Fantastic as always.
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Fantastic as always.
looking great as always
very nice again.
WOW TO! Incredible work as always man. +rep.
oioi tribal looks like things are going awsomly as per usual, i must ask though what is it you do as a job i ask this because A, to work them hours on this project you either have a really understanding bos or dont have a boss atall lol! and B, you are super super talented and should do this for a living, oh and what does the future hold for this case when its completad, will it be for your use or will it be purely a show piece used for shows by you and your sponsers?
Dude I work at hospital as a nurses aid. Why? I dont know. for the longest time I didnt know what I wanted to do for a career. I've been a nurses aid for like 8+ years now. Now that I found what I really want to do as a career,... I'm on it;) I work nightshift. Most of time I am tired as hell. When I am tired I can not think. All of the cool stuff you seen this past month I did while I was on vacation. I was on vacation for the entire month of Aug. Blackout is going to be my work hoarse eventually. At first I will take it to a few events and show it off. Give you guyz a chance to see it in person. After that it will be used to do some gaming and mostly work, processing pics, updating etc. I dont really have a sponsors right now. ACRyan is more like a partner as oppose to being a sponsor. I will try and get some sponsors towards the end of blackout. I will need hardware for it. After blackout is when I begin my journey,...
I forsee no problems obtaining sponsorship for that thing. Also, may I have it?
Shotgun! :P
Well i dont see you having any trouble getting great sponsership from some top notch company's for that work of art.Quote:
Originally Posted by tribaloverkill
you diserve a break with all the hard work your putting in there and i hope you get it, good luck man and i hope it all works out well for you.
God damn, I haven't looked at this project in a while. Any idea about how much you have into this project so far? Hours? $ of Materials?
I dont know how many hours,... how about years? Started this in Jan 2005. It really didnt take me that long though. I have been working on it on and off since then. I know there was a period of like 6 months a while ago that I didnt touch it. I just posted new stuff in LEVO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greco101
Damn, that would have been some interesting information for the magazine I'm sure it will be in. Maybe on your next build, keep a log of everything? Beautiful so far man... can't wait to see it finished.
yeah:D... what are you gonna do with the case afterwards?
I'm going to make appearances with it, enter it into contests,.... the whole nine yards. I bought all the shower hose I need for blackout I just got it in the mail the other day. 10 chrome shower hoses!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by p0Pe
nice:D... get going with them then! :p.. cant wait to se more updates!... this is godlike
I want pics lol.
I actually got a lot of stuff in the mail,... a load of stuff from acryan to try out and use. I still have more stuff I need from them. I got UV blue hose for blackout, aluminum rods, o-rings, copper rods, nylon rods, lathe bits, more acrylic rods and tubes,... whatelse? I cant remember. The hose.
Sounds good, can't wait.
Welcome back! Time for some Blackout goodness,.... now, where was I?
Oct-08-2008
I was here! I left off here. Installing chrome shower hose wire sleeving. As you can see I got all new shower hose. I want my hoses to match. Stupid me forgot to buy new shower hose for the HDD enclosure. Damn. I'll have to buy some more. I'll buy from the same place. S@#$ better match. This stuff isnt cheap.
Here's the old hose where I left off. Have to remove them.
I have to dremel away the pins I used to fasten the hoses in place.
Thats was easy enough.
The bracket. I have to make another one of these for the HDD rack.
New hose, old hose. The new hose shrinks when its loose while the old hose expands. The new hose is nickel plated brass where the old hose is steel.
Have to cut all the new hoses in half.
Done. They are all about the same. Some of the hoses are expanding a little bit. Thats why they seem longer.
I drill holes in the ends fro the pins. Drill through this hose was easy seeing its brass.
Here are some pins I had left over from the last time. It's not enough though. I need more. I made these using the left over stem of a pop rivet.
I made them using this mold I made a while ago.
Pretty obvious how it works. I clamp it in the vise and smash away!
Put the stems in the mold. Make sure they are touching the bottom. Then you clip them like so,...
Like this. Make sure they are not to long. But not to short.
