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I believe the "bar" is what Langer was referring to when he answered back in October
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One of the fins did in fact break, the router caused some vibration which shook a fin into the cutting path. No worries though, I've already made some design adjustments to negate the error.
oops missed that :facepalm:
I just read every single page. This is the project that makes me want to mod computers.
Sorry for the pause, however school is done and I'm back at it.
I'm modding daily again and will have an update coming friday.
Good to hear buddy, I have been waiting for this day for a long time :D.
Ahh, let the insanity continue! Welcome back man! At some point, I expect details on the final project(s) from school.
Happy to see you back! I was starting to get worried!
Greetings and Hello fellow modders and enthusiasts.
First I'd like to start off by stating that I'm very sorry for the long wait! I apologize for the hold-up.
Life threw a few curveballs my way, and the Digital Design program at Vancouver Film School is intense; I can count on 1-hand the number of times I was able to go out and have fun this year. The course demands the completion of 81post secondary credits in just 1 year (as a comparison, many of my friends attending University here in Canada are required to complete only about 20credits a year).
Now it's all done and over with, if you'd like some info on where it's taken me check out the about page on my, still developing, website. I don't have much of my latest work on there but the about page should do a good job of summing me up. http://jesselang.ca/about-me
LETS GET TO IT SHALL WE?
I am proud to present, for your viewing pleasure, update number 53 in project PrometheusCU
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When we last left off I was rushing to get parts cut in the week before I had to pack-up and move west to Vancouver. At that time I moved into a Hotel for the first 3months, and had 0access to any kind of shop. For the most part, the project has been packed and boxed awaiting completion.
I took it upon myself to take another jab at modding full force back in January/Febuary - however my final project took precedent.
Last firday afternoon I grabbed my files, the rough-cut copper parts, and a comfy spot on the couch and spent the day filing.
Since friday, I've spent every day morning-night filing copper... my inexperience with the CNC router cutting process combined with the increased cutting speed I needed to get the parts done in time yielded very very ****ty edges. Just about each piece has needed between 5-10hrs+ of filing to get perfect, and even then I'm only just finishing the first pass of filing on most parts.
(In trying to land a gig working at Google they gave me a NexusOne to play with - and being that it's the only camera I have at home at the moment: Pictures presented by Google :))
I'll start with some detail images of the edges left by the CNC router:
It looks like a dog breakfast for now, but thankfully they all clean up REALLY nicely.
Here I've placed the carbon behind the copper as it will be in the end:
A quick preview of where I'm at with the first pass of filing:
Here's another mock-up with the carbon:
I'm just about finished pass 1 on these parts:
I couldn't leave you without some previews of how the case stands at the moment:
Here's a head-on shot of the drive-bay area showing how the PICO and Pump are to be mounted:
Note the clearance... of 0:
The addition of the reservoirs required the pump be oriented differently, which of-course means cutting something:
Some of you who have been following this project for (how long has it been now?) may recall my former shop and working facilities: PHOTO GALLERY LINK.
Well gone are those days, I'd like to introduce to you my current workshop - from soldering to grinding, drilling to filing this is my home:
Here's my view of today's gloomy Vancouver weather - it may rain alot here but the sunny days make it more than worthwhile:
Not being one to shy away from a good pun; I want to share with you the location where PrometheusCU has been living for the past year.
This is the wall above the bed in my bedroom - this project has quite literally been looming over my head for the past 9months. It's the last thing I see at night (on the slow nights anyway ;)) and the first thing I see in the morning. I even had visions of being crushed by faulty Ikea shelving overweighted with copper, which I must admit would have been a pretty good irony.
Sorry again for making you all wait, but I'm pretty sure that most of you will agree with me when I say it was worth it. :)
That's all I have for you for now.
Life is pretty lax for me now. I am doing a lot of consulting for usability and interaction design projects attempting to harness social media - most of which I do from home. In short: I have lots of time for modding now, and I plan on taking advantage of it.
