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Case Mod - In Progress Macchiato (Finished February 5)

Discussion in 'Project Logs' started by Kryll, 10 Dec 2012.

  1. kelmannen

    kelmannen What's a Dremel?

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    nice progress kryll! I have agree about the heating of the acrylic, take it easy. =P
     
  2. Kryll

    Kryll What's a Dremel?

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    This time it worked out perfectly.
    Going to work on a new design to the window in the front, and hopefully I will get some paint on the plexi part tomorrow.

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  3. Kryll

    Kryll What's a Dremel?

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    Painted back sides of plexiglass parts.

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  4. Kryll

    Kryll What's a Dremel?

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    One last update before Christmas holiday :) (back to work in two weeks)

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  5. Kryll

    Kryll What's a Dremel?

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    Finally had some time over and started to work on my project again.
    Skipping the boring pictures of sanding and fitting all the parts, showing the results when it is varnished and ready.

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    ready for varnishing.

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    First layer.

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    All part except for the side panels..

    A quick trip to Ikea and bought me some curtains :)
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    (rumored that they are perfect as a dust filter)
     
  6. Editor22

    Editor22 E22 | Hex-Gear

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    Kryll curtain as dust filters hey! will be interesting to see how they work! The build is looking brilliant so far Kryll :D
     
  7. Kryll

    Kryll What's a Dremel?

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    Sorry for a late update.

    Suddenly I'm done with my project....
    Almost.


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    Glued some curtains or maybe it's dust filters ;)

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    Looks like, eeeh not good. But it's on the inside and will never be seen.
    The side panels is fixed to the side of the Prodigy case with powerful neodymium magnets.

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    "Dust filters" aka curtains.

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    All done (more or less).
    More and better picture is coming.

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    First hardware. Rest is on the way.
     
  8. shinji2k

    shinji2k Minimodder

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    It's really starting to come together. Also, I'm jealous of your woodworking skills :p. You should of just skipped over that boring Prodigy and made everything yourself.
     
  9. Kryll

    Kryll What's a Dremel?

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    Thanks.
    And yes, making everything from scratch is so much more fun. Next project will definitely be a other scratch build.
     
  10. Razarach

    Razarach Minimodder

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    Awesome! Nice work so far.
     
  11. Father-Time

    Father-Time Minimodder

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    Simply Stunning, awesome skills!
    Good luck in MOTM :)
     
  12. Laine

    Laine This and that

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    Wow, that looks so great! Would not mind having that beside my desk. :)
     
  13. Cheapskate

    Cheapskate Insane? or just stupid?

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    Lovely work, and a clever redesign of the original case. It looks really good.
    Yes, Go full scratch build next time.:D It will be tasty.
    If it were up to me, I'd have red squiggly hoses hanging from the ceiling in every room in my house. -Gotta clean the bathtub? Plug in the sander with a polishing bonnet.
     
  14. tekonivel

    tekonivel Minimodder

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    Love it. Looks really great.
    have to get my hands on to those curtains, thanks for the tip.
     
  15. Kryll

    Kryll What's a Dremel?

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    Thanks all.
    And a suprice to be in the MOTM competition. :)


    Some new hardware...

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    ASUS P8Z77-I DELUXE
    i5-3570K
    ASUS GTX 670 DirectCU II
    16GB Corsair Vengeance

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    Started to assemble the hardware.

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    Usinga a Corsair AX850, it's just so it fits in the chassis.
    Also took remove all sleeve from the cables. They are not so beautiful, and only makes it harder to draw cables.

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    Right now im testing all hardware, when it's done I'm going to cleen up all the cabels with some stripes/anchors.

    More "final" pics is comeing to ;)
     
  16. Kryll

    Kryll What's a Dremel?

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    Some final pictures.

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  17. Azariel

    Azariel Minimodder

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    Sheer brilliance if you ask me!

    Very nicely done!
     
  18. Pranja

    Pranja Blackwolf

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    Beautiful.

    like the shape and I like the materials.
     
  19. SpringHalo

    SpringHalo What's a Dremel?

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    I'll start of by saying excellent work! Instead of having to start from scratch to mount all of the components with brackets and such, you used an adequate case and added on to that. I'm a big fan of woodworking, and it's really difficult to combine computers and wood without it looking tacky. You, along with the build "Tenius" use the aesthetic looks of wood to your advantage.

    That said, I think there are a few easy modifications that you could do to make it look even better. At the end it looked spectacular to me, but once you turned off the lights and turned on the LEDs, they looked out of place. Wood like that is complimented by warmer colors, so you should try out red, amber, or yellow LEDs to give it the warmer complexion associated with wood.

    Rooting for you in the MotM!
     
  20. Ehlers

    Ehlers What's a Dremel?

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    This is very nice! You had my vote in MotM! Nice work! ;)
     

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