hole so I can acces baytank, dvd-driver etc.
Marked out.
Bent some plexi to cover up some ugly areas of the case.
I will spray it black on the backside.
Screwed into place with some M4.
Ah, got a nice cut in my finger from something. Didn't notice until I looked at the finger
Okay, so, got some time today and worked on the case.
Started painting the cover-up plexi.
And the finnish is.. yea :rock:
It's like having a 5mm thick clearcoat layer
This area is ugly, and will be covered up with a piece of plexi.
The camera focused on the reflections
Made a hole with the jiggsaw in the front.
Made a hole in the frontbezel.
Will use this tunnelthing.
Made screwholes for the tunnel
Both parts painted on the back. The finnish will be awesome
The tunnel painted.
Masktaped the 4mm plexi. The right piece will be used for the sidepanelwindow, and the other will be used for the front.
Used all the tape that was left :p
Marked
It was a nice fit in the sidepanel, the plexi slid in under thos edges and will make the whole sidepanel more stable.
Took some photos of the paint.
What's the lamp doin' there?
Oh well, hello there
So, bought some new components.
3st Titan fans, 120mm.
1st Cooltek fan, 120mm.
1st Sunbeam rheobus, (0 - 12v)
2st Nexus disktwin.
Cooltek-fan specifications
Titan-fan specifications
Nexus hardrivecooler.
So, this is how the rad looks with the fans
This is how it will look like inside.
Started sanding the sidepanel.
Inside
Finished sanding the sidepanel and done some polishing work on a fan-frame
1000 grit
So, more sanding and polishing work
I have tested polish a little on the chassis, but I don't know if I like it, what do you think? Should I have a little more "rough" polish or should I paint it black?
Here are some pics
As you cas see; the surface is pretty rough, but maybe it's cool, i don't know, you decide
And here is a little work-movie of me sanding the chassis
I have painted the frontframe black.
I have also painted the inside and the back of the case black.
When the frame had dryed, I went on making holes for the hinge. And then I mounted the hinges.
The base-frontaluplate was testfitted.
testmounted on the chassi
After that I drilled holes in the frontplate and the baseplate and mounted them together with the distances and some insexscrews. Although this is not how it will look like, cause you all know that I will have plexiglass behind the frontplatet that will be lid up by the LED's
This is how the workbench looks after 3 hours. Not a pretty sight, but all the tools are necessary.
I found out that it was really hard to use a black vinylfilm to tint the plexi. So my dad got me some tinted real glass. Yes, it is some heavy ****, but it is nice
The effect is, that if I dont have the case lighted at the inside, you wont be able to see through the glass. But if it is lighted, you will se through.
These are the insexscrews and nuts that I am using. Shiny stuff. M4.
Yep, i've got a few.
For you who liked the movie that I had earlier, here is another one:
I got the backplate mounted to the hinges
And this is how the hinge is mounted to the frame and the backplate. The space in the hinge is actually pretty big, so i got nuts to fit in.
Started working on the plexiglass that is supposed to be illuminated.
I fastened the plexi with the aluplate with some screws to make it easier to sand and get the edge nice.
Heh, ye, some work to do
The backside, wont be seen
The job is dirty and time comsuming. Its not fun to sand plexiedges,, i tell you.
One edge almost done
Ah, and there we have it. After like 2 hours, 2 metres of 120pt sandingpaper and some work with the :dremel:, I got the edges nice.
Tested to lighten up the plexi, it got a bit scratchy though, but it wont be seen anyways so..
Pretty nice, a total of 8 leds will lighten upp the edges.
Then I mounted the whole front together.
Me likes. I'm actually quite proud of it. I have made it all by myself and it is my own design. That makes it a bit special i think
This is actually about how the case will look like, although im going to make that final hand polish later, to make it get that real fresh bling-look.
And the last pic for this update
So todays update is pretty kewl. I did the soldering work on the leds and tested how the glass would look like.
Some pics then:
First off i tried to push the leds in the holes, and they stuck nicely.
Then it was time to do the soldering. The tools needed, you got to love the cable peeler. A real one, so decent to use.
First two LED's soldered
4 LED's
All 8 LED's soldered.
Mounted the door together and fired up the LED's. I really like the look.
And as I said earlier, the LED's look blue, but are in fact white,
Me likey
Tried the tinted glass. It is not fixed to the door, so don't mind the gaps.
All you can see is reflections :naughty:
But as you can see, when there are some kind of lightsource, you can see through the glass,
So, this is all for now. And now I want a lots of COMMMENTS!
//NysoO
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Saaya yupp, I agree
what a fantastic job.
Originally Posted by serialk11r
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