[CIP] Core4

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Concept art Core4

Because my current project XIXIV is finished I started brainstorming about a new project, which now goes by the name Core4.

At first I named the project "Quadcore" because the design looks a bit like an Energy Core and is nearly symmetrical on four sides. But I found this name referrin too much to a certain processor type and after a little brainstorm session the name Core4 came up. It has the same general idea behind it but without referring to a certain product. In addition to that it's also my 4th mod (after my Xaser, Silvertec and ofcourse XIXIV).

In the design proces of this project I have put less boundaries to the design than usual, the project is more or less no "must do" because with the nearly finished project XIXIV I have got all the pc storage room I need, but I can't help being addicted to casemodding and can't resist working on something new.

While designing this project I never looked at functionallity within my personal situation, but simply designed something which seemed really cool to me to build and is a big challenge to my skills because building it contains techniques which I never used before, like milling acryl-panels into rounded continuous shapes with the help of molds and a manual milling machine.

Below you will find a detailed building description of the project. I know the risk of someon stealing the design is there, but I asume that other modders prefer to do there own thing instead of copying other peoples designs. And I just cant resist showing what I'm up to if everything turns out te be possible for me.

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First of all I will mill a baseplate for the case from MDF or 15mm plywood of which you can see the bottom view above. In it there are different kind of holes of which the use will get more obvious furtheron in this description.

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In the three square cutouts on the sides 3 acryl-panels will be mounted in which (sponsor)logo's will be engraved or etched.
(next to these panels another cutout will be made to mount 10cm ccfl's to enlight the logo's).

The side which doesn't contain a panel will be the rear of the case where the cabling will go into it. It might be that I will place some feet under the baseplate so that the cabling can go underneath it..

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Once turend over, there wil be 4 MDF or 15mm plywood panels mounted on the baseplate, which together form the base of the case.

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In the round holes in the corners 4 aluminium tubes will be mounted which will be equal in height with the base.

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In these tubes 4 acryl tubes will be placed of which the outer diameter will be 1mm smaller than the inner diameter of the aluminium tubes, these are meant to ease the construction.

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On top of those 4 other acryl tubes will be placed, at this moment the case is almost at its maximum height.

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Out of acryl panels I will mill a number of layers which have the basic shape of the case.
On this image you can see the bottom one. This one goes over the acryl tubes and the square hole in the middle is 5mm smaller that the wooden base on all sides. This way it can be mounted to the base.

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Within the center square hole another panel will be mounted which is 1mm smaller on all sides (I will be needing this 1 mm gap to keep the meshx core accuratelly in it's place further on)

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Than small aluminium tubes with the same diameter as the 4 tubes in the base will slide over the acryl tubes, these 4 will be firmly attached to the acryl tubes (not the base).

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Yet another acryl layer will be placed on top of those, slightly bigger on the outside than the first one.

At this moment I can also place a square core of meshx which is the exact same size as the scuare holes in the acryl layers. The bottom of it will slide into the 1mm gap that was created in the bottom layer

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In the same way as above multiple layers will be made. In the middle 2 layers will be a tiny bit smaller again, just like the bottom layer to give it a bit more dynamic looks. These smaller layers will also have a different color than the rest.

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Once the semi-final layer is placed a square transparant acryl panel (window) will be mounted in the meshx core at the same height as the semi-final layer.

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Than the final layer can be placed, once again a bit smaller than the rest, the square in the middle of this layer will be smaller, or maybe even contain a logo cutour. This way it overlaps the top edges of the meshx core.

The last 4 aluminium tubes will be firmly mounted to the acryl tubes again, this way the entire top of the case can be easilly seperated from the base (see below)

In the 4 acryl tubes I will mount CCFL's, of which the wires will inivisibly go thrue the tubes into the base of the case.

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4 plastic cabs will be place on top of the tubes as a finishing touch.

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And there it is, the completely build up case!

But some hardware will have to go into it as well ofcourse.

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Because of the first aluminium tubes are mounted to the acryl tubes, the entire top of the case can easilly be sepperated from the base.
Which leaves us with just the base.

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On this base the hardware will be mounted, with the PCI tray in the bottom so all wires can be attached invisibly inside the base.

