[build log] Elements of Fortune, scratch build

[trekie86]

It's been over a month since the last post. How is the build coming? Any timeline on when you think you will be able to complete this awesome task?!

[Tomcatt]

Waaw xD it’s a long time ago since I posted an update !
Well, XS is not the only one … I have been busy for school and other stuff … so I didn’t have a lot of time to mod.

But – here I am back again, with lots of pictures and info

It’s time for a huge UPDATE !!! Elements of Fortune !!!

In the beginning of august, I bought some new tools for a good price.













There goes my money :P blahblah, I’m happy ! At least I got some good quality tools now

I also made some orders in China for LEDs and electronics, and I got some very nice stuff from MDPC-x.
And because pictures say more than 1000 words : tadaa

The package from China







PSUs


Little motors

And for these things, I also made a “cabinet” ? Well I mean a thing to store things :P





Kinda WaW huh !? :P This cabinet will be empty once I finished this mod

And then another package from Germany…









Now this is quality stuff :o !! amazing

I will sleeve this 1200W PSU from BeQuiet and all the other cables that will be visible inside the project.




-- aye – now all eyes back to the case

We continue from here:


Still remember it? Here we go
I continued with the bottom side of the case, the part where the hardware will fit in.



Before that, I had no idea what colors I would be using. But when buying the sleeving and LEDs, I made a decision.

Colors will be: Black, white, orange and aluminum
The hardware components will be black/ orange / the cable-sleeving as well.

So I needed to find a color for the background … White !
To make a good white (and not gray looking background) I bought some white acrylic. Behind that white acrylic, I will use small White LEDs to give it a cool look.

Placing of the LEDs


Started to soldering








It’s still a dark look, so let’s begin with making the acrylic.







It looks great when because it has a good contrast with the hardware



I’m not really satisfied with the result, So I will also make LEDs in the bottom.




Don’t mind the rusty look, it will be painted

Without acrylic


With


Still looks a bit dark on the right side… that is because the background is black. I tested the difference with a white sheet of paper. Much better





But I’m not going to use paper … aluminum is a better quality material. And I will paint it white in the future.





I used small bolts most of the places. Because they would dim the small LEDs.



The other ones I gave a smooth finish :P


Meanwhile I also worked on the struts beneath the hardware layer.
Remember these?



They will be blue – started with soldering









Still needs a lot of work, but this is the goal:





The UV LEDs on top are fitted on the bottom plate. Ready and steady ^^



UV power ! Perfect angle for that eye-candy reservoir. (It doesn’t shine everywhere, only where needed)





The eye-candy reservoir needs to look cool and shiny. After a while I decided not the use aluminum foil but a sheet of aluminum. This will be polished







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So I started working again with the white acrylic.



If you take a good look, you will see that I made place for the power supply unit.





Whoooo that’s a close one! But it works







After filing and sanding …Looks good huh?



Aye, another bend





Yuppie, I made it ! :P me looking very happy because working with the acrylic is a tough job. But I’m starting to learning it ^^





But here we go again :P a small problem …



The power supply cable is a little bit bigger because it is a 1200W PSU…
ARGH !!!



I mailed to BeQuiet for finding a nice solution… If there isn’t a solution, I’ll make one myself
- make a 90° angle in the cable
- or make a gap in the frame so the cable would fit
- maybe something else I could do ? hmm

Well – more coming soon
I think I continue working on the hard drive casings, and continue with the white acrylic.


cheers
Tom

[Junimrox]

i think there are 90 degree power cables, i've seem some weird cases that use them for placing the psu on the front. Other option is to make a custom powercable, possibly with thicker wire and sleeving. nice mod, really cool!

[miptzi]

yeah Junim,
90º power cables are easy to find and would solve this.