The next update with be accompanied by a number of surprises - thanks for reading.
Tune in soon.
*j
nice! glad you're back!!
Good to be back
Thanks a lot.
On the topic of kinky tubes:
This is a quick mock-up, and the tubing will sport stainless steel anti kink coils and a layer of nylon multifilament sleeving over top. In the end that will not be an issue.
Here are some very early mock-ups showing a rough result:
*j
I'm glad to see you back and working on this again.
Nice work
PrometheusCU Video Teaser
A logo bumper created by a friend of mine - www.joshuamichie.com - in anticipation of the completion of project PrometheusCU
Good to see you back, bro. I must admit, there are a few nods to Prometheus in my current project, Elemental Nocturne.
Much has changed. Be good to catch up some time.
Very nice work, and I liked the pic of the view in Vancouver. It's one of those places I've always wanted to go to but haven't gotten to yet. It's rainy/gloomy in Alabama today too.
Very glad to see you working on this project again. And even happier to know that everything looks better then I remember it. I can't wait for more.
I'd like to invite everyone who is interested to follow me on my Facebook page.
Of course I will still be updating on the forums, and on my website, however the JLI Facebook page will be the best source for up-to the minute updates on my projects (new and old), exclusive info, and prize details.
JLI Facebook Page
*j
Done :D.
^^ same :)
Yup
d.o.n.e
I guess I'm due for something here, aren't I?
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ON 'PROMETHEUSCU':
It's all just more of the same until I'll get all this copper looking perfect.
As a point of reference: it takes ~2-3days of morning-night filing to finish each piece (and I still haven't started buffing and polishing).
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ON OTHER PROJECTS IN LIFE:
I've been working on a couple other projects at the moment...
most of my work is all digital, but sometimes I get to get dirty. Currently I'm volumteering my time and skills to build an interactive museum exhibit for school-children.
A project funded by Environment Canada (although I decided to use the entire meager budget on materials and fabrication instead of taking home a paycheck) - the table will be reproduced and set-up across Canada in various museums to communicate point-source and non-point source pollution.
Here's how it stands (the surface is being CNC machined ATM from ABS plastic sheets):
Still need to wire up all the lights, the water-pumps and all the fun interactive arduino stuff.
I know it's not exactly topical, but it's for the children so I feel it to be appropriate for posting.
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ON 'HELIOS' (MY NEXT MOD):
On another note. The fabrication for my next-mod (a super rapid production) called Helios will be going down next week. July 5th-15th
Here's the planning thread
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ON 'JLI1' (MY NEXT COMPUTER BUILD):
On another, another note: I'm also building an EVGA SR-2 system featuring 24GB of ram, 7xwatercooled GTX480 GPUs, and 2xXeon x5680s under phase-change. This will just be an assembly project and won't be featuring any 'real modding'.
Here's the planning thread
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ON LIFE:
This week as also seen the debut of my company - I'm very happy to say that JLI (Jesse Lang Innovation) is now incorporated, has offices open for business, and comes to the table armed with some new heavy financial investors. :D
Doing consultation and development for large-scale social algorithms, system frameworks, information architecture and other cool sh*t for improving online/offline/and mobile experiences.
Were in the process of SEC filing, so look out for us soon in a stock market near you. ;)
I'm also very excited to say that the office is located at the plush Park Place building at 666 Burrard here in downtown Vancouver's financial district.
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ON CONCLUSIONS
Therein lies the reason for my lack-of updates... everything is planned to take me closer and closer to what I love to do most - modding. In the next year I hope to be spending the vast majority of my time grinding and filing my way to modding bliss.
Despite the seeming lack of updates progress continues steadily these days - my new career path grants me a lot more freedom than I've known in the past (I've finally learned how to hire others to do my work for me, lol). Expect great things.
I'm well on my way to participating in this whole modding game on a whole new level - and I'm excited to say that it's coming together faster and better than I ever could have planned.
