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perplekks45 · 13th May 2007, 20:18

Reminds of those masks they're wearing at some kinda asian martial sport... Kendo? The one with the sticks... Gotta give google a go.

// edit: Here we go: (hands up for Wiki)

// edit 2: Taking a 2nd look and I got an idea: What about a transversal piece of acryl like the perpendicular one seen on the mask. Can you understand what I mean... if I were you I wouldn't.

Franklin · 13th May 2007, 20:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by aon`aTv.gsus666

// edit 2: Taking a 2nd look and I got an idea: What about a transversal piece of acryl like the perpendicular one seen on the mask. Can you understand what I mean... if I were you I wouldn't.

I think I'm planning to do what you try to tell me here. Because the thing is a bit fragile without a conection between the pieces I planned another piece that will go from the left to the right. It's like the mask in your picture but then turned over 90 degrees.

I turned your pic over 90 degrees and gave the part a green color.

perplekks45 · 13th May 2007, 20:51

YOU GOT ME! I'm happy now.

Yea, that's exactly what I meant. Glad I could "help".

Franklin · 14th May 2007, 21:17

Almost there....

I started filing all the pieces as you can see. The outer piece on the right is the best place to look what I mean. I will have to add one small piece of acrylic on the sides and then it needs more filing and sanding before I can use a small torch to make it shiny again. It already took me four days to get this far and I will have to do this work another three times

B[x] · 14th May 2007, 23:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Franklin

It already took me four days to get this far and I will have to do this work another three times

It will definitely be worth it in the end, that piece is just fantastic. I've always liked to see ribs incorporated into mods and this one is does flawlessly.

I don't think you need to incorporate a horizontal piece for aesthetic reasons. To me it would clutter up the clean look that the vent has. However, you mentioned that the grill is a bit fragile so perhaps it is necessary.

The_Beast · 14th May 2007, 23:47

great looking mod, keep up the good work

Mino · 15th May 2007, 06:16

The look is fantastic!
Now I know what you told previously, and it's f++ink awesome!

GAM · 15th May 2007, 08:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by B[x]

...I don't think you need to incorporate a horizontal piece for aesthetic reasons. To me it would clutter up the clean look that the vent has. However, you mentioned that the grill is a bit fragile so perhaps it is necessary.

First, I agree, it would be a shame to marr the existing look. However, if reinforcement or bracing was absolutely necessary, then consider some fine piano wire, fishing line, etc glued horizontally across the back or through the ribs i.e., something fine and barely noticable. If it is secured to each rib it will still be strong and durable.

Secondly, g'day Franklin. I've just registered on Bit-Tech and noticed someone and their mod that I'm familiar with.

Oh, and you've heard my praises before, but one more for the record won't hurt. Top work! Looking forward to each update.

Franklin · 17th May 2007, 17:48

Welcome to Bit-tech GAM. I don't post much in other worklogs here or on other forums, but I read almost every worklog.

The first fingerguard is finished for now. I will clean it up later. I starting to doubt wether I should add that reinforcement. I will create one and if it doesn't look better I will forget it. The construction doesn't need it. I expected the contruction to be much more fragile before I started on the fingerguard.

Now you can see why I made the aluminium construction the way I did, with that strange looking top. That's the place, lefttop and righttop where the vents are now.

I will start on the other three guards later on. Want to do some other things now. I hope the weather will get better so I can start on the fibreglass sides for the case.

gvblake22 · 17th May 2007, 21:07

I'm diggin' the vent covers, they look great! Keep it up!!!

Dean MF · 18th May 2007, 04:54

I must say - this is coming out better than i expected - Great work Franklin!!

Franklin · 19th May 2007, 18:23

After all the work on the fingerguard I wanted to work on other things for a while. A little less fragile parts. I had to close the gap from the radiator to the top of the lid. This because the air must be forced to go from the radiator to the vents on the lid. I used a piece of acrylic and cut out a small piece for the aluminium frame.

Here the part is in place. You can see it on the right of the picture. Another piece will be mounted on the left as well.

The piece I cut out to fit around the aluminium tubing.

And a photograph with the radiator in place.

Right now you can still see through the transparant acrylic, but that will have to change.

Franklin · 1st Jul 2007, 17:47

After a long time without any updates, a small update again. I've been very busy with "real life" stuff and had very little time to work on the case. I also had some problems getting the materials I needed, still have b.t.w.
The car airintakes I wanted to use still are not delivered and I'm not going to wait for those anymore. I will make them myself from fibreglass ofcourse.

I use some MDF to create a mold for the fibreglass. This is a drawing frm the mold. I will glue three layers of MDF together. On the left you can see what material I will have to file of to get the shape I want, on the right side.

When this is done I will saw the mold under an angle like this.

So first saw some MDF.

Drill a hole in the smallest one.

Now I can saw a bigger hole in this layer.

Time to glue these parts together.

With a file I will remove the material to get a rounded shape.

