Yes,... hard work but I dont know about the planning though:) Everything is usually planned out the night before and it's usually a drawing. LOL.
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Yes,... hard work but I dont know about the planning though:) Everything is usually planned out the night before and it's usually a drawing. LOL.
Hell, have you seen what some people on these boards will pass of as planning? Most of these guy's don't even measure, they just hack! (No offence-but it's a truth!) I like a good plan under my belt. But it usually ends at a drawing and some scribbled numbers on a peice of paper. That is if i don't use CAD to plan everything.Quote:
Everything is usually planned out the night before and it's usually a drawing.
-Dave
Very nice work, Tribal, as always.
This thing is looking more TRON every time I see it. I absolutely love the design, and the craftsmanship is stunning. You're definately an inspiration.
Tiny update.
Apr-25-2006
Cleaned my buffing wheel! Didnt use a brick either:) I used a RAZOR! MUH HA HA HA!!!
Look how clean! I cut that **** right off! It was pretty cool, messy, but cool:) Quick too:)
This is how I did it. I rested my hand on a piece of wood and turned it on. After it was spinning full force,... I slowly touched the wheel just a bit past the crap I was trying to get rid of. The razor literally cut it off. Stuff flying all over the place. Easy.
All the crap that came off or got cut off:)
After buffing with the new surface of the wheel. You can see some scratching there,... thats mostly from drying off the piece with a paper towel. so abrasive:( Oh weel,... with does really bother me all that much. It looks better then before.
Other then the wheel,... the only other thing I got down was installing the mounting threadserts for the front panel. Looks sharp,... let me tell you. Nice.
I have to work some double shifts this week so I most likely wont be able to get anything down this week. Maybe on saturday I will be able too. I might try and squeeze some work in this week. We'll see what happens.
Awesome. Your precision with a drill is astounding. Especially drilling something like perspex... I could never get mine as perfect as that :)
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Originally Posted by Stygian Shane
It's easy dude. You just have to grind the bits right:)
what do you mean "grind the bits right":? tell us master, tell usQuote:
Originally Posted by tribaloverkill
I think he means grind the bits to a sharp point. With normal bits with my experience the acrylic cracks, but with either a hand made "grinded" bit or a bit you can buy specifically for plastic you can get uncracked plastic. :)
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...?t=745&page=12Quote:
Originally Posted by GT40_GearHead
Read there and check out the video that can be found there too. In the video,... a 1/2" bit ground properly for acrylic, spun full speed, no cracking or anything. A perfect hole.
The point isnt as important and the flatsiding the edges. Remember, with acrylic,... you want to scrape to cut. Not gouge. Gouging = cracking.Quote:
Originally Posted by sXenoG
I finished mounting the first side and I attatched the front shield to that side. Flawless.
Apr-27-2006
A side shot. Polished nicely but still needs more:)
HEEEEEELP!!! Traped within my work. Reminds me of the superman movie with the three villains trapped in the mirror.
Boink.
Nylon spacers. BA BLAM!
CRASH!!!!!
Inside the case. Ha Ha HA HACHOOOOO!!!
Bless you.
Thanks.
Anytime.
:)
Day-um!
Nice work!! Really looks good in the case.
I never even realised how small it was until i saw it in the case. You pay a lot of attention to detail.
Definately one of the best modders i've ever seen.
-Dave
Thanks dude:)Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveW
BEAUTIFUL, nothing more nothing less.
looking good tribal
UPDATE!!! I BLEW MY MOBO AND MY PSU!!! HA HA HA, HELL YEAH!!! WHOOOOO HOOOO!!! NOW I DON'T HAVE A MACHINE TO UPDATE WITH!!! YEA! WHO'S THE MAN!!! F@#$! S@#$! B@%#$&! ARGH! Don't ask how the hell I did that,... I don't know. I swear,... I went to reinstall XP and WHAM! I dont know what went first,... I think the mobo did and then some how the mobo fried the PSU. After I turned the computer on and off a couple of times it killed the dog. It wouldnt turn on anymore. I saw the ethernet light on mobo lit up. It wasn't blinking but it was lit. I went to the garage to do some work on the project and then went back up after awhile to find all the fans running but still no pc activity. So I tried to start her up again and nothing. So I unplugged the psu and then plugged it back in. now the ethernet light isnt on. I disconnected the atx power connector and tried jumping the PSU on and nothing. So I figured the PSU was dead. So I went out and bought another cheap PSU and and still nothing. I have to go out and buy a cheapy mobo now. I opened the PSU and this electronic part thing came out. LOL. It blew in half. It's a black barrel thing. It has a silver stripe running the parameter of the barrel at one end. It has some writing on it two with the same silver color. There are two metal pieces to it and they dont touch in the center of the barrel when it all together. I forgot whats it called but is it a one way thing? It's prevents current from going in the wrong direction? I dont know.I have pics of all this mess. Ayways,... I have been working on the HDD rack. The other side is almost done! I just have to polish it up nice. The fam is ready to be mounted. I just have to make the fan cover/ chute and the HDD rack support brackets and it's done:)
That would be a power diode.
But bad luck about that... killing hardware is always painful.
You think if I got a new one and resoldered it to the PSU it would work fine? I could use it in the shop to run fans, pumps whatever for my projects as oppose to running up stairs and riggin that stuff to my machine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stygian Shane
That would work, just be very careful not to make any additional connections on the PCB, either that or it could be worse. Also, check the motherboard for bulging capacitors, these can cause the computer to not start up, I know, I still have a motherboard here that won't start up due to this reason (I still need to get the components and finish that tutorial I was writing) but if the motherboard is under warrenty, send it back! If it isn't, replace any components you can by yourself, ie capacitors and other things like that.
