Looks beautiful! I can't wait; I always check this thread last when I do my daily rounds because I save the best for last!!
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Looks beautiful! I can't wait; I always check this thread last when I do my daily rounds because I save the best for last!!
Excellent stuff. Can't wait to see the rest of it.
Keep it up!
Thanks guys. The best for last.HEHEHE I am very humbled, thank you.
Ok there seem to be many questions on many forums about the state of the water cooling. If it will go in or not and what not. Yes it will go in and here is a sneak preview of the block that many and machines are working on. I plan to have three of them made. One copper base with plastic clear top, aluminum base with plastic clear top, and an all aluminum one. After some tests with the three blocks the winning block will be used. Also the winning block I am going to order 10 more of and sell them on my future web shop.
Whats your ideas on the block?
Here is the flow of the block. The pic above is the side view of the water block.
I have to start making the bracket for the heatercore. The heatercore will be held in place by a bracket that will run zip ties or screws down through the core. Here is the piece I cut out and will using to make the bracket.
First look.
I started sanded the 'Turbo' today. I needed to fix some areas so I was sanding with a 80grit. I got rit of extra areas quick.
Remember this area
This area will need to get filled.
And this one too.
Here are some areas that stand out some what.
All the pics I have for now. Stay tuned guys. Please reply and ask questions and suggestions .
Looking beautiful That sucker is going to be loud though. I would have preferred to channel the airflow out the pipes and keep the unit enclose, maybe with only one small fan on the top. But oh well, still daymn sexy!!
OMG I cant believe this. I am being Featured. This is a first for me. :)
I am going to make a plate that closes of the res of the gap betwean the case inner and the haeter core to force all the air down the hearcore. I am hoping to use a fan controler in the end to mangen the noise levels. The two smaller hole wont be used for fans. Although they are perfect for 80mm fan I am going to mount a dual 80mm res there. Nice and clear so that the red water can be seen. In the future. No plans on doing that now, since I need some tool that I dont have yet. Tap and die, drill press, and much needed skill with plexi.
This is modding fuel. A lightly toasted white bread with chocolate spread and peanut butter. With a nice healthy sized cup of Colombian coffee.
Here is the area that need to be filled.
I started by making the side piece first. This will need to be shorted, for the fiberglass cloth to fit. Its not finished. I am going to make it shorter by at least .5cm.
Here is the top piece. Same as the other one it will also need to be shorted to fit with the cloth on it.
Ok guys this update is thanks to the guys at bit-tech who have motivated me. They said my work was **** and I can make it better. Its true though I can make it better. But I don’t share the same ideas as them when it come to my work being **** though. Any way long story short they suggested a few ideas. Ideas that I have been personally have been thinking about for the past week.
First idea was the fins on turbo. To keep them or no? The fins in some areas are damaged and they’re for need to be repaired. Or better yet cut them all off and then simply paint the turbo to keep the clean and sleek look. I thought about this again. They were right. It will look better cut off. So I told them I would do this and off to the shed I went. I broke out my new dremel and the flex shaft. I cut all the side fins off. The front fins are a little harder to cut because they touch on the corners and also on top parts of the bottom instead of just one like the side piece. I have saved the front fins to be cut on Wednesday. I haven’t sanded the sides down by hand yet so still looks rough. But I have sanded it with the Dremel.
Last look at fins
This is what I said about the front piece touching the bottom twice.
One side down
Other side.
For the next time.
AWW MAN!! Hope you didn't get rid of those back fins just yet! I would bondo the back fins up to keep the sleek going all the way to the very back edge. It would keep the sleekness factor up, and make the unit a lot stronger. Also, maybe you could try doing that with the sides, rather than having edges sticking out each side.
PS. Bit-Tech people....they are poo :)
great project - looks very interesting....
where did you get the wheeels from????
I got the wheels from Performance-PC.com. I dont see my self trying to fix the front fins and keeping then there. There already half gone. After this cutting next thing I have lined up is there, Pump mounting and the pump bracket. Most will have forgot about this looks at one of the pics of the water cooling mock-up. The pump is place near the front and is placed with its back to the viewer. Also at the same time I will be doning the plastic part of the HD mount.
So the big question is. Is Knight Rider down and out. No way. I just haven’t had as much time. I have been doing a little work for my sponsors at there place configuring some of there high end computers for them. I also have been there on-site gaming hardware expert for a big visit day from one of there highest ranked employers. So basically I was there dresses in black shirt and red tie talking about how far the gaming hardware has come and what the trends are for the next year or so. Its no formal position, just for there store to look good in the eyes of there boss.
I have been working on KR (KnightRider) on and off. Not much work has been completed because of the big visit thing, exam and some troubles at home. Here is what I have done.
You can find this stuff at local Home Depot
"Plastic I am your Father, feel my rather with my new jig saw"
Pretty Clean cut. Straight for the most part to.
After a little fill and sanding work, fits like a glove.
Ok this piece it between the edge of the mobo, were all the HD and PSU connections are to the front frame.
