Sweet Jebus... Also, that guys log is hilarious. We should try and get him to come and post over here, he'd go down an absolute storm.
The polished bits look sweeeeet. Will the finish stay like that, or will natural anodizing (oxidation) eventually ruin the polished look?
When you get to that point... You KNOW you are modding LIKE A BAWS! Not gonna say anything about those polished parts, you sick sick person! Ohh... Btw, I am... May I lick them?
What I would like to know is how are you holding in the triangular shaped fins? I see one of them has screw holes, but what about the others? What kind of crafty witchcraft are you up to Attila?!
Matt's worklog is a crack up, especially those shopped photos of his girlfriend! That alu is looking stunning, this build is really coming together.
Never could have Imagen that it would look so awesome after the polish. I am happy that I could help also that U 2 work something out for the copper pipes. The blog from Matt is idd really nice love the comics. ^^
Thanks. Believe it or not but they are being used. Thanks. Yeah everyone should check out that link. Thanks. No, Na'ir al Saif still looks very shiny. I can't say it's as shiny as when it was done but it still looks good. Thanks mate. I don't get the 'ping pong ball' stuff, but I'll take your word for it. Thanks a lot ZiiP. Thanks. Thanks stone, yep they actually do look 'different'. Thanks you. Thanks mate. Nah, it only took about fourteen hours to sand and polish. Thanks jokkos. Oh man, that would ruin the finish........OK, just one lick then. Haha, too kind. Thanks. Thanks. Everything 'could be better'. Not witchcraft mate. Very simple actually. It's hard to see in the photos, but the slots in the support columns are not cut square. Only by a very small amount. So what I have is an interference fit. That's why I had to be very careful when assembling after polishing. The fins needed to be lined up exactly and then pushed home. They are very difficult to remove. Another 'locking' feature, if you look at the sides of the fins you will notice that the profile is wider at the back than the front. This is because of the curve in the front section of the case to which this assembly mounts. The whole assembly, as you saw it in the previous update, slides up from underneath and is fixed by the two mounting screws. Once this is in place, none of the fins can move forward. They are locked in place by the shape of the front section. Thanks. Thanks mate. Once again thank you very much for helping me out Alain. So I can put away this stuff for at least another year. The mesh for the intakes were sprayed with, etch primer, two coats of grey primer, two coats and a mist coat of 'gunmetal' metallic and two coats of clear. Phew. And I don't know about you, but I think this looks terrific damn it! Back when I can.
Mesh looks awesome, polishing awesome as allways. Your work is absolutely top notch Attila. And the most remarkable thins is you do it all by hand.
Very crafty. I hadn't noticed the taper that you talk about but it definitely makes sense now. I ask because a case I started designing about a year ago (and put on hold because of other projects) uses front fins. I had a totally different solution that would accomplish almost the same thing. In the end I may just end up doing a hybrid of your solution and mine to accomplish what I'm hoping will be a "zero-screws visible" result from the outside of my fins
