Scratch Build – In Progress Project: Phase 2 Casemodding

very nice,i haven't words for this...

 

wow
That has to be one of the coolest fangrills, I've ever seen!

 

Awsome work Brinkz0r!!...........weird i missed this one as i like all acrylic work you have done. This thread is almost a tutorial on working with plexi.....damn good. Keep it up!

 

I like When do we see it with the fan?

 

That's hawt.

 

Got to be worth another look............that is incredible workmanship

Stunning

 

I made coolmiester's jaw drop, I guess my job here is done Thanks to everyone who posted. This is the reason for having a project log, replies are great

 

Today is the day of the deadline, so I had to take some pics in the dark with the UV ledfan. The grill is not mounted to a sheet or a case, but I may use it in a future casemod. Who knows

 

Saaaweeet 3D fan grill!! 8D¨ Innovative, beautiful and 1st class craftsmanship! Loving it!!

 

That is SWEET!

 

That´s realy amazing what you got their!

 

WOW.... Amazing! Sweet!... uuuhh... I got a little bit hot.

What did you use to cut those things? A scroll saw?

 

I used the manual version of the scroll saw for the inner cuts, and a jigsaw for the outer cuts. But cutting is just the first step, it's always followed by some filing and sanding

 

That's amazing, skill and inspiration wise. Do you use this mod in a bigger one or is it as more of your mods just fun to make?

 

It has been quiet in this topic for a while, because I dedicated most of my attention to Cubeleon. That case was done for 99% in November, but it wasn't in time for the big competition. I has been lying around on the attic since then. I will finish it in time, but right now I'm still not feeling like it.

The reason for kicking this topic is that I made three trophies for our casemodding contest over at www.bouweenpc.nl. Our contestants had to mod a computer part in every round, and only six would make it to the final. Last weekend we had a big stand at Energy Lan, a local lan party for ~200 persons, and that's where people could vote for their favorites. Unfortunately only four of the contestants made it to the lan, and three of them got a hand made trophy:

It all started with a base plate, made out of 10mm plexi:





Taped them together for easy drilling:



It's a little hard to see, but I put some pieces of plexi round bar into the holes, and used them as feet:





The vertical piece is made out of 5mm plexi:



Every trophy needs a number, so I made some out of red plexi. The number 1 was easy to draw in SolidWorks, so I could print it and cut it out:



The two and three were a little more difficult, so I printed out some rectangles and drew some nice number:



The three was very nice, it took a little more time to get the 2 right:





Glued them on, and they look fantastic The only drawback was that the white was caused byt the protective plastic, and it disappeared when I took it off. It made me want to do something with white plexi, so stay tuned



For gluing, I used some angle bars and clamps:



To make the design stand out some more, I cut some pieces of tubing:



The trophy needs a plaque of course, but engraving that myself didn't really work out great



So I got a company to do it:



To go with the black engraved plaques, I made some rectangles out of red plexi:



All of the parts are mounted on this picture. As you can see, the two plates cover up the feet, which makes it a little nicer again:



And I guess this would be the end result I had to use the flash, which explanes the big shadows in the back. If you look closely, you can see the reflection of the engraving in the back red piece, that became on of the nicest effects on the trophies



The end results of the contest

The first price went to Frenkie, with his Command & Conquer GDI Base Station:



Flythe became second with his third water cooled creation in a row:



Chatlie got hold of the third place, with his green casemod. In the front, you can see his mods for the first two rounds, a modded dvd player and a power supply:



Jeroenotje came in fourth, his last creation wasn't as good as his two previous ones. Again the dvd player mod and PSU mod on the pic:



We had a lot of prices to give away, including cases from Cooler Master and Ikonik, coolers from Xigmatek and Noctua, several power supplies and AC Ryan Boomboxes Frenkie walked away with about 400 euros worth of prices, and the other contestants also had a box full.

Right now I would like to thank all of the contestants and the sponsors, for making a great competition possible We will do another compo this year probably, so take a look at http://www.bouweenpc.nl every now and then

 

This one project I will keep my eye on for my upcoming reservoir. I simply love the spiral effect of the tank.

 

Thanks DocTrooper

Today was just another day like any other day. Until I went on my daily trip to Bit-tech, where I saw one of my own pictures on the front page! I was surprised to find out that I had been nominated for this month's Mod Of The Month. It was a dream coming true, just being nominated is a big honor for me.

Lambda
While I was working on the three trophies, I had another project to finish before last weekend. Frenkie contacted me a few months ago, if I could make him a reservoir. Well of course I can At first he wanted a very straightforward res, but I wanted to make it stand out more so I designed a nice divider. Now it matches the theme nicely

Once again, I began drawing out the design using CAD. Lucky for me, the lambda is fairly easy to draw, so I could print it and stick it to the plexi. The main goal was to make the connections to the letter as small as possible, so I made them just 2mm wide:





We went for brown clear plexi for the divider to match the design of the case:



Cutting a piece of tubing was very little work compared to the divider. It's a tiny res by the way, the tube is just 50mm in diameter and 100mm high.:



I'm using spray glue for all of my mods, so I went through a whole can already. I went for the upgrade this time



I really needed the glue for the two end pieces. Because of the extruding process, the tube is not totally round. Fortunately for me, SolidWorks knows how to draw an ellipsoid that matched the shape of the tube perfectly. Then it was just gluing and cutting (it's getting boring, I know ).



Not a lot of parts this time, so here are the final pics already All of the parts are glued together now, the lambda is glued to the bottom with a little drop of glue.









It looks very different once the water is in, but it still looks hot













In this project, I really like the fact that someone asked me to make something for em, so I'm planning to do that a few more times. So if you want me to make you a res (or something different, a fan grill for example ), just let me know. You'll still have to wait for a few months for the mod where this res will be used in, but I'm sure Frenkie will make something special See you soon!

 

Excellent acrylic-work.
Congrats on MOTM
MS

 

You done it again brinkz0r

Another reservior

Congrats on MOTM

 

Congrats on the MOTM nomination.
I watch.
john