These areas will be cut out in order to make room for the mobo mounts and the optical driver IDE connection.
Ok this is were the second plastic piece will go.
As you can see there is a lot of edges and corners to be sanded/filled.
This is how bad it was.
When I was done, I rounded the edges off and cleaned up the lines.
I found a problem though. The bottom mirror piece and the mobo mirror piece will be touching each other, so I need to shorten the mobo one or cut a slot into the bottom one.
Does any one here have some thick piece of metal. Nothing $$$, no copper. Steal or something like that. I was designing the res, and how it will be mounted but I need some thick metal.
When I mean think at least, .5cm-1cm thick metal. I will have some new sketches up soon for the rest of the inner case up. Also some more cutting of the mirror plexi.
I have found my self looking for a new machinist. I kinda got a new one and thus for re-designing the water block again. This time I am designing from the ground up again. I will have pics of the new pro-type designs up soon.
Looks great, you are doing a wonderful job! Very creative and thorough attention to details.
Thank you so much dude. I try very hard.
Hello guys been a while since I update sorry. On many of the sites sadly I have made my way to the second page of the work logs. :(
I also got a voltage gage, it will be mounted in the front of the case right under a temp gage. I am look to get anther gage that is round like the voltage one for the temp if not I will you the digital rectangle gage from before.
Light up.
Juice kicks in. What this little under 12V, well thats because it connted after the FAN controler. Even with the fan cotroler on full it no full 12V.
This is the frame connected with the HD mount. I hope this give a better idea of the way the HD will be mounted.
Well any way I have cut out the mirror piece for the drive bay I need to sand down and fill down the corners still.
I have also managed to cut out a piece of plexi for the HD mount and drill the holes for the HD. I hope from the night is over to get anther updated pi c of the HD mount.
Also tonight I will also try to get a mini BFG 7800GTX review up. Well maybe not tonight but hopefully soon.
Ok folks I have a little update. This is all the mirror piece cut and mounted in place. This is the first fitting for this case. And since it was the first issues came up. First being were the mobo mirror piece meet the bottom. I cut out a notch into the bottom one. Also found more problems were the mobo tray meets the front frame. The inner Bondo still needs to be sanded down.
Most other areas are fin other then some scratching which I will easily fix and some chipping. The chipping will be fix with some molding or some rubber tape for the edges. The scratching will just be taped up or coloured in from underneath to make the scratch go away.
Here are the pic hope you enjoy them. Also here is the progress pic for those who asked.
Bottom mirror all cut
Small gap for mobo wires
Hi there fellow modders. The stuff you see here is not skratchs but dust on the mirror/ on lens.
The edges here will need to be taped up for sure.
Problem when front frame meet mobo tray.
Mirrored up, This shot has the drive bays also.
Progress I say around 50-60%
Check out that air flow. A super small case with huge fans.
Better idea of the RAD, and were it will sit.
So long for now fellow modders.
Ok I first started by washing down the part to be painted. Then I didn't want to paint. The reason being that I want need to find a new way to paint. I have been banned from painting inside the house so I must only paint out side. But the Canadian weather is hard to deal with the hardly ever have the nice 20C temps. Well its either 40C in Toronto or -40C. L:lol: L
So I remebered I watch a show the other night with Chip Foose on it. They were under a dead line and after painting the Baked the car. I thought it was to finishing drying fast. So I started. Before I knew it I was done. The hole thing only took me about 1hr. Thats about 3 thin coats every 10min. Mine was more like every 15min. The out side temp was like -2C. Then I let it dry in side for less then 20min. Then into the oven for 10min at 170F then 20min at 180F.
For the knob it was the same time but I only put then in the oven at 170F and I was watching close cause I didn't want the plastic to melt. Also I need to let it harded when it came out because the plastitc was soft. This new way was fun and cut the painting time by alot. Try it guys I think you will love it. Also I found by bakeing in the oven it got rit of the freezing effect of painting it extreme cold temps.
Well enjoy the pics.
Thinking food. I ate about 3 donuts when thinking of a new way to try paint.
3 coats later. 170F 10min.
All done now. She is a pretty red.
This is why mirror are so cool. Every angle of your work you can see.
Money shot. This why I mod. I saw this in my head when I was drawing. When its done it feels so good when it comes right of the paper, and its just like you planed.
Knobs
They use to be silver. But now there "Knight Rider Red" LOL.
nice
I love the mirrors. I think that they will make the interior look super high tech by showing the mirror image of all the components and wiring. This gave me an idea about that old trick when you have 2 mirrors facing each other and the reflection looks infinite. I wonder if there is a cool way to do something like that with lights. I don't know if anyone has already mentioned that further up in the worklog, but if they did, then it is definitely a good idea hahaha. Anyways, awesom job so far. Can't wait to see more.
Thanks Vaantal. I just keep trucking and trying to get something done every week. I think I am going to have to make to more plates for the inside. So I can make the back frame were the pci slots are mirrored and also the front one were the drive bays are. But only from the inside.
