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Looks pretty sweet, and steampunkesk.

Your detailing is pretty cool. just wish the distiller could be seen more.

 

Thanks.
Distiller location is unfortunately the result of maintaining functionality .... The size of plasma balls forced me to change the concept of the case at the very beginning.

 

Looking good mate !
Nice work on the screen details also!

 

Thanks

Today's changes.
I've installed a LCD in the frame.



Finished a ball mount.



Brass cleared on the edge of the front.





Cleared and finished one of the grills.



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Ladies and Gentlemen. Again, a small request

Today I received the logo. Now the front looks like this:



Does anyone have an idea for how to finish cd bay? I need to manage the entire selected area:



I have some ideas, but maybe someone came up with something brilliant I'll be grateful

 

I think putting something similar to the finishes on the top of case would look good. Or mount some brass finished analogue guages.

 

I've mounted plasma balls.



To create a Faraday cage I've glued chamber with aluminium foil.





And covered holes with plywood



I've made rear panel too.



Besides the network and power supply I also consider about the departure of USB.

 

Relly nice update Now let's see some hardware in that thing

It's a good idea to shield it in some way but I think you got it a little bit wrong. The Faraday cage should be around the sensitive equipment not around what's generating the static electricity. I think you might even make it worse by doing like you have. I know what happens when you put a piece of aluminium foil on a plasma ball and that's what make it shot sparks and that you do not want in a computer That one was a big 40 cm ball they had on the science museum though might be different with the small ones. Also a Faraday cage should be made from perforated material like a mesh not a solid. Though I don't know if a thin layer is more like a solid material or a mesh. It can have the similar effect just because it's so thin. The Faraday cage should also be connected to the ground so it leads away the static.

 

Would it be possible to solder a wire to the foil areas and solder the other end to the earth pin of that kettle lead socket?

Just a thought, seemed logical to me, entirely possible that i'm wrong though.

 

You are not exactly right.
After wiki:

A Faraday cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure formed by conducting material or by a mesh of such material. Such an enclosure blocks out external static electric fields....

So as you see it's a kind of a barrier for electromagnetic waves. It doesn't matter if it shields equipment or source of interference. Any metal box is a Faraday cage. You put some gears inside to protect it from for example lightning, because it's hard to put a lightning in it And I just very good know what is my source of interference

So don't worry. I've study this topic very well, before I've even though about putting balls in a computer.

Aluminium foil is connected with a strainer. It's makes perfect cage. It isn't connected with a ball at any point. All of it will be grounded of course. I've tested it too, for example with a cellular. So trust me. I'm 100% sure it's good idea.

Of course motherboard will be in another cage too. But it isn't necessary.

I will say only this. For my next project I'm testing shielding from magnetic field. It's a pain in the ass!!!! Shielding electrostatic, or electromagnetic field is piss of cake.

 

^^ I wouldn't want to eat that piss cake

 

came there through MOTM, fantastic mod! if you have space for it on the part with the DVD bay, you could consider building a support to store keyboard and mouse when you are not using the PC.

 

Guess you have more knowledge then me then Well I was rather tired when I wrote that so then the brain don't work so god. I read that wiki text aswell but got a completley different picture

 

Congrats!

 

At first I want to thank you all for nomination for MOTM. Thank you for voting and watching my work progress. It really means a lot for me.


Today I wanted to finish the front and make cover of the CD bay.

I cut out long peace of brass.



Then, between this two layers I've decided to paste oak veneer. This way I hope to achieve the same affect, as on top of the case.



Since in this part of the case I could already put wax, so I decided to use a heat activeted glue (butapren - buta(dien) + (chloro)pren. I don't how it's called in english). This is simple shape. And I had such a bonding experience among others in one of the previous projects.



I did not want to dirt the surface, so I've put it on the tape used for painting.



I've sanded case surface and covered with glue. After drying, the iron went into motion.



And this is effect after using stain.



I don't quite accept the appearance of the two parallel strips of brass. So I will work on it. Maybe some free thinking?

 

You sooooo have my vote for MOTM! Beautiful!

 

I agree angel.. Very Bioshock looking too..

Beautiful woodmanship..

 

looking great

 

amazing

 

Well, I've been accused of wanting to be balls-deep in a computer...

Seriously, though, this is sexy as hell. The brass inlay is freakin fantastic.