Project - Air Cube v2

Does a bit eh :), thanks slaveofconventention.

Some night & day shots with the new panels temporarily installed 1 layer type. I think I will give the double layered style a shot so plan for today is cut the sheets to size, trace the already made panels instead of draw them, cut them out, tomorrow tons of filing & sanding lol.

Pic time just to show what it'd look like as single layer, I will do the double layer :D.

I likle this nightshot best :).

To be honest though I was quite impressed with how these looked when I installed them so should look even better when doubled up :D.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention I painted the fan bolt heads ice blue :D, I got a strip of blue tack, pushed them through in a line, masked the threads, scuffed the heads, cleaned, primed, coloured, cleared.

Rather than make the extra panels, I just took the ones I made & stuck them together with mounting tape & stuck them in, here are the daylight shots, I'll do night ones later ;).

Also replaced my old & tatty alarm clock.

With this beaut, tells time, temperature & date, I'm going to make an angled platform for it, until then I'll use stacks of 2p's lol.

hot damn, those new cuts look amazing!!!

:D Thanks billygoat, each panel takes about an hour to do the actual cutting, then a tiny bit of filing here & there. Drawing the patterns on took longer lol, then 2 to 4 hours sanding the edges with 2 different grits 60 & 240 60 takes the longest, I cut thin longish strips of sandpaper, clamp the piece between 2 pieces of wood in a vice & clamp the top end to keep it steady & work from 1 end to the other bit by bit pulling back & forth with a little pressure with the strips of sandpaper until smooth so took 2 days altogether to do all 4 pieces.

Day 1 cut sheets to size, then mask it up, match up where the hole on the panel is & draw around it, then draw the designs on, then drill in key spots so the saw can get in, carefully clamp pieces of wood over the gap of the workbench then cut the shapes out adjusting the clamp as I go along.
Day 2 a full day of sanding, just what mp3 players were made for, well that & exercising :D.

I'll be having the rest of the day off, take the night shots, then decide if I do the doubled up version.

Ok, just taken the night shots but I'm unsure if I like them or not whereas the single I thought it looked fine straight away, wow I just don't know :?.

When I saw the top window with the beveled edges I thought WOW, that looks awesome. Then I saw the mesh effect and thought you had outdone yourself. Now with the doubled up alu patterns you have really outdone yourself, it looks fantastic. You really have done a lot of work while I was on holidays :D.

:D Thanks Jase, that 3 weeks flew by lol hope you had a good holiday mate :), the case is almost done, once I have these panels made, painted & attached I'll be contacting the guy who wants to feature it in a mag to let him know it's finished :), I just couldn't let it be featured knowing it could have been improved a bit here & there :D.

I admit the double layer looked good, but it disguised the pattern too much so since I'm yet to do the extra layer panels I thought I'd do a pattern that flows with the original ones, they could go above or below the originals, whichever looks best & sticking with the colours of the fans frame & blades, also decided to remake 1 of the top panels as it were not as good as the other.

So I have 5 panels to cut & sand, if I push myself I'll have the panels cut today & the sanding done tomorrow, but having said that the new patterns are less complex so should be a little easier.

Here is the side & top panel laid over what I'm going to do, I sure have my work cut out for the next days :eek:.

Holidays were awesome mate, would recommend New Zealand to anyone, especially the south island. However, sadly it's back to reality for me which means another semester of uni but also some time to finish planning my next project ;).

From what I can see the new patterns look more organic, more free flowing. I can't wait :D.

My mate says he loves new zealand & wants to go back there to live, sounds good there, study well & you'll breeze uni :).
Oh & you don't have to wait I got really stuck in again & got them all cut, just need to sand them smooth :D. Started about 3pm finished at 7pm, not bad for 5 panels :).

That's more work then I can get done in 4 hours, congrats. I can't wait to see the panels sanded up.