Scratch Build – In Progress Project: Aluchill - Final pictures 20/09-09

hey man, just looking at the log for the first time, and i can only echo what everyone else is saying: "WOW"

this is some seriously awesome work you have done. the craftsmanship is SUPERB. can't wait to see the finished product.

 

Update #17 feb 26 (FINALLY! Assembly line)

Spyrious: Yeah I hope they'll sort it out. Would be an irritating set back if they wouldn't.

Unicorn: Thanks man. As I said, I really hope they'll be able to sort things out cause I don't have the extra material needed for a new panel. But I'll start assembling the computer withough the outer panel. After all, it's the last piece to go on.

trucha: Cheers! Thank you for your compliments.

Final assembly starts

I'm really excited as this project is closing in further and further. It's so fun to see things come together and so far I'm extremely happy with the result. All the bolts and nuts suit this case so nicely.


Parts on the table. Sorry bout the dvd-drive beeing a bit dusty. Missed that out.


Parts


It's a bit funny how factory made all the panels feel. It gives you that extra pleasure when assembling.

I want to point a HUGE thanks to Sifvert for providing me with all the bolts and nuts needed for this project. Thank you!



Mhm, bolt godness




So seriously packed with individual zip-bags for each kind of bolt.


Back mounted with round-headed hex bolts. Black. Looks slick




And a final teaser for today.

 

Update #18 Feb 27 (Final assembly continue)

I guess you didn't feel like commenting yesterday. Haha

Oh well, another update for ya'll. Basically I've continues with the assembling. Got the whole front finished. Took a bit of time to get the dvd lined up properly in the slot on the front. Have sleeved as many cables as I had time to and mounted the pumps and moboslide. Also mounted the LCD-bezel at the back.


LCD-bezel mounted with counter-sunk insex bolts.


Front, pumps and dvd-reader mounted. Got a bit of cable management done.


Dvd mounted with m3 round headed insex bolts.


Fan controller mounted and the knobs attached.


Mobo-slide bolted and the tray was slit into place.


Close up on the pump-mounting. Rubber grommets and m6 hex cap screws.


The underside of the mid plate.


The left side with the internal cover attached.


And a final pic for today

 

Really nice, love the look of the front

 

That is well slick! Nice going thus far

 

This is looking really professional. It's like it's come off a factory line, but you have the only one in the world. I can't wait to see how you do cable management.

 

Thank you! Looking at this case I almost got the taste of a new name.. "Black Eagle". A bit late to change now maybe. Aluchill will do just fine

 

aluchill seems good to me

 

Thats looking awesome

 

Too stunned by the sheer awesomeness!!
It's absolutely gorgeous!

 

Looks amazing, one of the cleanest looking scratch builds I have seen recently! I love the cold industrial look that you've achieved. Especially like the hex bolts that you're using... through 2008 and for this years designs I have made use of that theme in a lot of our cases, sometimes replacing even the motherboard retention screws with coloured anodised M3 hex bolts

This is going to be a very sharp looking case when it's done, please keep us updated!

 

i'm out of words, the front looks PERFECT. grats

 

more plz, now.

 

Nice one NysoO,very nice

 

I've only just read your whole work log up to now, I'm blow away by how good it all looks.

Kind of an emotional roller-coaster reading it all at once though, what with the powder coater bending your outer case so badly... Any word back from them on that one?

 

Well done mate thats one hell of a clean build you have done and the detail

 

That looks really amazing, almost there now .

 

Wow. The craftsmanship here is absolutely stunning... I'm planning my own aluminum mod, but I don't think that I'll ever match the level of perfection you achieve.

With that said, I am going to steal some ideas from you...

 

Update #19 Mar 3 (EYE CANDY! Internal build 98% finished)

Wow guys, just WOW! Thank you for all the comments!! I really appriciate it, gives you that little extra edge when knowing that people like and are inspired by what you are doing. Thank you!

Talked to the powder coaters today and the outcome was not too pleasing. The sheet metal worker said that It would be impossible to fix the panel perfectly. And he told me that the guys that would have lasercut a new panel for me was filled upp their asses with work, so it would take a long time to get it done. However, he offered me a 140$ compensation, a new piece of sheet metal, discounts if I would like to powder coat something in the future and a new free session of powder coat on the new outer panel.

So i have to fabricate a new panel which sucks.. will take about ~18 hours to fabricate a new one. But I'm going to try bending the old panel as good as possible and see if it can do as a temporary panel.

Any who., have finished the hardware and internal build to say 98%. It started up and is working great. Great temps and silence. Just got to do some sleeving etc. Anyways here are some extra large candy shots for ya'll. This time I'm going to let them speak for themselves.



















Again, THANK YOU for your comments!

I don't know if you'll notice, but I skipped the internal cover and went with an open view. Wanted to see the pumps and wanted the case to be a bit more flexible. No bigge.

 

Nice clean look, kind of futuristic if you wish, but not overdone

Goodluck with your panel etc, it looks really really good. You can be proud of yourself