Scratch Build – In Progress [Completed]Node - 3D Printed Case

gratz Complx, this is even better than i had hoped on your behalf. all i can say is WOW, design looks soooooooooooo good.

 

Sooo good!!!

 

nice and sleek, so nice...

 

Looks great

 

Nice work on the case.

 

now that was worth the month's of hype!!!

 

I am happy to see your concept come true !!

 

UPDATE 6/27/2015 ​

And so the work continues!!! This week it was about putting the final touches the assembly of the case and working on getting the hardware fitted, making sure there are no last minute tweaks to any of the parts (Spoiler Alert: There are, but they are minor)

So first up, the design has hex holes carved out for the nuts that will hold all the paneling, they needed to be glued into place to make sure they won't fall out when you remove the various panels, as this was a minor issue when I was trying to assemble this case for the first time. I got to the last panel on and had issues keeping the nuts in place while trying to screw them in. So after some super glue and letting it set, this issue has been resolved and we're good to go!

And after a quick trip to the hardware store to pick up the last few pieces of mounting hardware, I got started on mounting and fitting the hardware!






















I ran into a minor issue with the motherboard tray, it will need to be redone, but that's because of a few issues. It's missing pump mounting holes, it's smoked acrylic instead of black, and the motherboard mounting holes are a bit to high. So when I went to install the I/O shield, this happened:



So other than that, I'm starting the next parts of the build, the water cooling and hardline tubing. My first time doing hardline, so wish me luck!!

Stay Tuned!

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Remove the I/O shield and you're perfect. I toss them to get extra airflow too. Honest, it's for the airflow...

 

wow, havent checked bittech for almost a year and the first thing i see is this! really supergreat looking case!! great work!

 

Why don't you just 3D print a new IO sheild? Shouldn't take too much time to design and print.

 

Im seriously considering it, or would that be considered lazy?

I thought about that as well, the bigger issue is that the motherboard tray is a tad bit to high and its causing the GPU to stress the PCI-E slot when installed. I want to eliminate that as much as possible.

 

A really great looking case - honestly I'd be tempted to take it to a case manufacturer for mass production.

 

This thing is seriously sick, also loving the videos.

Love to see a case like this being 3D printed.
To me you are revolutionairy. Paying a high price for creating something new and fresh.

Big props to you!

 

Update! (7/3/2015)

Now that the major stuff is out of the way, I can start focusing on the minor things and detail work that needed to be taken care of. Enjoy!

Taking the heat sinks off for painting.











Pump Mounted





Running a quick leak test





Painting the parts, now to let them sit and dry overnight.




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Stay Tuned, more tomorrow.

 

I'm loving this build, it's looking great! You should create a crowd funding project to get a set number of them CNC from Alu, do a small production run. I'd buy one. Looking forward to more. I was sad to see disparaging posts early on. it's a process, most understand that.

J.

 

Just seen the project from the MotM, wow, blown away.
Production version would be on my shopping list as well.

 

Update 7/10/2015​

Before I start I want to thank bit-tech for nominating me for Mod of the Month for June 2015!! Thanks again guys!

Back with a few more updates, and I'm happy to report it's finally coming together. I have had this thing together and apart so many times I'm getting pretty good at it. There were a few more parts that ended up needing to get painted, one of which was the motherboard tray. I had originally wanted a solid black tray, not transparent. That's what I had originally ordered but the company who cut it for me screwed up the order. (they has also messed up previous things so I decided not to use them any more) So I ended up disassembling the entire thing again to get at the tray and painting the back half with black paint.



A few other things came out nice after painting.







I also marked and drilled holes for the pump to mount to.




I also went about making some custom stickers for the back of the fans so they were not so ugly. I had access to a printer and cutter so I was able to make them next to perfect.



















Mounted!




And so the current state of the case looks something like this! LOL!

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Oh man. I love this case and everything about it

 

Which cnc cutter is that?