Scratch Build – In Progress RTX scratchlog: done, but not final update

another thing, i rivited on the wrong side by accident: but it holds amazing, and it turns out it doesn't even show on the other side hahaha so i ended up benefiting from my mistake. ill show you what i mean

 

mini updaet!

Here is how strong im holdign it all together: lol every rivit is measured and carefully placed too, even though it looks random

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super strong!

i spent a LOT of time on my drill press, for every corner i had(still have a few to go) 6 holes, perfectly alligned with each other. man it was tough!

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theres just some of it

Here is where i am as we speak, but its hot and after 7 hours non stop(literally, 7-2) i need a break.

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And all i need to do is rivit these together. But not now... im tired! so this is NOT WHERE I AM this is a mock up(sorta)!!!!

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comments suggestions appreciated

 

Lookin good bro. Keep it up.

Few more weeks n i will be starting my sketchup for my FIRST mod

w00t

 

nice. Lol love the tap dancing. Ill finish the frame later today adn problably start painting it tomorol
how old are you morbid? and are you doing a full new case or modding a existing case?


AND GUYS: HELP ME, WHAT COLOR SHOULD I PAINT FRAME?
1) LEAVE ALUMINUM
2) PAINT THE BLUE ON CD ROM CAGES
3) PAINT BLACK(blah)

Outside panels will problably be black fyi

 

LoL Teyber , im old enough to know better but young enough to get away with it.. haha

I think i might mod an existing case then after that who knows... ?

BTW -

Frame - leave Aluminum
Cages - Yes blue
Paint black .... wouldnt go with this project me dont thinks!

 

wait, you think that black would NOT go with this project? im confused... i already bought a lot of expensive black airbrush paint...

 

Actually ... Yeah Black Would go with this one.. sorry i musta brain farted...

Yeah bro this would look killer black blue and MAYBE a hint of .... Purple Somewhere in it

 

hmmm yeah purple would work,i have a purple cold cathode, so thta enough for you?

Alrighty, my cameras dead on batteries, but im 100% done wiht frame!!! all in 1 day!

 

done wit that frame already, speedy gonzalez!

 

i finished the frame earlier this afternoon. My camera died and i can't find the charger. I guess il have to use my moms canon rebel xt digital slr camera, ill be postin pics soon. I also am about 1/3 of the way through putting up the supports up front for hanging the cd rom cages too, i don't want to buy 1/8 inch aluminum panels (i bough .8 panels, they are like 23 bucsk for a 24x24, i got 2 of them, so can't imgine anythign more $$$$ lol) SO you will see. Just give me like 10 minutes to post the pics, k?

 

alrighty!

let me show you guys what i have done since my camera died... lol!
I have some pictures on 1 camera and the other pictures on another, so i will be posting replies, with pics. Kind of in reverse order.
more or less, here is where i stand for today:


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WHat you see up front is 2 bars, that will hold the cd roms.

For shits and giggles, ill show you the frame withOUT what i have been doing for the past 2 hours or so:

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Note that i am further along then that

But for the bars up front, i had to precision cut many, many holes.... ANd i also had to cut it to exact length, using a jig saw:
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and my handy dandy bench/vice that is the only surface i have that is suitable for a jig saw.


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I don't know if you can see it, but look at the holes i had to drill with the drill press. Took me like 30 minutes to measure it out, yikes'

So if there is anything valuable on the other camera, then ill post it.

Comments/suggestions welcome as always

 

I know i have been bad about showing you the sketchups.... sorry

So nothing fancy, just here is how im planning on supporting the motherboard:

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Obviously poorly made in sketchup and problably hard to explain, but it will work, trust me(or if you see any flaw tell me!)

And here it is on the other side:

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here is a possiblity for the front panel,

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BUt with the fan holes: the things around them, won't be visible. I just will cut them out for a swiftech mcr-220 radiator, if i ever go that route.
Please give me suggestions here Pretty soon ill get my phase change with a 1hp rotary compressor yay, load temps im hoping for -50celcius!

anyways, here is the right panel:

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So advice on sketchup please!

o and another thing, the triangle things aroudn the RTX will be mesh, and the fan grills will be mesh, unless anybody objects?

o and one more pic, already posted but just to see the psu support:
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=104880&d=1182378732

 

looks good man... i have no idea about sketchup ... never used it b4 but yeah sorry to have confused you with your build lol.
keep up the good work man!

 

I have down loaded sketchup but never loaded it on my computer. I have been using a different cad program. But your work is going great. 15 yo thats really good.

 

thanks man. Yo tale gunner: what cad program do you use? im stuck between sketchup pro and solidworks, keep money in mind.

I played a round of golf at a nice country club today, and it was 100f in the shade... im to tired(and since im in L.A. lots of smog, my lungs hurt horribly) to work on it right now... sometime tonight i wan't to finish the mounting device for the cd roms. I made wrong dimensions on it(forgot the width of the aluminum bar and it sticks into where the dvd roms and such actually go) so need to undo some rivits and trim it up.

i forgot to order the feet and the handle for the top, anybody know of some cool handles and feet for a case?

 

I use Smartsketch. Its easy to use. But it does not do 3D (the only drawback in my book).

 

ack this didn't work, see post below(broken links)

 

alrighty!

test fitting the cd roms, here is wehre i stand now. The drives fit, and im done:

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kinda working backwards here lol. But thats how its going to be mounted.

so my measurements were off at first, so i re- marked them:

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then i drilled the holes:

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Heres what i ended up wtih:

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Then hers it moutned:

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So thats where i am right now. Im going to try to build teh support for the PSU tommoro

 

alright! its 107f and even hotter in the garage, so no frame work today. Instead i did the RTX that will be on the front of the case, as you can see in the cad pictures. Only its better in real life

So i started by cutting a piece of aluminum and a peice of plexi to around the same size

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and layed them out
then i gorilla glued the plexi

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clamped them together

After cleaning it and makign sure it was strogn enough, i then took it to the scroll saw and did some free-hand cutting

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not bad for no drawing, eh?

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i like it!
heres a texture shot

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jsut to see the plexi

Then i filed it to shape, and wet sanded with 400 in one direction(wet), then 800 in a different dirrection, then 1000 in another direction, the 1500 and 2000 all in different directions and wet sanded. Then i buffed it with like 4 different sized buffing wheels on the dremel

Then i used brasso to clean it up.

heres the reflection:

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sorry about blurry pic, its even better in person

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and another random shot, this doesn't capture the mirror finish, this really looks like chrome not aluminum lol, the camera isn't focused on the RTX thats why, my cameras focus has been retarted lately sorry
But yeah! im happy with that, it really has a amazing finish!