Scratch Build Project: 4M (9/3 - F I N A L S ! ! !) > Completed

[quizz_kid]

Originally Posted by jokkos

damn that's sweet!

Thanx Jokkos!

Originally Posted by The_Gnu

That monitor foot turned out really nice. I totally dig the plain and simple LED + switch and how you have made them part of the circuit graphics. Cool idea

Yeah... It seemed natural to follow the circuit chart when I decided where to put LED+switch. Thanks mate!

Originally Posted by Waynio

So much eye candy but not overkill, just perfect mate, looks a beautiful classic piece, I agree with what gnu said.

Ugh, just noticed the stars on this, this is easily a 5 star project.

Starts are stars, but thank you very much Waynio! Glad you´re diggin

Originally Posted by KidMod-Southpaw

Why is it, that I only ever find these great projects of yours about 5 pages in!? I've missed out on so much.

So I'll just comment on that I've seen on this page:
Absolutely beautiful stuff! Your sleeving is fantastic and the rest is purely marvellous eye candy, a big well done!

Thank you Southpaw!! Glad my sleeving got approved =)

Originally Posted by Bladesingerz

I just love this monitor stand!

Cheers!

Originally Posted by Pranja

This looks fantastic. Your mom will be so happy.

Thank you Pranja!

[quizz_kid]

Some final soldering


DIN-females


Lot of work just for removing the connectors to the other side, but I guess I like modding


WARNING! 230V. Don´t do this unless you know how to isolate well


Golden mesh on sides


The mounting:

Wood frame


Just throw it all in there!!


Back piece


Fittings




Brass screw


Wingnut for accessible adjustment of the angle


Cables in...


You might think the power cable is a bit long, but that´s how I like it.


TADA! Really stable actually


Better than expected. Got a really interesting profile I think. Sad the back´ll be hidden more or less

[Bladesingerz]

Amazing!! :O

How did you lock the screen into the wood though?

[quizz_kid]

Originally Posted by Bladesingerz

Amazing!! :O

How did you lock the screen into the wood though?

Thank you! It´s locked on the backside, through the wood and into the backplate. You can see the screws if you look closely.

[quizz_kid]

Anyone know how to connect these white-blu-red wires to regular the red-yellow-black ones??

[peteski]

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love it mate cant wait to see this finished

[Dr.Joe]

I absolutely love it...

If that fan is a papst, then it should be like this:

red: V+
blue: GND
white: rpm

[kelmannen]

fantastic build! :-D if she don't want it i'll gladly take it! :-D

[Mark_Skeldon]

Excellent wood working skills!

[quizz_kid]

Originally Posted by peteski

love it mate cant wait to see this finished

Thanx man!

Originally Posted by Dr.Joe

I absolutely love it...

If that fan is a papst, then it should be like this:

red: V+
blue: GND
white: rpm

Cheers! And thanks for the info.

Originally Posted by kelmannen

fantastic build! :-D if she don't want it i'll gladly take it! :-D

Thanks. I´ll let you know if she rejects it =)

Originally Posted by Mark_Skeldon

Excellent wood working skills!

Thank you

[quizz_kid]

Small update

Molex connectors seemed dead so cut them off


Going to use a power SATA instead. 5V to graphic fan and 12V to LEDs


Fan cable extension. Gonna be quiet with 5V



Twin USB cable for DVD and foot



Here´s my small LED stripe module with angle

[Waynio]

Superb creating & modding mate. rep

[quizz_kid]

Originally Posted by Waynio

Superb creating & modding mate. rep

[quizz_kid]

Had to cut the HDD fitting a bit for SATA cable on mobo


Made a new decal for the vents


LED-stripe mounted


A small cable for start button. Tried heat shrink tubing for the first time. Nice!! How could I´ve missed THIS??? No more ugly tape!


Power-SATA to gpu fan




Fanmate to the fans




One last testrun before final assembly.


Pimped the fan cable a bit with my new best friends, shrink tubes!!


Empty shell


DVD


In place


Locking fittings

[peteski]

not long now mate cant wait

[Waynio]

It's so riddled with nice touches.

[quizz_kid]

Thanx mates!

Assembly part 2:

PSU


In place


Hade to tape the ATX a bit for the mobo placement


Mobo and front panel in place


Here´s the fittings for the PSU


Spacer/mobo/spacer/fittings is the idea. One screw holding both mobo and PSU in place. I´m quite proud of the solution


Side view


Tight and steady


30 cm PCI-E riser from one side to the other, under mobo


Noticed that the 4-pin ATX was a bit too long, so I cut it and made it a bit more appealing


Soldering


There we go!


Opps, forgot the mesh


Hade to start all over. Mesh in place.


Over the the graphics. Hade to slide the back panel in to access the VGA port.
This was tricky, I had no room left for hand work so had to play the surgeon for a while


Tight!


Managed to get it in position after 20 min


Gpu fan cable could hide behind memory


Here´s a visual of the limited space I had to work with. If the riser had been 1 cm shorter it would´ve been an epic failure. Got lucky I guess...


VGA-port mounted on the outside


4-pin ATX in place


Push button for DVD eject


Connection on the inside


When I was mounting the fanmate there was no room for screwdrivers, so I hade to make a tool-thingy made of a star tip and a piece of wood.


Took a bit of technique but it did the trick. Could be useful when mounting the HDD tomorrow



... and that´s it for today. My bed is waiting

[peteski]

man that is a tight fit in there but looking good mate

[Karrek]

impressive work! and creativity! good inspiration for me...

I love the look.

[Snubbs]

Just read the whole log. Really wonderful project! Love it throughout, it's a very well thought out idea with a very clever and complex design. I'm sure your mum will love it! Epic work!