Then you smash them in. I wish it was as easy as smashing them in because you cant just smash em in. You have to kind of work them in. Hammering around the tip in circles. Moving is down into the mold. Just smashing it will make it bend over and be all sloppy.
Done.
Pins in hoses.
So cool. Better than tape or glue:)
I use this in the vise for,...
.
This. Now I just hammer in circles aroudn the tip until it forms a mushroom on top locking the hose in place.
Like so.
So damn cool.
So whats next? I would like to wire up the PSU but I have to ask. Whats a good PSU these days? For a really beefy computer? Assuming I was able to get some sponsors to donate the latest and greatest,... whats kind of PSU whould I have for all that? I want SLI and the whole nine yards. I have a OCZ 520w PSU right now. What do you think?
In the mean time I think I'll polish this out. It's time.
ZAP!
By far teh best polishing I have done yet. I used ONLY a 5" felt polishing disc on my drill press at 2100rpm with some high gloss polishing compound. I stop at 220grit sanding. Do you know that I was able to polish out 220 marks within seconds with this setup?!?! Seconds!! I could not believe how fast it was! Took no time whatsoever. And it by far did the best polishing I have ever done. I wont be using the table grinder anymore:)
Pump mounting arms. Just installing them for the hell of it. I need new pumps anyways.
Polished back panel.
Pump covers.
Together again. How sick is that!
Seeing that it took no time whatsoever to polish,... its time to repolish all the old stuff.
Blackout's end is near approaching. It's so close that I am not sure as to whether or not I should start seeking hardware. I dont want to get hardware to soon because around here,... s@#$ happens and I dont want to keep the sponsors waiting. Plus I have to figure out what I'm going to do with blackout. I want to keep it as my main processing station because I need a new computer with mucsle for all my pic, video, and 3D modeling. The pc im using now is crap. The thing is that I need to get this thing around so people can see it in person. the sponsors need their exposure. I think I will keep going without hardware for now. Keep doing as much as I can without it all. I still haver to make a reservoir for Blackout too. That I will not reveal until Blackout is completed. I will keep it covered so you cant see:) I have to buy more chrome shower hose, watercooling tube(I can probably get that for free), some micro tactile switches for teh VFD, LCD, and optical drives, I have to buy two new optical drives, I need metal chromed RCA plugs!?!? I think thats what I wanted to get. I will be using those for the LEDS. S@#$ I still need to make brackets to mount all the LEDS. Damn,... ok. I have a lot more to go. Till next time. Which will be soon. I am waiting for the heat shrink tubing to finish Borealis. I need it for Blackout too. Till next time. Peace.
i think i missed this mod completely.... ?? i dont know how... i love it man very shinny
This mod has been around longer than me. I absolutely love it. I tell you what tribal, when you get it done I think your gonna need to upgrade its original specs lol.
Agreed. I want to hold off as long as possible before I seek out hardware. I want to make sure I get it done asap after I get all hardware. I just ordered new optical drives, some low-profile spst tactile switches, 3mm UV LEDs, 4 more shower hoses, and I think thats it. Im still waiting for the heat shrink tubing. I need to order some wire.Quote:
Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz
Can't wait for an update mate.
I'm with him, this thing is amazaing! :up:
I can't tell you how glad I am to see some progress on this. +rep
Wow been waiting on this one for a while, glad to see things kicking off agian, this is mod of the century i think!
Completely agree with you on this one Blackout,... Mod of the Century
The Mod that will last a Century
just kidding
looking forward to it being completed.
Great job Tribal. I'm back and working on the ole woody again, and making some progress. LOL:up:
dude:P the thread is almost a year old:whistler:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tale Gunner
And your point? He still gets emails when they post.Quote:
Originally Posted by p0Pe
UPDATE!
..or else.
;)
Not if he disabled the email feature like I did, annoyed the crap out of me. Besides, he has stopped modding under the name of "tribaloverkill", some bad blood with AC Ryan. He has moved on and is modding under a new name.
This is his latest project:
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthrea...hlight=charles
He has a thread over here, I just had this one bookmarked lol.
