Case Mod - In Progress Project Impossible Modding - 07/02 Improving

Let's begin with a scrap piece of alu, 8.0mm tickness



This is the near perfect measure, for two 40mm fans. Let's do some hole :



the alu is a little bit bent, but for this reason i do some test before the final piece... This is the tool that I use :



Can anyone suggest me the correct name in english?
This is the final result :



Bending with an hammer :



Near finished :



Now let's test it for the measure !
Not so bad...



Now I have to redo this piece, moving a little bit up the fan holes and preparing the fixing holes, but the protype is done!

 

Nice work. All seems to be coming long nicely.

Good job!

 

bella un saluto da un amico italiano
(just a little hello to my italian friend Rigor)

 

Ciao Soulman!

Let's continue with the fans support :



Two scrap pieces of alu, I must polish it!



And now, the holes:



I've decided to prepare two pieces in one time...

 

Ok, here we are :



Now I have to bend all, here is a little vid :

How to quick bend alu

I hope that is easy to undrestand even with italian speaking...

 

Here are the choosen fans :



Manufactured from Titan, specification :

Model : TFD-4010M12B
Voltage : 12V
Ampere : 0.07A
Power consumption W : 0.84W
Speed : 5000 RPM
CFM : 4.93 CFM
dB : 21DB
Dimension : 40mm
Height : 10mm

I know, a little bit noisy, I would like to have the 20mm model, but won't fit at all...
Preparing the fans :



This tape gives the best result if is clamped in sme way, so I've clamped!



After 4 hours of wait I'm ready to continue!

 

First test :



Ok, I'm quite satisfied!
Here is a little add on for the fans :



It's a cooling extender, this can help the system temps to go down at the shout off .
When I switch off the pc, this little extender will prolongue the fan action for 5 minutes, switching the 12v to 5v. As you can see, the 5v are taken from the psu +5 with a supplied connector, that I don't use
I've picked up 3 of this devide, 2 for the hard disk, one for the rad fans, each device can drive 2 fans.

Working on Titan cooler

A little vid for explaination...

 

Now that I've tested all, let's do more :



And now, the power lines :



Two original cables was cutted in half to give power to 2 device, on the right you can see the two cables for the rad fans... Let's crimp all toghether :



It's ready! now, you remember the usb hub that goes under the psu? the molex used have the 12v pins free, so I reuse this connector, less molex and cables around

 

Finally, the two hard disk :



Now I have to think about whent I have to change the disk or pull out the disk tray... I need a long piece of tubing...
But I'm in pain, if the tube get shrinked? I've at home this springs, so I can use in my mod



Let's take a look with the spring attached...



It's ok! But taking apart the mobo tray you can see the mess :



Now the hard disk part of this project is ready, let's continue with more pieces

 

i :



Can anyone suggest me the correct name in english

you can call it either a circle cutter or hole cutter

 

That particular tool I believe would be called an adjustable hole saw . A regular hole saw is basically the same thing but is not adjustable (only cuts one size diameter).

 

Tnx for your suggestion!
Little preview of what is on the road to my home :



The famous waterblock for the mosfet for my DFI! they are made in pure copper, created on my measure, because nobody have this kind of waterblock in shop... So I've asked to Lunasio if he can do this work... Really a kind person!



The base of the waterblock, non so bad! Consider that are in a "working" phase, as soon the arrive here I'll do some polishing job, that I'll give to the chrome guy...



The joining between the top and the base, hand soldered, this need some hard polishing to make it invisible! I need even to make the mounting holes , but it's not a trouble!
Really tnx to Lunasio, www.lunasio-cooling.com
Comments?
Questions?

 

Questions: I love the BLOCK! but it's safe like this! mean It will not break ?

comments: YOUr work is hot! I don't know what happen to miss all of that. The small fan make it nice. and the blocks as I said it's nice to make your own water cooling blocks

 

Nice to see updates from you rigor.

Those mosfet blocks looks hot!
Keep on doing your magic

 

Yes, really nice blocks!!! Pls, post how you will finish them...GL

 

I have just finished with the 1200 grit sandpaper...
Then i've picked up the two blocks and drive to the chrome guy ;-)
Wednesday they will be ready to come back home...
Tnx for the comments, I really appreciate it!

 

wow... amazing block! Not asking how much, but how much was teh copper alone? im sure lun will let you tell me that much...(plz?)

 

hemm, I'm in trouble giving you a reply...
Lunasio made this block for free for me...
But I'll try to ask him something about the price of the copper and the final price of this blocks...

 

Quick question... does the soldering need to be done with a torch, or can it just be with any soldering gun one can find in an electronics store?

 

The best is with a torch, or with a CampinGaz torch, cheaper and fast, but with the soldering gun you have to wait from here to eternity



This can be the cheaper solution...