Scratch Build – In Progress "The Golden Sail" - update 12/24/09

Man, that is sick.....

 

Nice choice of board dude.

This is coming together nicely. Looking forward to more updates

 

Amazing work Dominic. Really really pro-modding at top level.

 

I'm really enjoying the original free thinking work you are doing.

That orange fabric you are using looks remarkably like the stuff they used on the Para Glider during the 60's.

 

Just read through this thread.

Amazing amount of work put in so far

Superb results

 

Oh wow... oh wow...

Such beautiful lighting and precision work... I am awed...

 

Duuuude...

 

Compared with the other update this update is really short and contains only renderings.







By way of comparison the „old“ rendering.







Well and now I would be very happy if you could post your opinion to the suggestions/ options.


@ Bullitdodger/ [ZiiP] NaloaC/ Frenkie/ Top Nurse/ mrdbristol/ Von Lazuli/ Mankz: THANKS

 

White shell with Black base by far...

The gold outside on the others is just a little too gratuitous, while the white and white lacks contrast.

 

White on black as well.

The contrast works well, bring more attention on the actual housing and sail

Great work so far.

 

just read through this thread. amazing work.

I vote for white on black too.

 

Hello, unfortunately I had no time or no passion in the past. This is the reason of the long break between this and the last update. I hope you could “forgive” me…;-)

Now let’s start with the illumination of the inner space. This was actually complete, but only “actually”. Because I wasn´t really satisfied with the smoothness of the light. I know at the pictures I show you I looked very smooth, but in reality it wasn´t the same case. At the following picture that I made with a shorter exposure time you see the real “disaster”.



To get a 100% smooth light panel I thought it´s enough to take more LEDs. So I desoldered all the 60 LEDs and solder all new with 120 LEDs.



The result was indeed brighter but still not to 100% smooth.



Because I had no passion to unsolder again all the LEDs and take still more LEDs I had to take “trick 17” that means “head away”.



And now I was satisfied with the light panel, because now it´s a really smooth light without any inequality.



Ready with the illumination of the inner space I could start with a kind of “connecting central” for the PC. At first I build a frame made of Plexiglas.



In the meantime I got the 3,5mm connectores.



I glued the sockets in a white bend piece made of Plexiglas.



Ready with this I could start with soldering. For this I made at first a kind of “solder plan” that showed me that I have exactly to solder. Because of this I haven´t to solder on cable 5 times and I also know 2 months later what I soldered together.



With this plan in front of my face I was able to solder all these sockets with the opto-coupler and the bushes at the perfboard.



I know I looks like a real cable tangle but with my smart “soldering plan” it is actually quite clear.

Now I could glue the frame made of plexiglas at his final position. After this I bored some threads for the perfboard and the SSD.



Certainly the box get a bezel made of aluminum. A picture with it you´ll see in the next update I hope.

Well in the meantime I got a package that had at his back a little but really nice sketch.



Naturally was the content not less nice like the sketch.



With this delivery the last hours of the great “be quiet!” supply were counted. Natural I made a last picture of it before the aesthetic operation started.



And after maybe 20h – 25h hours the power supply looked so.



For the friends of macro pictures another picture.



After I was ready with sleeving I build in the supply to see how I looked in the case. Unfortunately my pleasure didn´t rise up but rise down.





The reason of this „disappointment“ was a 2 week break because I had no passion to make anything for this project.

At least a picture that shows my second try to bend a plate made of plexiglas in the form of the window for this project.



Well and now we are at the end of this update, but I hope you haven´t to wait only two or three weeks for the next update, and not two months…;-)



P.S.: Oh I had nearly forgotten to say you that I came to a decision as related to the socket and the sail. And so I´ll make the socket white and the sail gold. I hope the fans of white sail and black socket won´t be really disappointed and I try my best to “convince” you that a gold sail look better than a white sail at the end…;-)

 

Christmas-Update



































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About questions, suggestions and criticism I´ll be very happy. I wish all you a great Christmas and a very great start in our next decade!!!

 

Crazy professional work there! And merry christmas to you as well.

 

Whoa! Im just gonna write this in German since you are

Scheiße sind das Tek units? Mann ich find die Teile so genial Werde demnächst wohl auch was mit Fiberglas bauen, würde mich freuen wenn du mir dann mal Bescheid sagst wie sich das nachm Lackieren so anfühlt/wie stabil das so ist. Super Arbeit die du da machst, werd dir auch noch demnächst ne PM schicken weil ich ne Frage zu deinem Sinuskurve Projekt hatte

Go on like this! This is awesome man!

 

I can't describe how beautiful this is! I wish i had the skills/time to do something like this

 

What the? I could swear I have told you how awesome you are, and yet this is my first post here. I'm confused now...
-and the way you put those plug jacks in the curved plastic is sweet!