This is the sheet with all the bays done, but they must be refined Now i try to insert the various controller in place. First controller in place Second controller and dvd-writer Nex steps: -polish the sheet sides -holes for on/off buttons - liquid reservoirs see you soon
This is the sheet with all the bays done, but they must be refined First controller in place Second controller and dvd-writer Nex steps: -polish the sheet sides -holes for on/off buttons - liquid reservoirs see you soon
I need a "T" joint to link the pump with the reservoirs. This is the option "A" and this , the option "b" I choose none of them becuase of this !! Oh yeah, a plexi cube 4x4x4 cm I send it a little bit and marked the center before to start drilling I made all 3 holes with 5mm drill bit, you can easily understand the "T" route. The front hole sucks-up from the reservoirs
Now it's time to widen the holes with a 10mm dril bit Cube---> fixed!! Drill bit---> alligned!! Let' start drilling have a look at the drill sequence I hope you appreciate it ;-)
After some work....ta-daaaaa here it is the cube I want to light it up, so some sanding is necessary. Four marks for four leds .....let's drill A little video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt6XY6EACcM
Leds' fitting test I made four tracks with a diamond disk in order to sthealt pins' leds once soldered Here they are...soldered and protected with some glue I found little pieces of neoprene in my lab...could be useful just to insulate A light test even if the cube must be sanded again Another little video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7F30Nk0hAs
Now It's time to build reservoirs and put in place the "T" joint made before. The fist thing to do are the the lower and upper caps of the reservoir. Paper-scotch, marks ...ready...go Here they are.... 4 caps Now I had to make the holes on the reservoirs' lateral panels previously glued. Before.... .....after. From another point of view
These are all the pieces ready to be put togheter I checked the holes with a plexi tube (diameter 10mm)and it fits perfectly!! I glued the tubes on the T-joint Done !! Some glue for the first reservoir hole.....
...and the second one. The plexi sheet is just to align the T-joint with the resrvoirs A panoramic view of the case An internal close-up The front side is now fully integrated in the case I put in place the rear-side of the case (white plexi sheet) just to see how the case looks like. That's all for today, see you next week Ciao
Hi Guys, I'm back with a little up Plate has finally arrived at home!! I removed the protective film and now I am ready to play I came back to work after letting my imagination run wild ... I resolve to split the cube into 2 levels..... the fisrt holds radiator,psu and pump while the second one holds the mobo. Mobo tray is made with a white plexi sheet and runs along two violet plexi ralis 1,5 cm width Let's start from a plexi sheet 29,5 cm long I covered the sheet with scotch-paper 1,5 cm width. Gap between each scotch piece helps me to cut plexi at the right size in order to have two perfect rails I fixed the sheet with clamps. The ruler works like a jig I purchased a diamond speed-click disc cut in progress
Here they are.... Rails will be glued at the side of the cube in order to make a guide for the mobo-tray like this scheme: _ _ rail _________ Mobo-tray _ _ rail English lesson number one : the plate is on the table :-D I will lean the cube's faces over the plate in order to mark out the center Here you can see the plate under the plexy. I marked out with scoth-paper the right place to glue the rail I place some acetylenic glue on the rail side thanks to a coton-swab.
Mobo-tray fits correctly !! The holes you can see are only for testing purposes It seems to slide in the right way.... I glued the rails on the upper side This is the top in place...just a test-fit It sounds good! It's what i was looking for...
Top removed and mobo on the plate I got in radiator and psu just to see how it looks like once finished The case from another point of view .....you can see the holes on the top
My main purposes for this case are: - easy maintenance - few cables as possible - order, order order Challenging but not impossible.... I made a little plexi sheet to be placed near the reservoirs in front of the mobo. I'll drill several holes for all the slaved cables like 24 pins/ 8 pins VGA / 8 pins Mobo / sata / usb and so on.. With this solution all the cables are aligned and fixed to the sheet..... so I can remove the mobo and cables very quickly sliding out plates Unfortunately I notice right now that the image has gone out of focus :-/ I drew a "T" over a plexi sheet 6mm thick simply because this is the shape between reservoirs and mobo. The sheet is fixed with an iron angular The Dremel did its job.... plexi sheet is ready to be drilled Sheet in place ! ...same thing with mobo-try As you can see both sheet are not attached each other and as consequnce it' s very easy to acces the mobo
Ta-daaaa!! This is how it looks like when the case will be close Mobo fixed at the plate I covered the sheet with a little bit of scoth-paper to draw the holes Plexy ready to be drilled. (I laid some labels to get it right) Connectors are aligned.....!!
I drilled an hole guide for each connector After taking off some plexy with a file..... 24Pin holes are not perfectly aligned but once all the cables will be in place there will be no problem at the same time I was focusing to make sata and 10mm holes... I like it !! ...same test with the mobo...
