TRIBALOVERKILL, "Blackout"

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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?

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Thats cool. The one other thing about aluminum,... this computer is going to be HEAVY!!! It's already heavy and theres nothing in it! This computer is more then half done,... I would say about 60% done. I work on it almost everyday so progress is made everyday. The thing is that alot of the intricate work takes time. Plus,... planning takes time too. I would say very soon. Do I have plans for something else after this? Well,... I have to find another place to mod first. My gurl friends mother is wanting her garage back to store her stuff. My mother will let me use the garage at her house so I would say yes I have plans for other mods. I have several ideas in my head for mods. I just need the money and time to do them. This one idea I have involves panes of acrylic and aluminum. Basically a box where the sides dont touch. The side are like suppended in mid air using rods or something. Weird stuff but I think I might try and tacle that out next. I'm not sure. I wouldnt mind making my own version of an acrylic case. Lots of ideas.

Yea i wish I had the time and money to try all my ideas. But im just happy that Im finally going to start on something! The suspended side sounds very interesting but in all honesty I really dont understand waht u mean but it does sound interesting :P

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Originally Posted by sXenoG

Yea i wish I had the time and money to try all my ideas. But im just happy that Im finally going to start on something! The suspended side sounds very interesting but in all honesty I really dont understand waht u mean but it does sound interesting :P

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Ehhh it hard to explain. Dont worry about it. Maybe I'll draw it later and show you.

Whatever you wish to do I dont want to be bothersome to you ne.

On bending alluminum how did you learn to know where it would bend with the pipes?? did you read up on it somewhere or did you just do trial and error?

I started off trying to do bending with my current project (Mini WOPR http://forums.gideontech.com/viewtopic.php?t=29984) but the bends didnt turn out the way I wanted them to.

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Originally Posted by Malatory

On bending alluminum how did you learn to know where it would bend with the pipes?? did you read up on it somewhere or did you just do trial and error?

I started off trying to do bending with my current project (Mini WOPR http://forums.gideontech.com/viewtopic.php?t=29984) but the bends didnt turn out the way I wanted them to.

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I figured it out with trial and error. Here's a link to some pics of how I did it. I have to go to work right now. When I get there I post again how to do it. I think I said how to do it in my log so if you want to skim be my guest.

http://www.gruntville.com/phpBB2/vie...=asc&start=240

Ok,... it's very easy. First thing to remember is that your bends are going to be slightly larger then the pipe your using to make your bends. Also,... you want to mark and bend one bend at a time. If you make all your marks first and dont compensate for stretch all your bends except the very first bend will be off. If you dont use the actual bend size to calculate your marks too, your bends will be really off. To determine the actual bend size messure the bend, easy as that. Assuming you went through my log to see how I did the actual bends,... mark a line and bend that line. Take everything off the aluminum and sit it on a table. Set one side the the aluminum on the table and place a ruler against the other side so the ruler is sitting on the table. Make sure your aluminum is standing straight up. Messure from your bend line to the inside of the ruler. Thats your actual bend size and it should be a bit larger then the OD of the pipe you used. Now that you know what the actual bend size is,... all you need to do is subtract that from the size you are looking to acheive. Example,... say you are bending a box like the one I made. Your box is going to be 2 x 4 x 8 x 4 x 2. Now,... say you have a sheet thats 22" long. Now say your actual bend is 1". The first mark would be made 1" from the edge. Place that 2" side you just made flat on a table and stand a ruller up against the remaining aluminum to make your next mark. You next mark is going to be 3" up from the surface of the table. You do this for the rest of your bends. It's easy. By time you get to the end you will have extra aluminum. Even if you had a 20" sheet which is just enough according to the dimensions of your box. The fact that the corners are round will give you extra. Also,... theres some stretching going on too. Just mark and cut off the excess. Got it? GOOD! Peace.

I am gooooood:) Check this out.

I ground down the tabs on the pump ring some using a belt sander. This will let the pump sit closer to the tower.

Sound/ vibration dampening:) Thi sturned out very well! Better then i thought! The OD of the ring is a bit smaller the the pump ring and the ID of the ring is a bit smaller then the motor OD.

Place the foam ring over the hole in the towermaking sure its even.

Gently push the pump through the hole. Now the pump isnt touching the aluminum at all. I dont know how well it will work but it looks like it will do me some good:)

I am going to make some retaining clamps to keep the pumps in thier holes. I'm going to use this hole saw to make my bends. It's slightly smaller then the motors OD so I know when it springs back it will be just about the right size to fit over the motors.

First, I make a small bend at the end. This will be the first tab in which a bolt will pass through to tighten the clamp. You dont need to bend it a full 90 degrees. A bit past 45 degrees is fine.

Clamp the hole saw ontop of the aluminum like so. When done bend up. The aluminum is very soft so it beds with ease. I put an adjustable wrench over tabe I initially bent to bend it comppletely around the hole saw. The tab bent back a bit but thats good because when you band the second tab they will be paralelle to each other. If they are not they need to be.

Here the almost finished clamp in the vise. I just got done drilling out a hole for the bolt. Before I remove it I will cut off the slack. The tabs are together at this point so if I do cut off the slack it will be evenly cut off from both tabs.

Here I'm going to clean up the tops of the tabs with a file. I'm also going to round the corners.

Done:) How cool is that!

Both done!

Pumps mounted!

The tower is not done yet. I still have to cut some grooves in it and make look all pretty. Tomorrow I will do that. Till then peace out my fellow modders!

Really awsome you made some nice bends on there. you're making this thing looks os sleek and clean :)

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Originally Posted by sXenoG

Really awsome you made some nice bends on there. you're making this thing looks os sleek and clean :)

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Thanks sXenog. Thats the idea:)