Scratch Build – In Progress Lean and Green - 15-12-14 - as complete as it's going to get

Hi waynio. Really like all your work and what a great read this log has been so far.
Just one thing, plz be carefull with your hands, remember an accident only needs to happen once.

 

Wow, my arm hurts just looking at those pictures! I need to do some major filing, I should send you the pieces Great work!!

 

Thanks Plodder appreciated.
I'll take better care from now.

Awkward angles are awkward tell you what though these ancient files do the job plenty good enough, I'd love to upgrade my files though to some quality new ones but just can't at the moment, thanks Cleveland.

Currently waiting for the sound card delivery before I continue today.

I could have bought the ITX system parts today but I opted to get needed clothes instead, my current lot have been totally worn out, all my t-shirts have permanent sweat marks so they ready to be used as polishing rags & modding clothes I don't care about mucking up basically, all the modding & tight budgeting made me a bit on the scruffy side so it's overdue that I straightened that up.

Got a quick question for bit-techers the ITX motherboard I'll be getting only has sata 3 ports, will I be able to use a cheapo sata 2 dvd drive on them?. I remember on my p67 mobo it said not to use an optical drive on the sata 3 ports, this could be a problem ahead if I can't.

 

Yes, you can you Sata 2 devices on Sata 3 (Sata 6G) ports. They are backwards compatible. Even SATA 1 devices should work. I use a SATA 2 Velociraptor HD on a SATA3 port.

 

I should have been more specific, thanks though Phyonics, I know hdd's can but unsure about optical drives.

 

Great work Waynio, always a pleasure reading your threads

 

Thanks Meelobee, enjoying yours too mate.

Taking a little longer than anticipated to do the feet, what a surprise. I was very wrong about the 95% complete bit, I'd say they are now 95% complete.

Filing / Weren't the same as each other which I expected with them being complex-ish & only doing a partial template. / Clamped them both together & filed them to be the same or at least very similar.


Pretty nice I think after a few swipes of the drum sander on 240 grit.




Tried doing the small pieces the same way by clamping them but they are too small to do that so I first tried to grind them down on the disc sander, didn't seem a great idea so fixed up a massive vice which was wasting away in the back yard so I could file properly, I used a little of the grinded angle as a guide for what angle I needed to file at & then finished off on the disc sander, these small pieces were far more work than the bigger triangle pieces but all parts are now ready to fix together.




I then got my drum sander on the go in the drill press to make all visible edges a bit nicer, they still need more finishing but they are quite nice now, the smaller pieces mount upside down to how they are in the pictures.








I'll try to complete the feet tomorrow, careful bit of drilling, cut a few rods & it should be a pretty simple process, would have done it in this session but I was feeling wasted so called it a day.


Sound card came today.


Found another place which had the extra drum sanders in stock, a rocking horse specialist shop so I cancelled with the one I been waiting about 2 months for & bought from the new place, should have them soon hopefully.

 

Great craftsman at work. Subscribed to this i dont want to miss anything

 

Looking great Waynio!

 

Sexy feet

 

Great Work!! Keep on Modding!

 

Thanks Plodder things are warming up a notch.

Thanks Mosquito

They are now cheers Sarakon.

Thanks Cleveland, that I did mate.

At a stage where I need to be extremely careful so I don't screw up the effort to cut the pieces so I made a new drill guide to support 6.5mm bits now because that's the needed size for the 1/4 inch aluminium rod so have a load of 6.5mm & 2.5mm guides for rods & tapping holes, also the square bar I use for this is 3/8 inch thick so 0.5mm too small so I made it up with about 5 layers of masking tape on both sides.


However drilling deep with a power drill is still too unpredictable with a 10mm thick guide, I'd guess maybe a 30mm guide is needed for deep straight drilling, I'll make one for further deep drilling later in the project but this went ok just about & got my rod pieces plugged in.


Plugged & slotted all pieces together & was flipping perfect, I was really happy & still am.


This one I have to explain in words because it was difficult & I couldn't be bothered messing with the camera, it was pickling my head & was getting late & I was wasted once again.

Then had to mount the underside front bevel pieces, I sat & stewed on how I should do them for quite some time & then just decided to make them join the bottom stand panel, I first placed masking tape along the line for where they should mount, drew rough lines for where not to drill, then dotted 6 marks to drill on the bottom panel, then came the tricky part, aligning it right & clamping it so I could do starter holes to finish off on the drill press into the bevel pieces, I used 2 stacks of 10mm aluminium to support the bevels & spent ages getting them aligned & clamped properly, then finished off on the drill press, then used my quality new dorma 3 stage taps (awesome BTW), countersunk the panel & installed, was perfect.


The stands bottom panel just slides into place nicely.


On with the pictures of the base & man am I glad this went ok, could have easily been a wreck with 1 faint wrong move, it was pretty intense doing this today so have no doubt doing all the rest of the fixings will be similar.






























So yeah only screws for the base are on the front small pieces, was a nice challenge but it's back to scroll sawing next time, these feet will get further finishing done on them but they are totally functional now which I'm happy with.

More soon.

 

Wow! First class worksmanship and design there! I feel like a complete noob sometimes when I see work like this. The great part is all WITHOUT a CNC!

 

Great work mate! The fit and finish is terrific.

 

Thanks Cleveland, can't believe you said that with the amazing stuff your doing, the feelings mutual the geometry on that is wow, you have to be a highly adaptable & dedicated modder to do that as nicely as you have.

Thanks Attila appreciated mate, you know you inspired me heaps with the awesomely crafted nicely designed chunky alu work you do, I'd still be doing bar work if it wasn't for you I think, thanks mate.

Think I'll take 2 days off now, need the rest, but who knows a good sleep & I'm all over it again.

 

No I think I'll have 2 days off.

 

Oh boy, Waynio's lost it... responding to himself now

Take the two days, heck, take three, I'm sure no one will say you don't deserve it... This is starting to come together, and it looks amazing!

 

Damn that's nice, amazing as usual I see.

 

Though's feet/base look awesome, very well crafted