How I am exactly going to mount the hardware will depend on the hardware itself and I think it's best to figure this out at the moment the case is build up in general.

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In addition to the above, here's an exploded view of all parts of the basic parts of the case.

Finally, if everything will be possible for me, here's an impression of what the case should look likewhen it's completely finished.

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The materials and the most important tool

Before I start posting the actual work on the case here are some picture of the materials I have gathered for the case so far (thanksAC-Ryan! (http://www.acryan.com)).

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For the build of the case one certain tool will be used quite a lot, I’ve been thinking about buying one for quite a while, but now I really had to and I’m very happy with my new plunge-router :*) (a new word added to my English dictionary, I hope it’s the correct one ;)) complete with a set of different router-bits..

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The beginning

Shortly after my plunge-router and router-bits arrived I did some testing on a piece of leftover acrylic from XIXIV to find the best rpm for the cleanest cut.
I’ll be using a flush-trim bit which follows/copies a pre-made wooden mold, of course I did the testing with this bit as well.
The plunge router has an rpm range from 0 to 28.000 rpm (no load), divided in setting 1 through 6 with 2 subdivisions in between. I got the best result at setting 4 which (if the rpm’s are actually divided linear) would be about 18.500 rpm.


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Here you can see some of the test pieces lined up, I hope you can see the difference,, but the left/best looking piece is cut at setting 4.

The next step is creating de different wooden molds for cutting the different shapes.

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First of all I printed one quarter of each shape at a 1:1 scale on A3+ paper and glued these prints onto a piece of birch wood that I had lying around.

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After which I started cutting the pieces with my jigsaw.

This is the physical work done so far, it doesn’t look like much yet, but don’t forget the time the preparations took ;)

So far for the very beginning of the project! Let’s hope that a good beginning really makes a good ending!

[FrooP]

pretty...FRIGGIN AWESOME :pics: :D

[jdbnsn]

pretty...FRIGGIN AWESOME :pics: :D

Lol, what are you talking about Froop? He's got dozens of concept sketches and several pics, you are losing it maybe?

[FrooP]

i want mooooooooooore :D

[The boy 4rm oz]

This looks awesome. Reminds me of that Dark Blade mod over at BITtech. I love the concept sketches, hope it works out for you.

[xRyokenx]

Nice plans and all. I can't wait to see how this turns out... /subscribe and watch

[calumc]

That reminds me of a bike engine with cooling fins on
http://staffwww.fullcoll.edu/tmorris/elements_of_ecology/images/motorcycle_engine.jpg

[floriske.nl]

Thx for the compliments all! But be carefull with them, I only just started :twisted:


That reminds me of a bike engine with cooling fins on
http://staffwww.fullcoll.edu/tmorris/elements_of_ecology/images/motorcycle_engine.jpg
You're absolutely right ther, but the design is inspired by the following products:
http://www.teac.com/consumer_electronics/pix/Classic/SL-D80B.jpg
A TEAC "Vintage" Radio

and

http://www.aqua-computer-systeme.de/shopsystem/images/artikelbilder/21219.jpg
The shape of my Aqua-Computer AM2 waterblock

edit: I know, both not really the same thing as my design, but these are the pics that inspired me :D

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First update!

Finally here it is, the first update of my project :*)

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The past week I've been trying out if it's do able to make the aluminium tubes which together will form the legs of the case myself.
Therefor I bought a piece of aluminium pipe and a pipecutter at the local hardware store.

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This is what the pieces look like after they're cut, but........

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...with some patience and creativity this is the result :D

Because I want sort of a "Brushed" effect in the aluminium, and this isn't easy to achieve plainly by hand I had to think of something to be able to sand the entire contour of the pipe at once.

Here you can see the testversion of my solution.
I clamped te piece of pipe onto a "hole saw" (don't know if i't's the correct word), but this will be replaced by a rubber cap on which the pieces of tube will be clamped. A bolt will go through this rubber cap so I can mount it in my electric screwdriver. This because the current solution damages the inside of the pipe.

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The past week I've also been busy collecting/buying all kinds of materials I need/think I need for the project.

Of course the wood for the molds and aluminium tubes for the feet.

