Ok so i finally rounded up some more pics, so I guess I'll just jump straight into it.
While i was waiting for the metal putty I made a little progress on some of the smaller things such as mounting
fan controller and making a support for the back of the mobo tray -
Test Fit -
Now i need to make the brackets to hold everything together -
That's the front done, now the back -
I cut out another 2 pieces of aluminum and taped the original mounting brackets on top to align the holes (this will
become clearer in the following pics) -
One more cut -
There we go -
What you can't see in the pic above is that the pcb of the fan controller is actually flexing when it's installed. So
There goes all my hard work lol. Turns out there was an easier solution from the start -
I just took the original face plate from the controller and trimmed of some of the length -
Just need to drill the LED holes a little larger because the LED's now sit inside the holes as opposed to just behind
them -
No more flexing -
Now to mount it properly -
Sorry if that was a little drawn out, I have to make sure i look like I've done something since my last update!
Now the mobo tray bracket -
Cut a piece of angle aluminum to size -
Rout it down to size -
And a light sand to get rid of sharp edges -
That's better.
The rivet holes in the mobo tray need to be counter sunk -
It's a wood countersink bit but it will do for now -
You may not be able to tell but it just fits in nicely -
Had to remove a corner which shows through the back plate -
I thought I'd try out some lighting solutions -
Next pics are with both sides of the acrylic sanded -
I'm pretty happy with the results, it should be quite useful.
The metal putty, some WC gear and a few PC components came in too so i should have more pics up tomorrow, maybe
even tonight?
Cheers for looking and i'm open to any advice, so fire away,
Callen



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