HPRES III MEGA Complete, ty all.

To hold the locking nut into positon and to stop it sliding back out a smaller holed rod is pressed fitted and glued.



The over hang will be trimmed away to sit flush.




Next it to make the outer "keyed" cylinder.



This outer cylinder will house the Spring, so it needs to be plugged and glued.







The spring can now sit inside of the outer cylinder



Using the long clear screw the assembly can be screwed togther.






The movement is smooth and slides very well. Next i'll add the Micro switch and attach the unit to the fron of the case.

 

thats such a cool idea!

simple yet effective

love the mod too!

 

kudos on the amazing ideas.

 

Amazing.. I really like that tree layer plexi you used..

 

thanx guys heres Part 2 of the Switch mod ")



The CDROM switch mechanism needs to connect to a switch! i chose a micro switch, similar to the one CDROMS use!

The joining switch connector needs to be a disconect-able from the main mech, Again using clear tube heres what i came up with.





Ive cut a castle device to hold the micro switch






The castle gets pressed into a larger tube and the 2 are glued as one.






An old HDD activity loom + plug are recycled and used.




The micro switch and wires are pressed in.







As can be seen the two units can be fitted togther as one!

 

The unit needs to have a locking device! a doweled keyway design is used.... much like a press fit lightbulb.






The switch is hot glued secure


Then it's a push








And a twist locks it all together!

 

A simple soloution is used to connet to the CDROM


Hard to see.. but a paper clip is cut into 2 small pins.



With the base of the cdrom removed to the cut pins are tinned and soldered directly to the eject pins on the board





The idea of this method rather than direct soldering is that i now can have a "removable" option .. much like on your motherboard.





the best can be secured again and the unit flipped over. The 2 connecting pins stick neatly out from the cdrom and can be easily connected to.









a final and action shot !

 

very very clever idea with the paperclip and the pins! awesome work!

 

......I'm speechless. I've never ever seen a modder who does that complicated mechanism just to open a CD-drive.

 

Every update is a pure pleasure with you. You have such a gift, it's incredible, I join Jipa in his speechlessness! And I think we're not the only ones to be so amazed by your work!

 

This is a very nice switch for the CD-drive :thumbs:
But those switches you used in the base?!? They just look cheap :/

 

That is Whack....

 

outstanding m8

 

Holy ****... Your work continues to amaze me!!

 

Wow ive just started reading this and wow some amazing work, bravo

 

Ty all again guys
To keep the back of the panel tidy the inner feeds are covered with black techflex , heatshrinked and glued into place.







The end result are 4 outer runs of RED and BLUE lights




The Side blades will be channeled then glued into place over the EL wires!





A sneeky peek before all Blades are done for HP3's final shoot tomorrow.

 

wow this work is amazing

 

*drool* You ever think about selling some of these? Heck, I'd probably buy at least one myself...

 

ummmmm, Althought it would have been pretty easy to setup the hdd activity like you wanted by just using a simple circuit... I am sure someone over in the electronics section could have dug up one someone has already made and after that it would have been just a matter of soldering the neccessary componets... But that is an interesting solution you came up with nonetheless


I cant say anything but how Impressed I am with your work with the plexy, I am sure no person reading this thread can deny those skillz

I love the work you have done with the plain old case. It is nice to see someone not taking an already good looking case like a Lian Li, very nice work man, cant wait to see it finished!

 

Awesome,looking forward to seeing the end result.

Wasn't sure about the bronze paint job to begin with but it looks sweet