Scratch Build – In Progress Revelation (2/12 Final photos and video!)

Thats just about the most attractive controller I've ever seen!

Also looking forward to seeing how your motorised shade works out. Had a very similar idea for myself. Was planning to mount monitor inside an antique picture frame with a vinyl painting print mounted on a motorised blind so that when not in use it just looks like a painting.

 

Thanx Boorach!

I like your stealth painting idea... You should realize it!


After I had made the second controller, I started on the USB to DC cables.

Here's the original cable...


A little soldering...



And here's now a USB to DC cable.
By now some of you guys might notice that I have a wild passion for coiled/spiral cables. Just can't get enough of them.


Here's the cable connected PC-to-controller, on the back of Revelation. You can aslo see that I've installed two USB 3.0 ports and two copper dial knobs for fan control use.



When not in use, the controller are simply slided into the main construction, a stealth design I'm very proud of. The magnets inside automatically slides the pads into position/place with a little push, a little nice touch as well.



And when you want to kick some ass, just pull them out like pull drawers.



The joystick shaft are used as pulling knobs...



For gaming, you just screw them out, and connect them on top



Another shot.



Hope you'll enjoy this as much as I am right now =)

//Quizz

 

I must say that this is truly a quite stunning contraption!

 

Thansk friend!

 

Very nice how you solved the "wheres the controller" search issue

 

Soooooo niiiiiiice.

 

Oh-my-god-that-I-don't-believe-in (that means it's serious business.) This is incredible man. I love the storage solution and I love your cheapskate way of doing the controller by butchering a wireless controller. I must admit i've done that a few times myself. This is MOTY material my friend.

 

Thanks guys, appreciate it! The storage solution / shaft switching works better and faster than expected. Takes me about 3 secs to switch from drawer to assembled joystick.

Wisdom:

Then you know how to solder I guess... Myself, I'm getting there, although I've killed some of those controller PCB's over the last couple of years.

 

Yeah, I literally soldered as a job for about a year or so. All I did was solder little parts onto pcbs.

Those PCBs can be buggers, especially the cheap ones. I think it's a rule that you have to kill a few to understand them properly.

 

Wow I'm speechless at the moment. Great work and I love your overall design. Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.

 

True!

Thanx a lot Mechh69, appreciate it!


Been a lot going on lately, but found me some Revelation-time yesterday, and started on the plumbing finally. Now this isn't your typical WC installation. Since there's no copper fittings for piping I decided to try my own DIY solution, combining 16/10 tube compression fittings and 15mm pipes, without welding.


Here's an exploding view of the basic concept. 16/10 fitting + pipe support sleeve + 15mm pipe etc.


To fit the pipe support sleeves onto the tube fittings I had to remove some material.


Then I used some silicon for secure sealing. I forced the sleeves onto the fittings with the use of a hammer.


To secure and seal the piping I used one layer silicon / one layer epoxy. No welding needed.


Pipe secured onto fitting, very DIY...


Here's one pipe module finished.


Some patina's been growing onto the parts over the last couple of months.


Got my hands dirty with some Autosol...


It's not Attila, but shiny enough for me. Here's a picture of the pipework and cable management in symbiosis.


SATAs and 24-pin connected. A perfect fit around the pipe is a job well done I guess.


Another part of the loop, close up.


A shot of the loop in whole. It looks really good IMO.


Here's the idea:


When I was at it, I decided to give the dial knobs a bit of polishing as well.



Leak testing tomorrow, fingers crossed

 

Awesome pipework, looks nicer with more detail compared to plain polished tubes, I like.

 

I'm going to have to stop looking at this build. Looks so good I keep wanting to steal ideas for my own build. Only problem is the Wife has put her foot down on my spending so all I can do is whimper in jealousy!!

 

Looks like a real nice and fun build!

Good job!

 

Nice going mate! Really like the loop layout! Autosol is soo nice. Polished some alu pieces a while back, they look like mirrors :S

That copper loop looks sick against the black mombo

Again, keep it up!

 

Thanks! There's a lot of fittings, bends and such, but I kind of like it too...

Thank you Boorach!

Thanks guys, appreciate that!

Thanks friend. Not as clean as your plumbing, but I'm happy with the layout. And yeah, copper and black is a well tried combo. Gotta paint that riser though, then I'll be satisfied.

 

Hi guys.

Leaktesting is done, and the results; no leaks... that's good news I guess. The pump(Alphacool DC-LT Ceramic - 12V DC Pro) is not as quiet as I'd hoped for though. Any suggestions there?


I wanted to try the little actuator for the new blind construction and made a small cylinder thingy from brass to secure the cord. The actuator is soooo tiny(3mm shaft), and I was very skeptic of course.


Some epoxy and a suited o-ring, and it's done...


... and this is the first test. The tiny actuator actually works, and I was suprised how smoth the blind moves up&down. But as I though, the blind itself is too small, vertically that is. AND I've noticed some cracks in the wooden segments...



... So I made a new blind. This time in a creamy heavy-duty woven fabric(canvas like). The wooden blind was a nice touch, but for sake of life-span, canvas is the better choice here.


Close up. Will install it tomorrow, and with this fabric, I think I'll face an even smother blind movement.


//Quizz

 

Looking good & I expect the heavy fabric is the better choice for longevity, looks nice too.

Silencing the pump, I think it's normal behavior of a PC WC pump from what I've seen others say.

Although I did water cooling once & used a d5 pump which was silent when placed on sound absorption mat, even on max speed, I never got the bug to do water cooling again though, was checking for leaks all the time even though it was leak free.

 

I've heard those 'soggy' sponge sandwiches are great for silencing pumps.