Thanks for taking the time to read through this mess.
Take Care, and see you all shortly.
*j
Congrats on your business mate, I hope all goes well :D.
Very cool mod. Just wanting to know if this is completed or not and where new pictures are of it.
Thanks,
D.
Great job.
Not complete yet, and I haven't posted any images of my recent progress. :)
But it will be completed soon enough, there's not a force on this earth that will stop me from finishing this project... I am a very patient man and I'm waiting for the opportunity to be able to give Prometheus the time it deserves.
I ask for your patience in this matter as well.
Thanks a lot for posting, in the mean time please feel free to follow my latest project: Helios. It's going to be a very rapid construction the design allows for quick assembly once the parts are in hand. ;)
Take Care.
*j
very nice. re read alot of the log,, im still in love
I finally got a chance to take an inventory of all the parts. Save for 2 copper panels and 1 CF, which I am in the process of scanning into digital format, here is PROMETHEUSCU as it stands:
What is missing:
-PSU
-Feser XChanger Triple 120mm
-Secondary system: Pico-ITX motherboard to be attached to the 7” LCD on the front
-Tertiary system: AMD Geode based system running pfSence (for router, firewall, wifi card)
-Arduino board that controls all LEDs
-Second GTX 260(first one is being tested for stability)
-Hard disk/solid state disk drives
-Matrix Orbital GX Typhoon
To be done:
I plan to CNC the front panel out of copper, the original panel was damaged and I also plan to make a couple of revisions to it (add space for onboard audio amplifier, IR receiver, thunderbolt port, etc). Furthermore, as a tech is a little dated, I have plans to throw some newer components in it, but that will be arranged at a later date.
Jesse had access to quite a number of unique workshops with tools that are not exactly common. In light of this, progress will be a little slower than in the past, simply because I will have to seek out a machinist in order to begin any tangible work. Recently, I have started an internship at a local interactive design agency, they are working with materials and technology that lives on the bleeding edge of the industry. They have offered to introduce me to a couple of machinists they have worked with in the past, and hopefully that will be a good place to start.
Thanks for reading, more to come in the near future.
Sorry to hear about Jesse bud. Good luck on completing his work.
Sorry to hear man - he really had an eye for design.
Very sorry to hear about Jesse, he will be sadly missed. It is good to see someone finishing his work though.
Incredibly sad news, Jesse will be missed by many, Good luck with the project I will keep an eye out.
Heard about this through the grape vine. Really sad. Good luck man!
If anyone has any concerns feel free to PM me.
Fixed the pictures btw.
Current progress: I'm in talks with a local precision machining shop to nail down a price to get some of the cutting and bending work done.
Hopefully I will have a real update in the coming weeks.
Greetings to one and all!
My apologies for the infrequency of updates. I have prior engagements that I shall be rid of by the end of the coming week. Very excited for this, and other projects to come.
Since my last update, I have worked out an arrangement with a local sheet metal shop. Bill Lawson and his boys from Metallica Mfg came highly recommended to me from various friends.
Without further adieu, here are some glory shots of the copper monstrosity:
Filing all the pieces. Rotary cutting, unsurprisingly, does not give as clean of an edge as waterjet.
Panels, ready to transport
Some printouts I made for the machinist to better understand the folds I am looking to achieve.
Picture of part of the shop. They sure have many goodies in here!
"What a machine!"
Clean bends, very little marks on the metal.
The metal itself clearly still needs a bit of work. Sanding, polishing, eventually laser engraving followed by a clear coat.
Front panel is still very much unfinished in terms of filing.
Some teaser pictures of the underbelly
Hope you enjoyed,
Stay tuned for more!
Coming along great!
Glad to see the progress on this project, you are definitely doing it the justice it deserves.
drool drool drool!!!! love copper!
Very cool to see continued progress on this project. I remember being in awe when it started, and that is still the case today!
Alright Nice project intro, Id like to see how this will go too.
