Thanks Rajiv. I actually bought one of the top catches from a hardware store, but it was too big and heavy and needed too much force. In the end...
Cooling installed It's been really hard over the last few days with all the problems in the mod, but I finally have photos and good news!...
New heatsink bracket Just thought I'd sing the praises of Kustom PCs >Hi Robin > >I think we have a couple of them here, what's your address...
Well, been busy today and had a bit of a disaster - I snapped the bracket to hold the heat pipe block against the processor :waah: Thought it...
Well, it's nearly 1am and I've finished assembling the hardware. Sorry, I don't have time to take pictures because artifact is all packed to go to...
I know, as soon as I'd drilled the holes I thought "I've Teyber'd them" (sorry Tyber!) I wanted to redo them, but with the time scale I just...
Thank you all for your kind comments, have been inspiring me to work hard :D I've had a very busy few days working on the mod, so I haven't been...
I have to say I'm jealous, you make this beautiful, perfectly balanced case look effortless to build. Keep it up!
Big day @khanage0, cheers, I shall go and investigate, I know just the sort of shop you mean. Meanwhile, I've ordered some more bolts from...
Cheers Tyber, but I managed to bend the acrylic with a blow torch. Only problem with that is acrylic is flammable and it seems there is a only a...
Thanks, I figured if you are building a case from scratch, making it a box is a bit of a waste. Today I built the mounting for the heatsinks:...
The heatpipes are built by HFX for their silent media centre cases (link), but I figured I could use them in my own case. They're all nickel...
Assembled the frame! @AJB2K3: I did clear coat them, 3 coats of the Halfords stuff that went with the paint I used, didn't show that happening as...
That looks really good! I love Stargate. Engraving all those little letters must have taken an age - well done! It's funny, 3 pyramid shaped...
@ComputerKing: Thank you for your kind words to my father and I,he's always been helpful to me. Purple lighting seems comparatively rare, so I...
Day 7 - Clearcoating the stencils and finishing the legs Another small update today. I paint over my stencils yesterday morning, so figured the...
Quick update today, have got a fair bit done. Marked out and drilled the flanges for the legs: [IMG] Next, used this thing, looks like the...
Wow, the finish on the aluminium you have is beautiful and blue really sets it off. Can't wait to see how this one finishes!
The hard way Sadly, my time was short and I couldn't find such a store (UK is terrible for such things, it's like "craft" is a dirty word on the...
There is going to be 7 glowing plastic tubes in each leg, arranged in a hexagon. I need to try and bend into them into shape today - wish me luck!...
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