And I expanded my toolcollection with a pipe cutter, wire tap- and cut set, an el-cheapo digital caliper gauge, a set of cobalt coated metal drills and some sandpaper etc.

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I can't work with my plunge-router on my hobbyroom because It would become a too big mess, therefor I cleaned out the shed on our balcony and baptised it "Router-Shed" :*)

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Because my girlfriend works variable shifts (she's a nurse) and she had a day off yesterday (thirsday) I took a day off as well, and to make things even more enjoyable I also took today (friday) off so, amongst others, I could work on my mod a bit.

First of all I started cutting the other two mold parts. The ones which I'll be using for the acryl panels need some sanding, but I will do that later.

I started routing the (mold for the) baseplate of the case.

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I started with drawing the shape of the baseplate on one of the pieces of wood with help of the mold, after which I roughly cut around this shape with my jigsaw so I can interpret better where my mold is while routing.

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After this I screwed the quarter-mold onto the wood with two left-over pieces the extend it so nothing can accidentally go wrong.

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Clamped the whole onto my workmate

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On this picture you can clearly see how the router-bit "follows" the mold because of the bearing on it.

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After replacing the mold four times this is the result.

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And this is what it looks like after roughly sanding it the first time.

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On this picture I placed a 1,5l fanta-bottle onto the baseplate so you have a better vision of what size the case will become eventually.

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Finally a picture of the amount of saw-dust created by routing the first part, only 4 left to go ..... later!

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yay progress, I can already tell that this is gonna be awesome.

[floriske.nl]

Small update

I know I promissed you a bigger update, but I forgot that my girlfriend has nightshift this weekend and sleeps during the day.
It wouldn't be really nice of me if I would starting sawing and routing during the day would it ;)

But I do have a few things to show, so for the curious folks around here's a tiny update :D

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First of all my tool collection got an extra tool added to it this week thanks to an early "Sinterklaas" present (Wikipedia Explanation) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas)) from my parrents. I borrowed their Jigsaw en that's why they new exactly what to give me :D

It's a nice addon to my collection and I'm saving up for a tabledrill (http://www.buitelaar.nl/comasy/templates/product.aspx?contentid=237&productid=1802) and a sanding machine (http://www.buitelaar.nl/comasy/templates/product.aspx?contentid=237&productid=442) myself.

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Last weekend I went to a fellow dutch modder "43prcnt burnt" and picked up a stacker motherboard tray which he had bought for his project "Red Storm Ten" but didn't use. I was able to take it of his hands for a small amount of money and parts of it will be used for my poject.

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In the meantime I also finished the first two molds for milling the acryl panels. I'm going to make a duplicate of both before I actually start milling the panels, so I can clamp the Acryl-Panels in between these two molds. But first there's a lot of sanding left to do ;)

[The boy 4rm oz]

Base looks fantastic, keep up the good work.

[_ferry_]

My dad bought a mill last week, but he (and I hehe) are still figuring out how it works :D There are quite some additional tools and accesoires, and he's planning to use it for building a living room table.
In fact you want to make something like this panel, you create a template, use a bit and then follow the template? And the wheel on the milling bit should prevent you from milling into your template. Right? (and every mistake in the template will be visible in the final product hehe)

[floriske.nl]

Base looks fantastic, keep up the good work.

Thanks for the compliments :up: but I hope you meant the "base" of the work that I've done so far, because I would hate to disappoint you by saying that the last 2 pictures are just the molds for routing my acryllic-panels and the baseplate, and not yet the actual baseplate of the case ;)


My dad bought a mill last week, but he (and I hehe) are still figuring out how it works :D There are quite some additional tools and accesoires, and he's planning to use it for building a living room table.
In fact you want to make something like this panel, you create a template, use a bit and then follow the template? And the wheel on the milling bit should prevent you from milling into your template. Right? (and every mistake in the template will be visible in the final product hehe)

That's exactly how I'm working with the Plunge Router (a.k.a. Mill ;)) ferry, but like you said, there are a lot of different router bits available and all kinds of ways to get to your endresult, just grab some leftover pieces of wood and try them out :D

You are absolutely right that the template/mold needs to have as less imperfections in it as possible, but once you get it right you can use it over and over again (and that's exactly what I need here)

[Scotty]

Either my internet is being lame again, or your image links are dead.