Bro... you do know that by baking paint in an oven, you are releasing toxic gases from the paint into the oven, right?
Please tell me you are not cooking in that oven too?
LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Tech-Daddy
Well the oven has a opening at the top to let the air out through one of the stove tops. Then I have a fan over the oven clearing the air outside. Also I leave the paint it only for a max od 30min. I check the parts many time during that time and let the air out often.
Fresh out of the oven come and get it folks. I just finished the mobo and it looks so nice. I love the reflection on the mirror of the mobo tray.
At 180F. Nice and toasty.
Drive bay you have a new brother. He is also orange.
I love this colour.
Mobo in place with the other frame parts.
I love this shot. The reflection of the mobo is so sweet.
On other news I have primed the back frame piece. But this piece will need more filler and more sanding.
LOOKS AMAZING MARQUEE!!
Wonderful mod so far, can't wait to see this baby finished!!
I love that color, you are doing a great job!!!
hi to all . 1st sorry for my bad english, im spanish new modder. i like your modding very much. I love this colour is very beautifull. Come on to work i want watch more photos .
Will do Cupra. I will have a new update for you tommorow.
What type of paint are you using. (I went throught hte post several times dont believe i saw u state what kind you were using.)
But yea man that paint looks so sick. I want to hook my case up witha nice paint job like that.
Some might know that I bought anther HD. This time a Maxtor 200GB with 16mb cache. I had bought a Seagate 300GB 16mb cache and NQC but I thought it was a little out of my price range and needed to get something a little more cheaper. So I went for the Maxtor which was about $65CND cheaper.
This was my first idea. But I quickly after posting I found it wont work.
I used a Canadian penny for the rounded corners. The Canadian penny is about 3/4".
For the bigger corner I used a CD with a which is about 12cm.
This right after the first cuts.
Don’t worry it anit finished. It was to late to Dremel the corners down so I will hold that off for anther day. But its give you and idea of the shape of the window and the area it takes.
I love this angle on the case.
Later, folks. That’s all for now. I will be back maybe Friday night or Saturday night with anther update.
this very well.Which accessory of dremel you use to review the curves of the lateral one of the box?. I wait for more photos.It enchants to me.:D
Today I had an idea. Well I had the idea a few days ago but didn’t start to sketch it up till today. The idea was to mount the switches under the frame and is a way that its not seen so much. I found a nice piece of metal sheet and started to draw more and more. Till I got this folding idea. But then again my corners are not perfect, nor the flat sides are not even because of my hammering. Well any way it looks bad but trust me with some grinding filling a black paint it will look nice.
Geting a feel for the size of the mounting bracket.
No you, are not looking at the Matrix, but the line I need to draw a nice perfect centre on the boxes.
Holes drilled, that was the easy part.
Looks very beat up and bad right. Gets worse.
These ares on both sides need to be trimed in order for the bracket to fit nice ly under the frame of the case.
This is the depth I want to mount the bracket at.
Hey guys how you guys been. I am currently on my spring break and working around the clock on the modding. I have a few thing done and I think you might like them. I have been playing a lot of CS also. It helps me think. I all the action makes me think very good after ward.
Any way, in today’s update I have anodized the wheels. Primed the bottom frame. I was surprised to see I have no black paint at the moment. I am going to paint the black on and bake it to see the effects of the baking on normal paint. Then maybe the guide I am writing will be able to work with normal painting process.
I have also been thinking about wiring and how I am going to wire all the switches to the fans and the lights. I have also found a nice sized LED chaser that is pre-built. Its ment for cars and the size is small enough to fit in the front bezel. I think its about $30CDN. Little more then I want to spend for the LED chaser but hell it looks nice cause it has a black tinted plastic cover over the LEDs. I have not bought it just yet but will maybe some time next week.
As far as the baking guide goes I am going to release in two parts first part will be available in my work log but the second part will be available on the TTM site(first part will also be there too). And my guide is in no way perfect and it should be a follow-up read to MNPCTECH’s painting guide.
There is a 3 CD thickness between the bottom the switch box. With paint it will more to more like 2 CD thickness.
The switch box. I am going to candy red it to. I was going to paint it black but not no more.
Taking apart the Lain-Li wheels. Who knew there was so many parts.
Look at me I am a rock star ROCK ON
There are these small little things on the locking mechanism, you need to take them off, that cant be painted.
You need to take out the screw on this part too.
I started to tape things up. I found it hard to think of a way to cover were the plastic bearings go. After a few mins of thinking though I found this.
Put tape on the plastic part then insert.
Push on the plastic and pull on the tape
After paint I baked them to.
Fresh from the oven. Come and get... taste good too.
Tape off.
Oh looky, its a Canadian flag. LOL.
The pieces are precious. I love that color. Here in Spain they are not seen pc´s as the your.greetings. ;)
Marquee, why do you bake the parts after you paint them? Is it dangerous?
dries faster?
