Scratch Build – Complete GwassGween -FINISHED-Nov13 2013-pics start on page 67

Good to know we agree on that.

 

What?
@Mankz - Thanks for blaming me for swine flu. I guess I'm the outbreak monkey now.


-When I noticed the stock was cut crooked, I started taking a square to everything. Because I didn't check that junk when I got it, EVERYTHING is off. -Way off.

-I'm using the mill to cut down the sanding time.

-I switched the sanding jig over to 'portable mode' so I can use it on the panels. The top, bottom, and middle case walls were all milled to the same size and sanded.

-I started setting up for gluing stuff. I cut all those brackets too close to spec. I swear I must have measured the thinnest point of the material. I have 5 brackets too many.

-Gluing plexiglas can be hit-or miss. For this update, almost everything was a miss. I started with the back panel gluing. It was nearly perfect, but the tension in the syringe plunger gave and I splooged solvent all over the part. Fortunately, this only marred a small part of the splice. -easy fix.

-Because of that uneven stock, I have to splice the frame rails along the ends. (I'm betting I get some screwed up side panel parts too. I shouldn't have milled the holes in those so soon.)

-I forgot about the harddrive cage. It needs to be fitted before the center baffle can be added. I'm surfacing the rails here. It took all day to get one side sanded even.

-Then I pulled out my big nuts and got to gluing the rails into the rack. I'm using the ruler to give me some space to slide the drives.

-At this point I need to keep a pencil handy...

-I'm working out where to put the screw holes here.

-There were two wet countersinking sessions. For some reason I sunk the side that was plainly marked 'top'. I put the panel back in the layout and marked where I needed holes.

-Then I drilled out those marks. I used water again to keep the bit from melting the plastic.

-The test fit, aaaaaannnnnd I may have one more screwup. The drive is sticking out of the bottom of the rack a bit, but I mounted it flush against the back wall.

-Currently the drive box is in the mill getting excess trimmed off.
I messed up a lot of gluing. My lesson for you today is: Never listen to speed metal when doing delicate work.

-Thanks again to my sponsors!

 

Nice project. Hope the Danger Den guys do not notice you are a RRR regular

 

-Get invited to join new forum...
-Learn vaguely of cross-forum drama...
-Get labeled...
-Get burned at the stake...
-Get re-written in history as someone who chews the heads of babies...

 

Something like that, yeah

 

-Be a member of a forum whose owner and other members flame the sponsors you value I am just saying . . .you are just starting on the path of being sponsored. You have skill, I would like to see you go far.

 

What forum are we talking about?

 

-realredraider. Kayin_in_Black invited me there. There's a lot of vendors and talented people there.
Which reminds me... Has anyone heard from Kayin lately? He's been out for a while.

 

dont you mean Red's forum of freedom, and awesomeness!

 

I know some other websites you could look at: steampunk, ACM, Mensa, Hell's Angels.
Nothing wrong with a little branching out. You might even meet people on "This Old Truck" websites!

john

 

Can't do Mensa. Is there an organization called, 'feeble'?

 

Yep, i'm de foundering farver, joyn mee... us... ok, just me lol





Looking good!

 

Looks good already Im following this one!

 

+1

 

Thanks guys.
@Woody - OK. Let me take a few more hits off the plexi glue. I'll be right there with ya!
(No kids, don't inhale plexi glue. It will kill you!)


-After some blurry pics of milling and some filing, the top latches are done.

-In case you missed it, here's a test fit with the drives. You can see my bad gluing REALLY clearly.

-My bad glue days continue. Here I put the back panel on. I could get a nice seam, but when the glue cured, only half the seam would be joined.

-Next I put the divider in.

-I had to trim the baffle braces a bit. This involved shaving off a hair on the mill, running upstairs to test fit, and running back downstairs to mill again. There should be an Olympic pacing event. You can see the rough sanding I had to do so the outer frame can go over the splice.

-At least I got one thing right. Look how sweet that fit is!

-To glue the braces, I needed the radiator in place. I whipped out my favorite weapon against wild solvent: Packing cellophane! It was a good thing too. I got glue under the radiator. It could have fused the paint to the plastic without it.

-To leave a gap, I used popsicle sticks.

-Bracing in.

-The bit I cut for the motherboard tray is too short. I think I will use a chunk of 1/4" instead.
It will help brace the frame.

Love my sponsors!! LOOOVVVEE THEEEEEMMMM!




Whoo! -Must be the solvent fumes. LooooovvvvveeeTheeeemmmm!

 

You are doing GREAT man!!!!

 

Thanks.

 

So when will we see the transparent blue wires?

 

Awesome scratch build dude! I made a point to catch up on it today. I love all of the original ideas brewing. They could only happen from the mind of cheaps!

 

maybe I missed teh post, but are you going to polish the edges with a buffer and blue compound, wet sand them, or flame polish?