[Ap1thy]

i think its your connection, they show up fine here

cool mod too, looks clean and sharp

[floriske.nl]

Either my internet is being lame again, or your image links are dead.


i think its your connection, they show up fine here

cool mod too, looks clean and sharp

we are having some server problems the past few weeks, once a while it just seems to lock up except for the server remote admin page from which we can reset the server after which it works perfect again.

We are currently trying to figure out what is going on, together with the server rental company.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Oh, yeah I forgot they were the molds lol. Look great anyway haha.

[floriske.nl]

Oh, yeah I forgot they were the molds lol. Look great anyway haha.
Lol! NP m8!

On the contrary, your remark gave me inspiration to think about adding another dimension to the base of the case, not the exact same shape as the acryl panels, but just maybe I'll add some more depth to it.

[The boy 4rm oz]

On the contrary, your remark gave me inspiration to think about adding another dimension to the base of the case, not the exact same shape as the acryl panels, but just maybe I'll add some more depth to it.

No problem mate, I do what I can lol.

[floriske.nl]

First acryl panels cut

This might just be one of the most important updates of this project.
Although the update itself isn't, but the things in it are ;)

Let's begin at the beginning:

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First of all last week I've been working on finishing the molds a few evenings.

I've made two copies of the original mold, this for two reasons:

So that, when something goes wrong, I will always have the unharmed original
If you look closely at the pictures you can see (middle of the stacks of 3 plates is the original) that the routed version becomes a tiny bit bigger than the mold itself, by making two copies I have two versions with the exact same size.


Here's a part that was a minor setback and turned out a bit different than I eventually thought.

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/040mallen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/040mallen.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/041mallen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/041mallen.jpg)

To keep the amount of work on the panels as minimal as possbile I wanted to drill the center holes of the legs of the case in the molds so I could easilly drill them in the acryl panels.
This would also come in handy to clamp the acryl panels in between the molds, two advantages in one step: the holes drilled in the panels as well as a way to clamp them in between the molds.

I printed and cut out the basic shapes of the molds with the exact spot of the holes on them and taped these onto the molds.

While drilling the holes it turned out to be difficult to get them in the exact right place because it's wood and the drill sort of seeks it's own way through.
Eventually the difference was too big to be able to use them.

So I decided not to use these holes and later on drill the holes in the acryl panels some other way.

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/042mallen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/042mallen.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/043mallen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/043mallen.jpg)

I had to think of another way to clamp the acryl panels in between the molds.

Because the center square of the panels will eventually be cut out as well it wasn't a problem to drill a few holes within it.
So I roughly drew the shape of the center onto the molds and drilled the holes for clamping them together within it.

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/044mallen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/044mallen.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/045mallen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/045mallen.jpg)

To make sure the acryl panels won't get scratched by the wood of the molds without having to cover them in masking tape I cut their rough shape out of cardboard, so I can clamp the acryllic panels in between these two cardboards panels.

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/046frezen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/046frezen.jpg)

Here's the first panel clamped in between the molds.

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/047frezen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/047frezen.jpg)

and here it is after routing it, the end result will follow soon :P

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/048frezen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/048frezen.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/049frezen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/049frezen.jpg)

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/050frezen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/050frezen.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/051frezen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/051frezen.jpg)

But first some pictures my girlfriend took while I was rounting the second panel :blush:

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/052resultaat.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/052resultaat.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/053resultaat.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/053resultaat.jpg)

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/054resultaat.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/054resultaat.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/055resultaat.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/055resultaat.jpg)

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/056resultaat.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/056resultaat.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/057resultaat.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/057resultaat.jpg)

And here's the final result :dremel: I'm very pleased with it, the routing goes very well and the result is beyond my expectations.

Just for your info, the above pictures are taken right after I took the panels out of the molds, no sanding paper has been used yet!

For those who might have noticed, there was a minor flaw in the mold for the smallest panel, but fortunatelly I was able to fix this with some extra sanding and will be able to fix it in the first cut panel as well

So far for this, In my opinion very succesfull, update

[brinkz0r]

Wow those panels came out really good, especially when they're sanded and all :) Keep it up!

