That was my intentions here. I found a thread in the forum that went well in depth to answer the person's questions and even answered about some of the complications of flame polishing. That is all I am trying to do. was answering the q I am sorry for making you feel like I was hijacking the thread. I think mine was pretty mild compared to some of the stuff I posted. and I only mentioned it twice in the thread. So please calm down and show a little apreciation for someone just trying to lend a hand.
I would recommend you just get some 1500 grit sand paper and some rubbing compound to polish your acrylic. I have polished out scratches on flat peices of acrylic doing this. You can get perfect results.
I know I use 2000 grit, and compound, but this is waaaaaay faster. so ill just keep on flame polishing
Right, so the case itself is almost ready now I just need to add the details ect I still had a HDD VU PCB lying around so I quickly soldered that one I’m using 8 white LED's and a blue one 8) And then I made the holes. Close up. The LED's in the holes. And this is how it looks when i works. I’m planning to sand the LED's flat so it will "merge" with the Plexiglas
now that would look brilliant - assuming you can do this without destroying the LED... better check on a spare first, and let us know how it goes
Ooooow it will work and not only does is look great but it also distributes the light better, now its more like a flood light instead of a spot Let me upload a little vid
And whilst I’m at it I might as well put in some (almost complete) overview pictures. Note: The decals of smoked plexi are not yet in place.
Its waaaay to cold out here to go modding in the shed, so i had to confine me to my other shed. (my room ) So i made my own anti vibration HDD suspension, and damn, it even works The case itself is near completion, i still need to add 2 fanholes and some other IO holes, plus the decals still need to be placed, with smoked black plexiglas But i got some overview photos (hey it just looks good )
Cool looking mod but 2 things spring to mind: 1. Shouldnt you have put the psu on the back end & the led's on the front 2. Its gonna be mighty tight fitting an AGP card in there Otherwise
looking wicked!! u have convinced me so much now, im gonna make a perspex case, got somee spare. Does anybody know of a place in the uk which is CHEAP at selling plexi?? Fantastic so far love the idea, and that flame polishing is wicked, as Rain sed, gonna be a tight fit
1. Look closer the PSU is at the back of the case and the LED’s are in the front of the case 2. Nope fits like a charm, the AGP card is only a tnt2 so their not that long, I calculated that before I installed it , something’s I dint and that kinda caught me of guard, but I can arrange another place for the HDD, and if u look @ my own made suspention you can kinda guess how its gonna hang inside the case. But all with all, I have a large amount of respect for our Gnome, because working with plexiglas really is a bitch , its hard to get it nice, well hard isn’t the correct word, lets say it just takes a lot of effort, but the end result is PWNAGE
And to assure you, some pictures one is a bit blurry (lack of lighting ATM ) So like you can see loads of space left
Naaa that wont be necessary the exposed parts that have a current of 220 volts are all insulated, and if the case is done theirs no way u can pry ur little fingers in their
general rule of thumb says motherboard ports go on the back of the case...... but if you feel like breaking the mold