Hej Hej!

I had been hoping to get more done then the little that I did, but with the pressure at work and the ongaing trials of a 14mo old son who has not only learned to walk, but walk fast. Everything in the house needed to be moved above 53cm that was loose or any way fragile. This month has been lot's of 'Aj Aj Logan!' (kind of like saying 'no no' in english I guess).

Anyway, I'll start you off easy. I, once again did a mock up of the system (and I really should get around to taking pics when I do it), and decided that I perhaps had more room than I thought. Or more room to get myself in trouble

So I called up the good folks at thermochill, and spoke to the main man Steve, and asked if they could send me an unpainted 120.1 as I seemed to have found room in my case for one more rad.

He sent this:




Kind of plain. But I knew what it would look like later. This time around, I took some pics of the different sanding stages so that you could see the work involved.

Stage 1 - a little 320 grit





AS you can see, not a lot happening.

Stage 2 - 400 grit




Getting a little better.

Stage 3 and 4 : went up to 600, then 800




Stage 5 and 6: 1000 grit and then 1200 wet




Stage 7,8,9 (I combined all these last stages because the differences were minor and it's more dramtic to see end result) : Used Dremel Buff tool, then 2000 wet and then my metal polish of which you've seen the pics earlier of -

Ain't she a beáuty??





The sides never polish to perfection, and I don't know if it's me, or the metal, but this is the best I can get it:




Remember 90% of this is done by hand.


Moving on, and I know that I'm rushing this bit (sorry, my plane leaves in 1,5hrs and the taxi will be here soon, damn business trip) and it feels like all action and no foreplay, but here goes.

The mailman came:




Left a shiny can in my box. I said what the hell is that? Gotta get me a can opener. . .




I began to pry open that baby like a nice juicy clam, and when it was open, the pearl came tumbling out!








Like Public Enemy, 'How about some BASE in yo FACE!?





Now that's flat.


And of course the million dollar question. . .





ANSWERED. Thanks to AnFi for such a rad looking block. It will look very nice in my system. .


Finally, I leave you with the shape of things to come. . . (if you get the reference, I'll send you godis, first person only )