Case Mod - In Progress The Theory of Everything. Dec. 21st. End of the world? Have some final pics. :-)

... Epic dude, those chamfered edges make all the difference!

 

I have no idea what you're talking about...

I'm pretty sure one does not need a manual to figure out what gfx it's for, I agree!

Aaawww... Thanks man!

I like your french, keep it up!

Thanks man! Glad you like it, I had the same feeling when I saw it on the screen, and it did actually come out how I hoped!

 

I know I promised you guys an update yesterday, but I was beat when I got home so today it shall be!

I started to mill out the path for the water:



2 hours later, and just a test for an o-ring:







Then I proceeded to mill the top. The easiest way to do it was to put a piece of plastik between the top and the block and mount it with screws in the mill.



I looked at it before taking it out of the mill.
Now, Lexan does not have a reputation for being the most uniform in thickness. And since I only milled .1mm into the top, you can see that it took in the middle, and kind of faded out at the top and bottom.

I actually decided that it looks cool, and for once in my life it's NOT because of my lazyness that I didn't give it another run a little deeper!









That's it for now. I actually milled the whole bottom as well, but I'll update on that later on today!

 

That block rock-well done.

 

damn nice... I agree the 'fading' effect on the lexan looks great!

 

Words come short but that block looks just awesome.Nice one mate.

 

I think so too, adds a rare touch of what I like to call awesome accident effect which is nice & when put together with the rest of the final block & in action will look awesome.

Milling at a precision of 0.1mm depth, that in itself is very cool to me & just glad it did that effect coming to some of the edges instead of in the middle where it might not have looked as good.

 

Thanks a lot man!

Uh, you're a poet! Thanks!

Thanks a lot! I'll show you the back of it later today!

Thanks! The rare occasion when accidents turn right is great!

But I agree completely, had it been the other way around and was fading towards the center, I would have just milled deeper!

 

So on with the show!

I started milling the back of the block:



Just before the finish mill:



Aaaaaand... The bottom is done!



So this is where we are now:











Now I just need to make the threads on the back of the block for mounting it on the card
Buy some black screws to mount the top
Clean up the block
Make the large o-ring... And then it's time for leaktesting I guess!

Can't wait!

 

Wow! You should be working in EKWB or other WC company-that is great work.

 

They couldn't pay me enough to quit my job!

But thanks man! That's really cool to hear!

 

Looks great

Where are you using the 1mm mills in the block ? -

 

Thanks man!

The 2 small o-ring grooves next to the inlet/outlet.

 

Sorry just catching up on this thread my wife has been sick for the last few weeks and I have had to miss work to take care of her, but I'm glad that you sorted things out with your woman most of the time they are hard to figure out but once you do they are usually pretty easy to please. I hope things continue to go well for you in your relationship a woman can make life more bearable most of the time. Good luck on saving up for the car let us know what you decide to get.

Holy **** what did 1-4 build a freeking working space ship?

Beautiful work on the WB I hope that leak testing goes well. I didn't think this could get any better but i was WRONG. Keep up the outstanding work.

 

First up: I hope your wife is doing well again! Thumbs up for taking time off to tend to her!

Second, we kind of split up again, and this time for good. But it's for the best.

This gives me a lot more time to mod!

I'm 99.9% sure I'll go the the Opel astra OPC (or as the british weirdoes call it, the vauxhall astra VXR)

And last: I'll do my best not to dissapoint you guys with my modding! But it get's harder and harder to keep you happy!

 

Best block ever PERIOD! I would like to see you manufacturing more blocks and eventually create your own company!!

 

Im still waiting for you to break out the laser sintering!

 

Thanks a lot sir! Well I can almost promise you more blocks in the future, but making my own company... Nah, I really love these "one of a kind" blocks, and to make it a full time job people would have to pay $1500 for them...

And I'm still waiting for my job to buy a damn laser... We all have dreams!

 

Stunning work! Can't wait to see more.

 

The vga block is absolutely outstanding!
Great job mate !