Scratch Build – Complete Cygnus X1.

I can't get over how the wood and the alu complements each other. Really good work man. Oh, and btw, any plans for finishing the wood?

LOL WUT PILLOWS??

 

WHAT IS THIS DOING ON THE SECOND PAGE

 

Craftmanship Frikkin nice job

 

I see you tried to sneak that mesh over the HDD past us too, you sly dog...

 

Sweeeeeet.
For the uneven part, you need a long, auto body detailing sander. Hand sanding will only make the wobbles more pronounced.

 

Thanks b4oz.

Thanks stone.

Errrr...................thanks...............................I think.

Thanks Spy.

Thanks man. The wood will probably be finished in matt or satin polyurethane.
Pillows= pansies, girlies, horses hoofs, lollies, etc.

Haha, thanks but I've been crook with the flu for the past five days, and this forum is very
busy so threads disappear quick.

Thanks BW.

Man nothin' gets past you.

Yeah I've got to get one of those.

As was just mentioned I was unable to do anything over the past five days due to a
particularly potent dose of the flu. Also, as was pointed out on another forum, as the
two sides are mirrored, it's best to stop working on one side, glue up the wood for the
other side and take it to about the same level as the first, then work on them together
so as to get them as similar as possible.
Some of you may be interested to know: The first "lump" started out at 8.5kg's and at
the moment it weighs 4.2kg's. so a significant reduction but still too heavy. If this part
was finished then an estimated weight for the shell would be around 10 to 12kg's and
this is just too heavy, so more weight reduction is necessary.

Back soon.

 

Hi all, watching forum for long time, never did register, but i wanna say for this mod, its the best i'we seen

 

Welcome to Bit-Tech!

You picked a fine thread to jump in. This is one outstanding mod.

john

 

Hi all!!!!
Hi oldnewby!!!!!!!!!!!
I love your project.
I'm watching it almost since you started.
I made this account, just to say that you are doing a good job.
I'm watching you!

 

Hi Hunt, oscar2doi and welcome to Bit-tech. Glad you are enjoying the project!
I have some time off work coming up soon so some updates "should" follow.

 

agreed!

 

this thing is so "perfect" it almost looks like a painting instead of pictures of a custom-computer..

 

wow

 

I am really loving this case. Oldnewby already knows that. You going to show them your little experiment Newbs? I still reckon using brass might have yielded a better result with Jarrah....

For all of you that are not Aussies, I really do not think you realise how big a task attacking a project with Jarrah is. It is very dense and as such is like lead. It is also very, very hard - to the point of being brittle.

It blunts tools like you would not believe. I bet he spent half his time carving with the chisels, and the other half grinding and sharpening said chisels. As for using the router on it... madness. That bit will not be usable again unless you know how to sharpen the bits.

On the other hand, the wood has a grain and colour that is absolutely unbelievable, and you can see the result of the interior weight removal which is only chisel-finish. Someone asked me on another forum if that was sanded and lacquered. When I told them it was raw wood they didn't believe me.

I just am so excited by this case, it is one in a million or more. Desperately want to see it finished.

 

Man... I'm humbled every time I reread this log. Great work!

What do you have in the works for us now?

 

Just read this thread from start to finish and my jaw dropped on more that one occasion - brilliant stuff!

 

Just dropping by to say you continue to amaze!
I'm not checking in as regularly, but I'm watching!

 

Thanks tal.

Thanks ms.

Ty Oreon.

Thank you mitsi.

Thanks Langer, my neck hurts from shaking my head every time I check in to see
PromCU.

Thank you.

Hey MM, where you bin? Good to see you are still with us, have you given up on modding?
Anyway thanks man.


I have been doing stuff, it's just very slow and for a lot of work not much looks
different.

 

Too cool... you've got a lot of work ahead of you my man.

 

Excellent work with a difficult medium.

You realize that in 20 years lawyers will be on the late night shows telling people who have been exposed to Jarrah dust to call 1-800 -SUE-WOOD.

john