Scratch Build Project - OBSIDIA-Shiro - UPDATE:Project Completed, finished the laser cut madness

[KryptiK]

Originally Posted by Meelobee

Looking great so far, I wish I had access to a lasercutter...oh the possibilities!

Originally Posted by Vetalar

impressive!

Originally Posted by Mizugetsu

This is so awesome

Hehehe thanks guys

Originally Posted by Dave Lister

This is looking awesome dude ! sort of industrial and sporty blended together, love it let's see some more.

Part of the design was inspired by the Audi R8, so i guess that's where the sporty and part comes from. I love its subtle aggressive look.

Originally Posted by aeidau

Keyshot will give you better renders for .SLD files

Looking good mate

I'll give it a try.

Originally Posted by Cheapskate

Neat design. I like the 'stance' it has. We ran into a similar problem laser cutting thicker plexi. It retains heat long enough to melt the seam back together in the tighter cuts.

The water bottle full of solvent bugs me. I was instantly reminded of the "The Young Ones" episode with the homicidal maniac potion in a Coke can.
"I just bet someone will drink that later..."

the solvent looks very dericious and tempting if you want to quench your thirst

[KryptiK]

Update!
Don't have much time to work on the project today. Studying for exam tomorrow morning
Will have a bunch of updates on Monday. Some really neat things are going to be done, so stay tuned.

Attached and bonded the inner cover for the PSU. It was difficult to install those long struts that hold the rectangular panels together as the most of the leg assembly had to be disassembled.



The back legs are raised by a few scrap acrylic pieces, will add the HDD bay in soon.



Still need to glue two more panels to the inner cover. They're on angles so the edges of the panels need to be filed to a point in order for it to fit snugly.



Sneaky peaky at the hard drive caddy (which still hasn't been glued together)

[jeckulz]

You have my attention sir

[Editor22]

Seriously cool! subbed

[bulldogjeff]

Originally Posted by Editor22

Seriously cool! subbed

Agreed, this is looking really good

[rwb97]

WOW man, u got some incredible designs there, and then actually being able to make them real is astonishing! (true laser cutter helps but still)

sub'd + rep, cant wait to see more

[mindfulone]

kind of reminds me of good 'ole Robotech, definitely sub'd

[KryptiK]

Update!

Back for some more modding

Firstly I bought some 10mm diameter alu rods and 20mm tube extrusions.
Got a pretty good discount by Ullrich Aluminum



Only problem rods weren't 10mm diameter, were 12mm
not a big deal, going back to sort it out

[KryptiK]

So I called the fabrication guys at Ullrich when I got there they already had the correct diameter rods cut.

Fitting the rods to the connecting brackets that are glued to the front legs. This greatly increased the strength of the front fan mount area.



Also caused some bowing of the red truss frames. Need to sort that out.



Tired inserting the rods into the HDD cage support, it was an extremely tight fit. Only managed to get to half way through (possibly because I glued two 6mm sheets to make each part, they weren't aligned perfectly - to the 0.01mm)
The accuracy of the laser cutter is 0.001mm, I'm not sure about the tolerance of the extruded rod.
Going to sand those holes so it fits snugly.



Meanwhile, the 20mm tubes also were a very tight fit. Had to do some light sanding.



Only inserted a few fins but you get the jist of it if you saw the CAD drawing.
Reason why the columns aren't touching the ground is it's going to be supported.





They are going to be polished so have that picture in your mind.


Said I was going to do some bending and bending I did.
Was heating it with a heat gun, problem was that it didn't turn out picture perfect.

There is obviously some distortion like the part had shrunk during the heating/cooling.



This is how perfectly the unbent part sits on the leg.



Damn.
I can't rely on skills with electric hand tools


I'll redesign these parts so it doesn't require any bending (probably just gluing)

[Redd13]

very nice design mate... great to see the solidworks model...

[Vetalar]

get our SupaRods now! if You call us in 20 minutes You'll get 2 mm plus for every product

[PabloFunky]

I think that thats not unusual.

You would usually buy with a +2mm tolerance to allow for machining. (metal ON condition)

This project is really nice, although im not a big plastic fan.

Will look ace with them rods polished up.

[Blarte]

Originally Posted by bulldogjeff

Agreed, this is looking really good

agree'd.. oh and he updates on regular basis ...(rolls eyes)

[craigbru]

Innovative design. I like the industrial/layered look. Keep up the good work!

[KryptiK]

Oh found out that the actually completion date is 27th of August...

Was freaking out that I had to finish in a few days
but now I can pace my self, so will put an update soon on the redesigned bends

[alonso_bistro]

impressive! keep up the good work.

[dngerdave]

I'm in love with the use of the three colors Great design, looks like you know what you are doing

[alfredshuryan]

AMAZING! I would buy this case in a heartbeat if manufactured. Awesome Craftsmanship and attention to detail is fantastic! I love this case man. Hope it gets picked up for the masses.
^5

[KryptiK]

@Redd13
Vetalar
PabloFunky
Blarte
craigbru
alonso_bistro
dngerdave
alfredshuryan

Thanks guys

Small update.

Laser cut some more stuff. Red accents on the rear legs.
hehehe corvette









Also chamfered some the missing panels for the inner cover





It was getting dark... could get any more done for today

[daletur328]

Lookin good,Love the seamless accents, sub'd.