[The boy 4rm oz]

Very nice mate, great work.

[floriske.nl]

Thx once again!

I'm very pleased with the results so far, despite the minor setback

I'll keep you posted!

[floriske.nl]

It's been a while since I have posted here, but here I am again ;)

I have some bad news for some of you (who are dying to see a new update):

There is some delay in the progress of the project, because me and my girlfriend bought ourselves a house last week.

As you can imagine there are a lot of things that have to be arranged for it and there is also some work to do on the house as well (It's brand new and still needs a bathroom, kitchen etc.) some of this work will be done by myself.

We expect to move in at the beginning of march and till then we are quite busy with all kinds of stuff because of which I won't have much time to work on my project.

I want to try to do some work in between, but can't promise anything.

As soon as we moved in our new house and I have more time I will start working on it more frequent again.

Till then please be patient ;)

[The boy 4rm oz]

NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I was so looking forward to an update. Oh well, all in good time. Congratulations on the house.

[Fuganater]

Well at lease you let us know. GL on the move. I've had to move my brother and sister to their new places so I know how much work it really is. Try to find time to mod!!!

[IndyRacer27]

Congrats on the new house. I like your project so far. Can't wait for you to continue. What program(s) did you use to make your concept art? Those renders are great.

[billygoat333]

i'm jealous!!! i want a house! good lookin stuff so far... excellent. hopefully the house came with a garage or a shop for modding! :)

[jdbnsn]

I'll be patient, the end of this project will be well worth the wait.

[floriske.nl]

NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I was so looking forward to an update. Oh well, all in good time. Congratulations on the house.
I'm truly sorry m8! But very happy with the house as well, so please be patient ;)

Well at lease you let us know. GL on the move. I've had to move my brother and sister to their new places so I know how much work it really is. Try to find time to mod!!!
I will try, but like said, can't promise anything!

Congrats on the new house. I like your project so far. Can't wait for you to continue. What program(s) did you use to make your concept art? Those renders are great.
Thx! For both the congrats and the compliments. I used 3Ds Max for creating the concept art.

i'm jealous!!! i want a house! good lookin stuff so far... excellent. hopefully the house came with a garage or a shop for modding! :)don't be jealous, I bet your time will come as well!

The house has a garage indeed and a pretty big attic of which a certain part will become my hobby room.


I'll be patient, the end of this project will be well worth the wait.
I truly hope you are right there jdbnsn, I truly hope so!

[FrooP]

please show your house somewhen ;)
:pics:

[floriske.nl]

please show your house somewhen ;)
:pics:

your wish is my command :alien:

http://www.floriske.nl/external/huisje.jpg

[billygoat333]

i love the front window. and a garage! woo!! :)

[D1337]

Um, if your garage roof is flat, which it looks like from the picture, rain water is going to build up and cause leaks/a collapse.

Just thought i should point that out ASAP, if you didnt already realize it.

[TEAMIKKE]

Nice one! Time for some house-modding?

@D1337: If you look very close, you can see a grey tube runing down right from the garage. I'm guessing, but it's just a guess off course, that it functions as a drainage for the roof.

;)

[floriske.nl]

Um, if your garage roof is flat, which it looks like from the picture, rain water is going to build up and cause leaks/a collapse.

Just thought i should point that out ASAP, if you didnt already realize it.

Lol, I hope you are kidding me right?

If not, see Teamikke's post above ;)

[NightrainSrt4]

Um, if your garage roof is flat, which it looks like from the picture, rain water is going to build up and cause leaks/a collapse.

Just thought i should point that out ASAP, if you didnt already realize it.

I was thinking the same thing, although I saw the pipe, but if you look closely in the picture the top of the pipe doesn't look connected to anything. As long as it has some way of draining correctly.


I like the house though, looks nice. Once the grass grows back in, and maybe some plants and stuff it will look killer. Good find!

[calumc]

Where I come from we would call that a flat roof :)
Theyre sloped slightly into one corner (only about 2'' of a drop) and provided they're laid properly they shouldnt cause any problems

[Darth Dad]

Congrats on the house! :banana:

Looks like you got a attic... They always make great hide aways for hobby stuff like modding!