I made a paper mold with the rounded shape. When I hold it against the side of the MDF I can spot the places I have to file more to get the right shape.

and after sanding the mold.

1e8o · 1st Jul 2007, 18:03

very nice :P

gvblake22 · 2nd Jul 2007, 03:20

He's back!!! WOOOO!

I'm still having a hard time visualizing all these parts together, so I can't make any "real" comments quite yet. But I just wanted you to know I think you're doing great work so far, thanks for the update!

wbdog206 · 2nd Jul 2007, 04:06

glad to see you back at it.
nice work on the mold there.

MoRBiD · 2nd Jul 2007, 04:43

this looks freakin awesome man... cant wait to see the continued progress . lovin it w00t!

Mino · 2nd Jul 2007, 13:13

It's amazing to see how you work with fiberglass!
Go on, show me more :-]

500mph · 2nd Jul 2007, 18:58

i cant wait to see more! this looks like it will be a truly amazing custom case

Franklin · 7th Jul 2007, 13:38

It's time to finish the fibre glass mold. The most difficult part right now to saw the mold under an angle of 20 degrees. For this I made another mold. The base of the sawingmold has to be 90 degrees.

Now add the sides of the sawingmold.

The glue will be dry in a couple of hours. Before I start sawing I will add some scres in the mold. So I will put in the MDF fiber glass mold and secure it there. A sawblade will be guided by the opening in the sides of the sawing mold.

I should and up with a nice 20 degrees angle like in this sketch

The last job will be glueing the fiber glass mold onto a piece of MDF and finish the surfae with polyurethane resin. I will use this mold a least four times, maybe even 6 times. I will have to see what looks better, 4 or 6 airintakes.

13th May 2007, 20:18	#141
perplekks45 LIKE AN ANIMAL! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Offenbach, Germany Posts: 4,523	Reminds of those masks they're wearing at some kinda asian martial sport... Kendo? The one with the sticks... Gotta give google a go. // edit: Here we go: (hands up for Wiki) // edit 2: Taking a 2nd look and I got an idea: What about a transversal piece of acryl like the perpendicular one seen on the mask. Can you understand what I mean... if I were you I wouldn't. __________________ The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn! Last edited by perplekks45; 13th May 2007 at 20:24.

13th May 2007, 20:51	#143
perplekks45 LIKE AN ANIMAL! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Offenbach, Germany Posts: 4,523	YOU GOT ME! I'm happy now. Yea, that's exactly what I meant. Glad I could "help". __________________ The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!

14th May 2007, 21:17	#144
Franklin Supermodder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 552	Almost there.... I started filing all the pieces as you can see. The outer piece on the right is the best place to look what I mean. I will have to add one small piece of acrylic on the sides and then it needs more filing and sanding before I can use a small torch to make it shiny again. It already took me four days to get this far and I will have to do this work another three times __________________ Sponsored by: AC.Ryan Sapphire Freezinghardware Last edited by Franklin; 26th Dec 2007 at 15:07.

14th May 2007, 23:47	#146
The_Beast I like wood ಠ_ಠ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 7,379	great looking mod, keep up the good work __________________ - i7 3770k - MSI Z77A-GD65 - EVGA GTX 570 - 8Gb G.Skill Sniper (1.25v) - Fractal R3 Black - Corsair H50 - Corsair 750HX - Samsung 830 128Gb SSD - 6 Samsung F4EG 2TB - 2 WD Black 1TB - 2 WD Black 750GB - Dell UltraSharp U2410 - WASD V1 Custom - IBM Model M SSK - KBC Poker (Ergo-Clears) - Logitech Mx518 & G500 - Audio Technica AD700 - Logitech Z4 - Windows 7 Pro - Project: Make it Shine < - > Project: Make it Black

15th May 2007, 06:16	#147
Mino Ganzerli Mino Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rapallo GE Italy Posts: 540	The look is fantastic! Now I know what you told previously, and it's f++ink awesome! __________________ ItaliaModding.it Staff - Italia Modding Club Member My project ::: Project AralT3 - Project UltraViolet - Impossible Modding

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17th May 2007, 17:48	#149
Franklin Supermodder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 552	Welcome to Bit-tech GAM. I don't post much in other worklogs here or on other forums, but I read almost every worklog. The first fingerguard is finished for now. I will clean it up later. I starting to doubt wether I should add that reinforcement. I will create one and if it doesn't look better I will forget it. The construction doesn't need it. I expected the contruction to be much more fragile before I started on the fingerguard. Now you can see why I made the aluminium construction the way I did, with that strange looking top. That's the place, lefttop and righttop where the vents are now. I will start on the other three guards later on. Want to do some other things now. I hope the weather will get better so I can start on the fibreglass sides for the case. __________________ Sponsored by: AC.Ryan Sapphire Freezinghardware Last edited by Franklin; 26th Dec 2007 at 15:07.

