Case Mod - In Progress .:Filtration:. - Finished - New Video

Looking good,
How does your scroll saw work? I was thinking of getting the same one but it hasnt got variable speed. Does it melt plastics when you cut them?

Nice work area

 

Thanks buddy, yeh i had a little problem with melting acrylic but only when i was not concentrating, its a very good saw well worth the money.

I went back down and tried again on a peice of alli and it worked fine, was just not working with the acrylic, silly me for thinking it would be a good test.

 

I got my white acrylic to use as the top layer of the flooring but its not as translucent as i thought it would be.

As you can see with 2x white CC's it does not let much light through.



I should have the some more components soon so i will be able to better tell if it will work, i may have to get a very thin white top piece or look for other solutions. This flooring could be a project in its self.

More soon.

 

Yay the tap i need...




Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu


More delays...


In other news i just spent another £100 on my flooring.. Should be finished at the weekend... I hope.

 

This shows how the tube routing is going to be if you didn't understand my drawings

Dark fluid on the 2 outer tubes, clear on the 2 inside and light blue for the CPU/NB. All 6 of them tubes will go in to a comp fixing thats bulkheaded through the floor (when thats done haha).

EDIT: Just realised i have the tubes in the wrong order, swap the 2 most right tubes over, DOH!!!



Got my blue shrink wrap through today to redo my 24 pin!

This shows how the tube routing is going to be if you didn't understand my drawings

Dark fluid on the 2 outer tubes, clear on the 2 inside and light blue for the CPU/NB. All 6 of them tubes will go in to a comp fixing thats bulkheaded through the floor (when thats done haha).



Its more of a perfect colour than I though it would be, was thinking about getting some dark blue and using my left over white to do the same idea as the tubing, but though that might be a bit to much, instead i think i have settled on keeping the back wires white and the front re-do in blue (this way it should eliminate the possibility of it looking "messy"). Having to make a big plate to go over the showing mobo tray so cover up all the little holes and give it a clean finish, it also mean if i **** it up i can just make another plate .



More soon.
Skorch

 

Excellent craftsmanship. I do have two comments however. First, I seem to recall placing an elbow on the output of a pump is a very bad idea. Second, I'm not sure how much experience you have with a tap, but you are supposed to rotate the tap one rotation outward after every two rotations inward; if you feel a lot of resistance, just back the tap out then proceed forward again. If you don't do this, the tap will break exactly how the one in your picture did.

 

Thanks it was a sideways force that snapped the tap will teach me to try and do 2 things at once, completely my fault

More to night so stay tuned

 

Some progress finaly on the custom drive bay's and the pump bases are all sprayed ready to be put back together, braided and plugged!




EDIT : Is it OCD that i make my 100mg, gig and power lights match on my switch?

Skorch

 

No, but it is a bit eccentric. I have similar tendencies in other respects.

 

Spose i should give you a little update.

Made some good head way on the rad/hdd/optical drive box.



and drilled and tapped the bottom runner of the mobo tray, you will see why i needed to do this soon when i finish the floor and give my report



Skorch

 

Busy night tonight 4 hours or so

First i made the panel to go over the mobo tray to cover all the holes that are not covered by the mobo, and also to drill all the holes in for the ATX cable mod.


I then set about making new backing plates. I want a clean look and all the holes in the stock one was just not to my taste. I will be putting the fan holes back, well maybe!


As you can see here the mobo backing plate has big gaps. I decided as i was making a new backing plate to make mine so it filled these in and made the back more flush.



I also wanted to make a new PSU backing plate, i was only going to have one PSU and i didnt like having all the holes the blanking plate left. Also wanted it to sit more flush with the mobo tray.


Here is the completed backing, much smoother.



There is a rivet missing as i run out

Floor should be finished next weekend if i can get the last parts here on time

 

Found a desing that i did for this rig back in nov 2008


I worked more on the ATX tonight. Took all the pins back out and took it out the plastic jig. I then had to strip off the white shrink wrap which was a compleete PITA. Then blue sleeving, i have not heated it, just forced it in to the plug, seems to hold well and gives a nice clean look so i may leave it like that.





Used the jig to drill the sheet alli, then i went over it with a counter sink drill bit to get a nicer finish, then sanded it to get all the marks off, looks kinda brushed.




I then started to take all the paint off the mobo tray and cut it up


All for now, more soon
Skorch

 

Here is a sneeky peek at the flooring, its not finished yet but it should be soon.



Here is one of the pump base back on the pump.


Practice for putting a barb through acrlic.


I have got so much left to do and so much more money to spend to overcome problems its stressing me out Might have a few days off.. Its supposed to be enjoyable

Skorch

 

This is going to look really smart when in the case!
look forward to seeing more!

 

Thanks , i need some more perspex for the floor now need to add another layer, i took the cheap way out (well £130 instead of £260) so have much xtra work!

I have found a 1/4" female to female 90 deg fixing for £140 a pop so when they come i can get some holes made in the floor.

I also mounted the tj07 dividing floor upside down to give me more room under it looks quite nice with the floor coming very close to the bottom of the window. If i can keep it like this i will.



Here is the only thing from to nights playing around that shows any progress, will be tidier with it the final fitting.

 

wow really like the floor and the 24pin conector cables looking really good so far

 

Thanks

A sneeky preview, dont forget the case will all be white.

 

Tonight i did a bit more work on the drive bays, i moved the whole thing forward an inch or so to leave a smaller gap at the font and make it look a bit more profesional. Also means you dont see as much when the windows on.


Put in the CD drive shelf and mounted the CD Drive, does not sound like allot or work but it took me the best part of 3 hours.






Skorch

 

Looking amazing, I love the idea with the the 24-pin power connector coming through the mobo tray.

I had one question though, How did you get the lighting on the floor so even? It looks as though you've just placed it onto the existing TJ07 floor with the 3 holes already cut in it but I can't see how the lighting would fit in between there from looking at your pics.

Keep it up!

 

I've seen some cool ideas for cable management, and I've seen some cool arrangements for water cooling tubes, but I've never seen anyone run power cables through the mobo tray like you did! It looks really good, but for something you've been designing for a year and a half, it should!