[floriske.nl]

Roof edge
________
___|_ _ _ _ \ Sloped roof
| |_ _ _ _ _\_____________________
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
^
|
Drainpipe

I hope the above picture helpes solve all worries about the roof.

Overhere in the Netherlands this type of roof is very common, as said by Calumc the roof is sloped into one corner.

It has an edge which is sloped as well and higher than the roof itself.

Together these two factors force rainwater to one corner where a drain is made through the roof edge where the water can run through into the drainpipe to the sewer.

[floriske.nl]

Despite the fact that we are very busy arranging all sorts of things for our new house (of which we will get the key next monday :D) I did manage to route the outlines of the rest of the acryllid layers as well :)

I have routed one sparepanel of each size, so when something goes wrong with one of them I won't have to make a new one.

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/058platen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/058platen.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/059platen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/059platen.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/060platen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/060platen.jpg)

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/061platen.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/061platen.jpg)

Here's the result!

Furthermore I've spoiled myself last week by once again expanding my tool collection.

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/062speelgoed.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/062speelgoed.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/063speelgoed.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/063speelgoed.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/064speelgoed.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/064speelgoed.jpg)

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/065speelgoed.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/065speelgoed.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/066speelgoed.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/066speelgoed.jpg) http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/067speelgoed.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/067speelgoed.jpg)

http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/thumbs/068speelgoed.jpg (http://www.floriske.nl/casemodding/images/core4/fotos/068speelgoed.jpg)

with:


Hacksaw
HBM-100 Belt- and disk sander:
Spare sanding belts and disks.
HBM-16 Mill- and drill machine with:
A set of 20 Tin-Coated mill-bits
A set of 6 Tin-Coated V-groove mill-bits
A set of 8 HSS chissels
100mm drillclamp
12mm steeldrill
13mm steeldrill


So far fot this short update!

Hereby I would like to wish all of you all the best for the new year! And don't forget to ............ "Keep modding !!!!"

[calumc]

Sweet set of tools!

[The boy 4rm oz]

You can never have enough tools.

[floriske.nl]

Sweet set of tools!


You can never have enough tools.

You are absolutely right there, proper tools are a very important thing when it comes to casemodding!

[_ferry_]

Nice job about the tools! Guess you'll use them well ;)

I'm curious about lightning the acryl panels. But I guess i have to wait a few months before We can see how it will turn out.

[p0Pe]

i like the fact that u say "when" something goes wrong xD... and nice tools!..

[floriske.nl]

Nice job about the tools! Guess you'll use them well ;)

I'm curious about lightning the acryl panels. But I guess i have to wait a few months before We can see how it will turn out.
I'll try _ferry_ I'll try ;)

The acryl panels will bel lit by a CCFL in each "Leg" of the case.

If you look closely at the building description you can see that the legs aren't made of one piece of aluminium tubing.
They are all small tubes in between the panels.
Inside these tubes there is a clear tube in which the CCFL's will be placed.
This way, when turned on, the CCFL's will light the corners of the panels. and hopefully a bit more.

i like the fact that u say "when" something goes wrong xD... and nice tools!..
LOL :D I meant "IF" ofcourse, sorry for that, but I am and always will be dutch, so my english won't be flawless ;)

[p0Pe]

well:P in either case its god to be prepared:D happy new year btw

[Luke122]

*nudge*

Any updates? :D

[floriske.nl]

*nudge*

Any updates? :D

LOL! :D

Nope sorry m8! Still very busy with the new house.
We are moving in soon and I hope starting to work on Core4 again at the end of the month!

So be patient a little more ;)

[Enigma]

So be patient a little more ;)

Patience is not something im familliar with, but for this kick a.. mod to be, i could wait for eternity :banana:

Keep it up !!!

[billygoat333]

hope the house is going great... and get back to this mod soon! :P

[floriske.nl]

hope the house is going great... and get back to this mod soon! :P
The house is going pretty ok atm, we moved in last week, but there still is a lot to do, I hope to get back to modding once a while sometime at the end of the month!