Project Goliath - It's got wheels, man.

Well... the front panel is _almost_ done in sketchup. I failed to make a spot for the optical drive's tray to come through it! I'm going to try to figure out how to integrate one of those lian-li optical drive stealthing covers... it's a space issue. the LL covers are mighty thick.

 

I've got wheels!

I got the black anodized wheels last weekend but didn't get around to put them them on till now. They're a replacement for the stock feet that my ex-wife so nicely fowled up while I was moving out. Plus, when this thing is on a desk, it'll be a lot easier to move now.

Why are the panels on you ask? well, it's a mild effort to keep dust out but mostly because it's going on a trip with me this weekend for a little mini-lan action. A lan rig it aint, but neither is the 2407FP! Anyway... once the new front panel is fabbed up it'll go to Knipex (i love you man!) to get painted...

Rear bracket installed. it's just a bit of 3/8" aluminum with 2 holes to mount into the bottom of the SC5000's frame rails and 4 6-32NC thread holes for case screws to hold the foot on.


Rear foot installed, held in place to bracket w\ 4 6-32NC (case) screws. Having a good set of taps is awesome. I had to enlarge the stock holes in the lian-li feet a bit to get the 6-32 through it, but I just reamed the holes out with a round file. easy fix.


Both on.


Wheels small. case BIG.


Front panel sketchup file, properly dimensioned to actual size.

The front IS NOT FINAL at the moment as I haven't decided how I want to handle the optical ejecting. I might have a few more tricks up my sleeve. the design might change a bit, but not by much. Its pretty much the same appearence wise as the current panel but with a few improvements and some changes (no more LED/fiber indicators, viewport for respack, better design overall for clearing the shape of the metal in the front of the case.

a few screenies:

Top:


Bottom:


Plexi/alu joint & cut out detail


Thoughts? Comments?

 

Very nice! i think it will be very cool.

Go on!

 

i know its not what you're going for, but the panels look really cool after you stripped them. if you leave the sides and top just like that, it will be a great "patina mod". i just think its funny that during the process to get it looking great it already looks pretty cool.
awesome mod anyway man, i love how that cpu block looks.

 

I love those LL casters in black. I have used the very-same in my last two projects. They provide true form and function (IMHO)..
Your machine is looking great!!

 

This looks like it's going to be nice! Great Work!

 

Well done , Nice work good luck

 

Thanks for the compliments on what's going on. got a few more things I need to do now that dutch has told me milling 1/2" plate down to 3mm thick (thinest part) is a bad idea, and the bit about the corners (I'll radius them, they don't need to be square) and increase the panel thickness to 3/4" to avoid warping... and then I shall repost (That and when I have the optical eject thing figured out.)

 

Have fun...

 

Very nice work.

Keep going,

Pedro Torres.

 

cool mod, keep it up.

 

i just spent the last 2 hours reading this thread... simply amazing. Great work!!

 

Goliath is getting shelved again while I move to Cincinnati for my new job as sysadmin w\ Proctor and Gamble in their research labs, but prior to moving I have acquired new guts for it! A new 650W Seasonic PSU, a Core2Duo E6750, an Asus P5N32E-SLI Plus, EVGA nvidia 8800GTX 768MB, 2GB of ram, a lite-on burner ([variable] you bought the loudest drive you could and recommended it to me anyway? ) and a new 320GB drive. My aging P4 3.2GHz/2GB/X800XT setup has had some severe stability problems that are not heat related – so a full gut upgrade was in order. It’s also the first time I’ve done a full gut upgrade since… 2001! Yikes! It was time. I’m waiting on buying some sweet, sweet waterblocks to cool the new goodies (northbridge & southbridge blocks, voltage regulator blocks, 8800GTX block, and possible a new CPU block depending on how well Eddie/scopEDog’s block does in the new setup. And like I said before, the new job pays very well and there are some very talented folks in the areas of painting/bondo/modeling in Cincinnati and in Arsclan crew itself… so I hope to really finish this project. If I’m not TOO busy gaming on my new setup. Plus my new house has a full basement for use as a workshop and a backyard for overflow! It’s going to be great, and thanks very much for following the project. We’re on the upswing – I swear.