17th May 2007, 21:07	#150
gvblake22 mmm, yep Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 412	I'm diggin' the vent covers, they look great! Keep it up!!! __________________ ::: Phoenix ::: Secret of the Ooze ::: Blue Flame ::: Cavalier 3 ::: First Mod :::

18th May 2007, 04:54	#151
Dean MF PC Freak! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ladysmith, South Africa Posts: 516	I must say - this is coming out better than i expected - Great work Franklin!!

19th May 2007, 18:23	#152
Franklin Supermodder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 552	After all the work on the fingerguard I wanted to work on other things for a while. A little less fragile parts. I had to close the gap from the radiator to the top of the lid. This because the air must be forced to go from the radiator to the vents on the lid. I used a piece of acrylic and cut out a small piece for the aluminium frame. Here the part is in place. You can see it on the right of the picture. Another piece will be mounted on the left as well. The piece I cut out to fit around the aluminium tubing. And a photograph with the radiator in place. Right now you can still see through the transparant acrylic, but that will have to change. __________________ Sponsored by: AC.Ryan Sapphire Freezinghardware Last edited by Franklin; 26th Dec 2007 at 15:08.

1st Jul 2007, 17:47	#153
Franklin Supermodder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 552	After a long time without any updates, a small update again. I've been very busy with "real life" stuff and had very little time to work on the case. I also had some problems getting the materials I needed, still have b.t.w. The car airintakes I wanted to use still are not delivered and I'm not going to wait for those anymore. I will make them myself from fibreglass ofcourse. I use some MDF to create a mold for the fibreglass. This is a drawing frm the mold. I will glue three layers of MDF together. On the left you can see what material I will have to file of to get the shape I want, on the right side. When this is done I will saw the mold under an angle like this. So first saw some MDF. Drill a hole in the smallest one. Now I can saw a bigger hole in this layer. Time to glue these parts together. With a file I will remove the material to get a rounded shape. I made a paper mold with the rounded shape. When I hold it against the side of the MDF I can spot the places I have to file more to get the right shape. and after sanding the mold. __________________ Sponsored by: AC.Ryan Sapphire Freezinghardware Last edited by Franklin; 26th Dec 2007 at 15:09.

1st Jul 2007, 18:03	#154
1e8o Supermodder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 272	very nice :P __________________ NEW!!! X2 4200+\| 2 x XFX Geforce 6600 gt in SLI \| Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe \| 4 x hitachi 250 gb sata hdd + Maxtor 160 usb 2.0 total of 1160 GB \| 2 x 1024 MB DDR-400 (2 GB ) \| Tagan U force 580 Watt \| Saving money for an macbook and an Iphone (2nd edition)

2nd Jul 2007, 03:20	#155
gvblake22 mmm, yep Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 412	He's back!!! WOOOO! I'm still having a hard time visualizing all these parts together, so I can't make any "real" comments quite yet. But I just wanted you to know I think you're doing great work so far, thanks for the update! __________________ ::: Phoenix ::: Secret of the Ooze ::: Blue Flame ::: Cavalier 3 ::: First Mod :::

2nd Jul 2007, 04:06	#156
wbdog206 Supermodder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the middle of nowhere Posts: 436	glad to see you back at it. nice work on the mold there. __________________ Of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most. Last edited by wbdog206; 2nd Jul 2007 at 13:05.

2nd Jul 2007, 04:43	#157
MoRBiD Multimodder Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada Eh! Posts: 170	this looks freakin awesome man... cant wait to see the continued progress . lovin it w00t! __________________ *DiBRoM*

2nd Jul 2007, 13:13	#158
Mino Ganzerli Mino Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rapallo GE Italy Posts: 540	It's amazing to see how you work with fiberglass! Go on, show me more :-] __________________ ItaliaModding.it Staff - Italia Modding Club Member My project ::: Project AralT3 - Project UltraViolet - Impossible Modding

2nd Jul 2007, 18:58	#159
500mph The Right man in the Wrong place Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: U.S. Posts: 2,129	i cant wait to see more! this looks like it will be a truly amazing custom case

7th Jul 2007, 13:38	#160
Franklin Supermodder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 552	It's time to finish the fibre glass mold. The most difficult part right now to saw the mold under an angle of 20 degrees. For this I made another mold. The base of the sawingmold has to be 90 degrees. Now add the sides of the sawingmold. The glue will be dry in a couple of hours. Before I start sawing I will add some scres in the mold. So I will put in the MDF fiber glass mold and secure it there. A sawblade will be guided by the opening in the sides of the sawing mold. I should and up with a nice 20 degrees angle like in this sketch The last job will be glueing the fiber glass mold onto a piece of MDF and finish the surfae with polyurethane resin. I will use this mold a least four times, maybe even 6 times. I will have to see what looks better, 4 or 6 airintakes. __________________ Sponsored by: AC.Ryan Sapphire Freezinghardware Last edited by Franklin; 26th Dec 2007 at 15:10.

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