A little while ago i was asked by Dan at Maxit Mag if it would be possible for me to make a promotion watercooled system for them so never one to decline a challenge, i accepted. There wasn't really a brief as such but Monday just gone a courier dropped off a load of goodies and a cd with their logo and font type face - included in the parcels were... Yellow Wavemaster Asus P5B Deluxe Conroe 2.4GHz 2x Mushkin XP2-8000 XFX Geforce 7900GT Be Quiet BQT ES-700W PSU Along with many other bits and bobs that might or might not get used. As it was a promotion system it needed their logo in a prime place so first set about making a grill which would do them proud. The pictures are pretty self explanatory but basically i took a piece of aluminium sheet 250mm X 130mm x 3mm and after covering it in masking tape, marked it out with the inner dimensions of the Stealth 240 GT radiator. Then using the Maxit Mag font in Photoshop printed an X big enough to reach both sides of the grill which was cut out and stuck centrally onto the aluminium sheet. Using a fret saw, cut round the whole outline then printed a smaller X and stuck that into the centre of the larger X and cut that out.. Then came the fiddly bit of printing the M A I and T and cutting them out of the same 3mm aluminium and then filing all the edges followed by wetndry so they were all smooth ready for primer. Stuck them onto a sheet of card with Pritt Stick which would make painting easier and couple of coats of primer followed by 4 coats of gloss black and everything was nearly done apart from cutting the fine aluminium mesh and spraying it the same yellow as the case and then laying it all out for some pictures...........and that all for today but more to follow. On with loads of pictures so beware..... After peeling the painted letters off the carboard this is some pictures of how it will look once its all in place with the yellow backing grill :smile:
The letters took some cutting out but turned out better than expected so well worth the effort in the end tbh The mesh was some fine aluminium stuff i found at the Metal Supermarket when i was down getting some bits for Sound + Vision here and painted black here. I had to get a metre roll but knew it would come in handy at some point Oh yeah, i also used it on the coolercases grill :smile: Sould look something like this when finished....
Making the maXit GFX mounting hardware Fitting up the Graphics Card The Maxit theme goes on - decided to make a bracket for the 7900GT in keeping with the theme so it was out with the fret saw again. Using the Maxit font, printed out an X big enough to duplicate the stock Koosah mounting bracket and laid it on some 3mm aluminium plate same as with the grll and cut around the outline same same. Filed it down and drilled 4 holes in the correct places using the Koosah bracket as a template then it was basically the same as before - couple of coats of primer followed by four coats of yellow. Another paper X was used as a template and laid on some 4mm neoprene which was cut out using a sharp craft knife which would make a nice cushion and protect the GFX card. I also painted the brass thumb screws black to give it some contrast against the yellow X then fitted the whole lot together. On with even more pictures..........
And that's another job jobbed And thats it all fitted up with the correct thumb screws this time Guess i need to get hold of some yellow LED's but orange was the closest i could come up with at present but gives the idea ish.
Nice and very professional work. The day that Cooler Master will discontinued the Wavemaster, you'll have a shock hehe. Very sexy work... like the girls in the magazine
I was always a fan of yellow (check my newest overzeas ) This one isn't yellow... its YELLOW!!!! damn, what a nice color Like the use of black on this case, true work of art, that top fangrille
