Cool. Thanks:)
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Cool. Thanks:)
I still love the cradle while not the biggest fan of the arm but it look alot better in those 2 pics. And im sure once you get the other sthing in the case itll look great.
Thats totally ok. I love it! And I love it even more now that I have my pump tower in place:) I'll update in a minute.
Update.
Ok,...So I decided that I wanted some kind of enclosure for the pumps, tower like enclosure. I didn't have a sheet of the bendable aluminum that was big enough for this task so I went to the scrap bin. I decided to use the shell that I scrapped a while ago. It was shell one of three. Before I could use this aluminum I had to bend it back. It was pretty easy. As you can see it bend back nicely.
Here's the begining of the tower. It was a B@#$% bending this piece! I got it done though. One side here still needs to be cut.
After cutting the other side to size I tried fitting it. It fit perfectly.
Here a shot of it with some more work done. I rounded the corners at the top to make it a bit easier to get inot the case.
Here's what I am trying to accomplish.
Here the pumps are in place. Perfect.
I have to file down the tabs at the back of the tightening ring to keep the blue from showing. It will also allow the pumps to sit closer the mobo tray saving some space, 1/4" to be exact.
I am going to make two egg shaped shields that will be merely for show. They will be bolted to the original bracket mounts. These egg shaped shields that i will TRY to make will cover the old mounting post things and the I/O ports too. They will also cover up some of the rest of the pumps too. I dont know if I will be able to make them. It would require me to bang them into shape. I never done that kind of fabrication but I thought I would give it a shot. Let me know what you think!
Well you seem to get everything else looking so Damn Sweet, I'm sure you'll get your eggs looking good.
Gotta say this mod. just keeps getting better and better.... :D
The AN.....TICI.........PATION of what the finished thing is gonne be like is killing us..
wow I had no idea how huge that case is!..nice stuff so far. You should get some gasket material between those pumps and the alum housing--I have the same pump and it has a high pitch whine that gets worse without sound dampening :) In fact some spray on PlastiDip would be perfect for that column--the stuff is like a second skin
Man After that tower went in I have ot zip my lips cuz it looks perfectly fine. I love how all your bends in metal are so perfect. Whenver I sugest nething in metal to my dad he cringes and wants me to move to something else.. Is metal work very hard? Cus you make it look so dang good!
It's not that hard actually. I would say that the hardest thing to do with metal is filing with those small files:( I wish the files were a bit longer and a bit more coarse. Anyways. I love it. I do all my cutting with a jig saw using s fine tooth bit that tears through these sheets and I use files to file the sheets to an exact size. I scour all my lines into the aluminum with a scalpel or a nail so I know my lines will stay. Umm,... yea. It's easy. Bending,... if I cant do it with my hands I use the hammer. I use stuff around the house to set up jigs for bending such as boards, vises, bricks, whatever. Easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by sXenoG
Yea I can tell that by ur pics. LUCKILY for the mods ive got in my head no metal will be required so I wont need to bug my dad ne since im mostly using styrene plastic or wood. one of my ideas I do believe is entirely unique the other was inspired by a picture int eh project gallery.
When do you think you're gonna have this rig complete? Really cant wait to see it done but then ill be bummed out cuz then i have no anticipation of seeing more work being done by you :P You planning to do another mod in the not too distant future?
Wow,... totally forgot about sound dampening. Hmmm,... I have an idea. Once I grind away the tabs at the rear to the ring thing,... I am going to wrap the motor with the foam pad. Then I will cut two foam rings with a center opening being large enough to go over the padded motor. I'll then put the motor into the hole and this way the pump wont be touching the tower at all. I will have to file way some more of the holes to fit the padded motors. Thanks crimson. That plastidip looks sweet! If I knew about that stuff I would of use it for all the aluminum! Sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crimson Sky
