ASUS Xtreme Design competition-

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that reminds me of my factory tour to Corsair Fremont HQ a long time ago lol

http://teamau.net/5

Thanks for the link,
I'm kind of surprised how small and kind of crowded Corsair's workareas are..

are those SSDs

your new job is sending me 20 or 30 of those bare drives!!

If it was me then I guess my job would be wiping the drool off my chin while I am pushing the trolly around

As for the perspex, I find it easier to cut thicker perspex, like 4-4.5mm up as thin stuff below 3mm can chip easy.
I am guessing you are going to use Solvent cement to join the perspex together, having sheets a little bit thicker is also easier to help keep them square and straight,
plus there is less bowing and saging with thicker perspex.

I think 4.75mm perspex is a good place to start, you might need thicker for the bottom of the case as if it is going to sit flush on the floor/table, without feet/legs.
Then you will need to counter sink all the screws in the bottom of the case thats holding the motherboard/pump on so they are flush and don't stick out and scratch the floor or table.
Having thicker perspex means you have more meat to work with when counter sinking, you don't want the screws pulling through or cracking the perspex because its to thin.
Also if the bottom is thin it will flex when you move it, this will in time make it crack around the screws as they are applying pressure agenst the perspex.
This flexing will also give the impression the case is unstable and of cheep quality.

The torture rack for example is all 10mm/3/8 thick.
I would also suggest using atleast 6mm to suport the PSU as it is hanging over your motherboard.
Something like a L shape that is Solvent cemented to the side wall and the top to make a strong and ridged box within a box, remember that PSU is not really that lite.

I only commented on this as you stated bellow your drawing that you where going to, "Using 3/16” thickness acrylic for all walls"

So what do you do for a job?

Looking forward to your next update.

I'm the engineer in charge of the SSD product lines at my company.
So I don't push the dollies of SSDs around,
I have to write documents detailing to the production department how to push the dollies of SSDs around
Yeah, those are a bunch of trays of SSDs.. 30TB total or so, probably a mix of SLC and MLC drives.
This one day yield can all be yours for the low low price of.. $150k!
But, most of our SSD output goes to OEMs, not too big in the retail sector.

Thanks for the acrylic fabrication tips, kgtiger!
My rationale was that since the span of my case is relatively small,
there won't be too much flexification going on.
My plan was to put in some additional flat stiffening ribs across two areas to stiffen it up,
and then add some bonded square acrylic stock (3/8" square section or something) in the corners/joints for greater bond area and stiffness,
also to add a square section rod to the wall next to the PSU to provide support,
rather than letting all that weight sit out there on a big moment arm, only supported by the rear plate...
But, I might just move everything up to 6mm/0.25" anyway to make the fabrication faster and less complicated.
I guess I'm more used to the more complicated "material only where it is needed" route,
from my race car design years

For motherboard standoffs, I'm still undecided.
I'm was thinking of bottom countersunk, flathead screw-in standoffs like you described,
but now I'm slightly leaning towards just drilling some blind holes in the bottom and then bonding round threaded rods into the bottom of the case:


Good worklog update coming tomorrow (hopefully..) hint: a watercooling sponsor!