Project AquaLight - updated [23-2-2007] FINISHED!!!

i figured you probably knew what it was, working with carbon a lot. i just wrote that incase others didnt.

 

I don't appreciate you guys stealing my CF case idea....

 

lol dude you cant really go and say "any1 who wants to make a CF case is copying my idea" its the same as saying that any1 building a wooden case is copying from greensabbath. as long as you got access to a specific material, why not use it? unless of course someone is stealing your ideas and clearly copying your own projects, that is a totally different case

 

come on update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Well if you insist

Its a small one though since i didnt have much time this week (much less than i expected anyway

Well i got some work done on the project. First of all i finally got the LCD screen for the front bezel. i made a CF skin frame for it and installed it. The installation was quite a B@$%H but eventually i got a pretty tight fit. too bad ill get to lit it up only when i complete the assembly (dont worry i checked if it works before installing it)

The LCD is a crystal-fontz-like 4x20 with blue backlighting and white characters






I also installed both front and rear 120mm fans and began working on routing the wires (which is pretty damn hard since i never thought about it when working on the case) ill remember to plan everything through in my next project though





Ye ye i know that thermaltake sticker is ugly, dont worry ill cover it. ye and i still need to sand the CF gril a bit to get rid of the mesh sticking out


So from now and on its just taking care of all the loose ends and bring it to perfection

 

Nice SSR. V nice, A quick question, is the U-channel stuff you've got round the fan hole soft or hard? The stuff I have is quite hard and doesn't go into a nice circle like your does.

Jimbo

 

the one on the pic is very soft i got it with the hexagon mesh when i ordered it from ebay. i also bought some c-strip from frozencpu, its made of plastic with small cuts all through it to make it easier to take tight corners

 

very nice screen ..
you can put a circle perspex on the TT logo
BTW, this is the finel screws ? or you will change them?
keep up the good work

 

thanks SSR, I might have a look at ebay and frozencpu, about how much is it a meter? and is it easy to cut and form (the stuff I have isn't it's very strong).

Jimbo

 

Aqualight is looking great

 

Very sexy looking case! Keep it up man!

 

Thanks everyone

hujambo_Bwana: dont remember really how much was it i believe around 1.5$ per feet

arkadur: im not sure yet about the screws, i might change them but the current ones dont look that bad either

Another update for you guys, i took the panel home with me today to see if everything works (well mostly the LCD) and apparently it does!!

Here are some pics of the bezel in action (Bulgin switches are not connected so no lights)

 

its very clean and professional looking. good job! now get those bulgins working and get this thing done!

 

Oh! So neat!

 

Wow very nice. I think the front fan would look better without the mesh tho!

 

yeah, and fingers look better in pieces too

great work ssR, this looks tops.

wide-angle performance of the vfd doesn't bother you?

 

Beautiful. Was it hard to cut the CF?

 

Thanks everyone!

tkdwarrior: it does bother me a bit actually, maybe if i knew the angle of the view at this screen was this small i would look for a different one. on another hand it costed me 5$ so i really cant complain

customh: define hard . it really depends on what tools you use to cut the carbon. with 0.7mm thickness it wasnt too hard i just went a few times over it with an exacto blade and snapped it then sanded it to the desired shape.

 

Absolutely beautiful

 

Nice work, I like the colors and my favorite part of this case is probably the front plate thingy, with the 2 Bulgins in it. Looks pretty nice, keep up the good work.