The dedication in this theead is simply mind numbing, the quality is too, I hope to have a project half as good as this one day dude!
On some projects I'd look at that and think .... hhhmmm 295 holes - square - 1mm gap - by hand ... that's going to be a bit of a mess . With you I'm looking forward to how aweso.... no,no ... perfect it is
Wow, it must have taken an immense amount of patience to make all those holes. Really nice job and I also can't wait to see the finished product. +rep
Thanks for the nice comment wejjy, Im shure you won't have any problem doing that Hehe thanks. I've been worried about the mess since day one when I desided on this design. Im glad I was able to predict the work needed and thankfully reduced the initial number of holes from around 450 to around 300. Thanks Rich. Then you won't wait for too long Thanks Yeah patience is my best tool at this moment. I hope I dont break that one aswell
Haha love it +rep oh but I hate filing in super tight spaces like that, quite a test of patience so easy to pull out accidentaly & push hard making a bad scratch & needle files can break relatively easy but never happened to me... Yet , good thinking for milling it down to 1mm though . 2 or 3 beers & an mp3 player really helps on tedious modding bits like that . Arrrrrrgh I've been relixed .
Thanks mate Yeah the next step Im working on right now is even more fiddly as the gaps between each hole is becoming really thin. As you say, I have to be very carefull to pull the file straight out or I might bend the remaining material inbetween the holes. Yeah milling down the material helped a lot. Tried some holes when it was 2mm thick but I think I spent around 5min on each hole just to get the file through and that was way too long. Don't get yourself too "relixed", Im waiting for another project from you. Thanks dave
Yes absolutely an option, but since I havn't used any CNC tools on any project, I challenged myself to see if I could make it without on this one aswell. I have nothing at all against using CNC tools in a mod, but I've never used it before and It would be a special feeling if someone would ask: laser or waterjet? And I can say: No, needlefile. Thanks
I am doing bits on the design of my next between life, gaming, lounging around the forum, it is difficult trying to go as compact as possible for things like 5 HDD's though & make sure they stay cooled & vibrationless & easy to switch got some ideas which are near solid but it's all just trying to form into a full design at the moment, think I'm on track to start a new project within the next few months .
Sounds really promising, im looking forward to this. Space is something I tend to have to little of in all of my projects aswell . Becomes a hell when it's time for assembly if your not carefull
OMG man thats a looooot of work there bro!!! My wishes for patience and strength and an outstanding outcome!!!!
The real pisser is you have to buy a whole set to replace that one file. Nice idea on matching the hole size to the file, though.
Thanks, so do I Thank you AnG3L, I hope Ill make it through Yeah thats exactly what I had to do. Bought a different brand that seemed better. Turned out that the file wasn't a perfect square. The corners were more pointy than it should be, more like a 4 edged star. So I had to solve it in another way as youll se in the next update. Thanks,I just hope It will work as intended
Holy fu***** cr**!!!! Nice back mate... I would've been satisfied with just the drilling, but you man, you just had to make ém pixels in perfection. That is a lot of work!!