**** man that's gotta suck, But the case looks awesome. Keep up the good work.
I'll have to check to see if it's under a warrenty. Thanks dude.
Hey, no problem. Always glad to help out.
Lol.
I have been slowly working my way through your worklog, and all i can say is...It is very nice, the modding of dreams!!
Those perspex drilling bits, just get em from the hardware?
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Originally Posted by Shikimaru
You can buy special plastic bits, but normal bits are easy to modify. Just grind a flat on each side of the ends. This forces the bits to use a "scraping" action instead of a "rip the crap out of it" action, which is good for the plastic. If your successfull, two spiraling patterns of scrap should emerge when you drill with them.
Ouch. That PSU and Mobo sucks. Been having my oen comp problems. Not nearly as bad, but I doubt my HDD should sound like a chainsaw. I think thats a bad thing. Good luck with the new mobo/psu.
Damn same thing happened to my speaker system. Smoke was coming out of it so I opened the ampliphier and out came a few little black things with silver rings around them.
I got it fixed by getting new ones and re soldering them in. Works fine now. :D
Check it out! It's the update that was held hostage by some blown computer hardware! LOL! Ok. Before I get into that I would like to mention a few things first. Things are changing around here by me. I am moving next month into an apartment and my mother is selling her house. So I won't have a shop:( BUT! I have been talking to A.C.Ryan and they are still backing me up on whatever I want to do. So this is what i'm going to do, ummm,...... get another shop! DUH! I also have some good news for you guy too. I'm not going ot explain it all right now. I am going to redesign my web page, tribaloverkill.acryan.com. I'm going to convert it from a webpage to a website where I will post there regularly. Everything you need to know about me and what i'm doing with ACRYAN can be found there. You have to check it out. It's important! All my worklogs will be there, pictures only though. You have to visit the forum here for my comments on how I did certain things yadda yadda. There's some other stuff that you guyz will need to read once I am done. If you dont read it,.. you WILL miss out:) Miss out on what? Well,... you'll have to read it when it's up. I'll be working on this website ASAP! I'll let you guyz know it's it's done. I think thats all i have to say right now. TO THE UPDATE!
May-10-2006
First,... here's the pics of the PSU "thing". Power Diode right?
Pretty sure it came from here. You see the two holes? You think if I got a new one and solder it back it would work again? Well,... I bought a new one and thats what im using right now. I also got a new mobo and that was all I need to get my machine back up and running. Thank god:)
Here's the other shield! the other side that is,...
Taped and ready to be cut out.
Cut, filed, sanded, polished(on the other side),...... flung against the wall at the speed of sound, banged to S@#$, banged flat again, filed again, sander again, polished,.... again. Done. PHEW!!!!!
PATENT PENDING BABY!!! LOL.
Ugly bolt heads I know. I'm going to get my hands on some nice ones down the road. You wont even see these bolts though. Going to replace them anyways.
The type of bolt being used is the kind where the threads on the bolt dont go all the way to the head. The nylon washer has two jobs. Space the fan and hold the fan bolts to the shield. Just turn the bolts to fasten the fan down baby!!! It's sweet.
Fan mounted! How cool is that! Pure yum.
To mount the shield to the HDD rack,... you fasten it down through the blades of the fan:) It was pretty easy!
Done. Lights off.
Lights on. How cool is that. I love it.
Inside the case.
Lit.
Some chrome hose,...
So what you guyz think? Going to be designing the fan shield/ cover, whatevre its going to be very soon.
Cool. I like it a lot.
I can't wait for it to be done.
Thanks dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by d_stilgar
I love your attention to detail, that is what makes a modder a great modder. I also like how everything is perfectly planned ahead - like the chrome pipes fititng perfectly into your slots, everything coming together in perfect unison.
Keep it up bro, can't wait for more!
P.S.: what are you going to do about a shop? (poor soul, you, poor soul)
I have to start looking for one. I need something thats atleast the size of a one car garage, two car garage would be great. I have to makes some calls too about purchasing materials bulk from the manufactures. I want to see what their MOQ's are and pricing.Quote:
Originally Posted by tybrenis
man you are WOW!!
Until a week ago I'd never heard of modding cases beyond fancy fans and lights, I'm in a band and dress up as a robot and was looking for some new gear for my suit when I started to see what people are doing to their cases. I've seen hundreds of mod jobs in a very short time and your case is BOSS! I've been glued to your worklog for hours! One question though, why not chuck the lian li (there's not much left now) and knock a case up around what you've made already?
And for the love of god will you post an update? :D
HA HA HA!! thanks dude:) Well,... I actually hate working on the Lian-Li,.. kinda. It's cool but I'm a designer. I liek to make my own stuff. So this will be the last case I cut up. Everything after blackout will be designed by me and made by me from scratch:) Thats going to be way cool. I have stuff planned that will knock your socks off, seriously. This one case,... you guyz are going to go nuts over. I'm going nuts over the idea. You think blackout is hot? Blackout aint got **** on this next computer Im going to make. God I cant wait. As for an update,... I think I am going to hold off on blackout for a bit until ACRyan and myself get the new studio up and running. Just going to work with LE for a bit. Next month we should have the studio up and running:) Keep your shorts on:)Quote:
Originally Posted by kingstog
`gasmQuote:
Originally Posted by tribaloverkill
Hey good luck with A.C. Ryan and the studio. I was also checking out your funky reservoirs, KEEP IT UP MAN!
man, i wish i had this type of workshop, and these types of tools at my disposal!! you have customized your case completely and won't settle for anything less than perfect. Hehe, as mentioned before, this is art it's so far beyond modding. Lookin good, can't wait to see more progress!:D
