Scratch Build – In Progress Cube 29 / Project Cuprum +97%Cover for sound card[13.august]

Introduction

Well I'm at it again .This Project was inspired by The Rampage by Magnus Persson and the PHINIX CUBE.
Originally I wanted a watercooled i7 computer but after taking a look into my wallet.
I decided to have it air-cooled which doesn't make it much cheaper because I'm going to buy a 100 euro Cpucooler

Me

I'm still 16 and go to a Waldorf school, through which I get to work a lot with wood and metals.

Project Name

Instead of using Plexiglas to hold the Cube to getter I'm using Copper.
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (Latin: cuprum) and atomic number 29.

Previous Projects

My first Project was "The Noob" which most of the Parts I'm going to sell to finance this one.
My second is "Coal Scuttle" which I hope I can finish by the end of summer if I got money left.

Most current Picture :


Index
[post=2036408]SketchUp[/post]
[post=2041535]Plexiglas Cube [/post]
[post=2044116] Copper brazing[/post]
[post=2044331]Sanding Part One[/post]
[post=2045057]Cube fin[/post]
[post=2046853]Case feet[/post]
[post=2048669]Sleeving[/post]
[post=2051199]Motherboard tray and Cooler[/post]
[post=2052186]99% finished[/post]
[post=2055221]sidewinder X6[/post]
[post=2057033]sidewinder mouse[/post]
[post=2063639]Cover for sound card[/post]
Hardware

ASUS Rampage II GENE
Intel Core i7-920, 4x 2.67GHz, boxed
Corsair XMS3 DIMM Kit 3GB PC3-10667U CL9-9-9-24 (DDR3-1333)
2x Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB, 16MB (raid 0)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer




My School workplace

The feet are my teacher. Same teacher who gave me the Scuttle

This is what I had to make before I was allowed to start on the Project. I was the first one finished.





Some cutting


More cutting


Finished cutting. Looks a bit like a Fish.


After Drilling and Bending.






Next Copper update is the 20.7 because thats when I got the next time school.

 

Suddenly copper is all over the place It sure looks nice, though.

 

Well in my case its note because its copper if I'd made some ting out stainless steel

I would maybe call it Project"Stainless"

 

Nice corner copper. Am I to understand that you plan on making the sides out of copper as well?

 

Sketch up

Probably the bottom part

Here are some SketchUp pictures








And a Package arrived


I love the Motherboard


My temp mod


Heres some thing I made in school for those interested in what I do in school

 

That is the most elaborate living room 'fort' I have ever seen.
Are you planning to solder or braze the ends of your brackets?

 

May be I'm going to braze the brackets if I can make it look like they where made out of a solid copper cube insted of a sheet of copper

Found a nice Pic of Carbon fiber wallpaper for those interested

 

plexy cube

Today finally my package with Plexiglas arrived


Hers my plan the measurements are 310x310x330mm (BxWxH)
I know it isn't exactly a "cube"










After some sanding I'm finally finished

 

Looking good. Cant wait to see more.

 

Copper update

Hello as promised hers my Copper update, I brazed the space between the copper brackets.




After brazing


Hoped that a acid bath would get rid of the black spots


Well now to some sanding.

 

I feel your pain! Vinegar is pretty good at not leaving a nasty residue, but wet'n'dry and then brasso is probably quicker.

What were you using to braze it?

 

TarnX to the rescue!

 

What do you mean?
I used a welding torch to melt and I think I used Silver to braze the joints.
But I'm not sure what I used because it was given to me by my teacher.

From where should I get TarnX if I live in Germany.

 

Ah okay - I meant what type of solder/copper phosphorus brazing rod, type of gas used etc - I need to do similar myself...

Ebay? Amazon?

 

the gas was oxygen - propane which is OVERKILL because its for cutting a steel and so on


Hers a useful guide

Hope it helps because I'm not an expert in brazing
this was actuals my fist time

 

Cheers man, useful link.

Tarn-X isn't the only product of that type -I vaguely remember seeing a similar sort of solution that was phosphoric acid based IIRC, though I can't remember the name I'm afraid.

 

Sanding

Your Welcome

Well i spend some time sanding with my Dremel



On some of the brackets after sanding I coulden't find the space where I brazed
Looks much better up close than on the pictures





More updates tomorrow.

 

Q-bert ?

 

So oxy-acetylene barzing.

 

Nice job on the brazing! Looks good. I know I leave a ton of slop when I do it!