Rockin Case

ok so I went down to do laundry and looked at the project and decided to do some more, so I made a HDD cover similar to the PSU cover.

I started but cutting and bending the plexi

and cut to size

then I cut a single note out of red

then I sanded and polished it and glued it to the cover

tomorrow it'll be dry and I can drill the mounting holes and such

LEDs came in today!! :banana: I'll be working on them tonight :D

a HUGE THANKS to John at PCBoard.ca for hooking me up with this project!!!

Now for the goods. We've got 10 RGB Piranha LEDs, 24 15º UV LEDs, 24 30º UV LEDs, and 510 Ohm and 560 Ohm resistors for the RGB LEDs.

I'll post pics later, I've gotta make room in the picture account

heres the LEDs and resistors:

and the first batch of SS hardware

and spacers mounted to mobo

I've got some longer SS screws coming in today, the ones I ordered work fine for a few things but they're too short for others

heres the HDD cover and PSU cover next to each other. the HDD isnt mounted yet but htisis where it will be

heres the PSU cover after I put 4 UV LEDs in it. I need to frost them to disperse the light better though

heres how the LEDs will be layed out for the bottom of the strings

testing the lyaout

and soldered

testing colors

and both boards done and hot glued for protection and hooked to the RGB controller kit

and workin

this is the layout for got 4 LEDs at the top of the strings

and thats as far as I got last night. I'm going to try to get more done this morning, as I work 12-8 today. other than that it'll be tomorrow night before I get more work done

update time!

heres my Performance-PCs goodies:

Vandal-resistant switch

2x AC Ryan 80mm fan filter and 1x 120mm fan filter

1 120mm UV green fan dampener

a Zalman ORB CPU cooler

and a recessed red LED HDD activity light

stock cooler

nice new Zalman cooler, and mobo finally mounted to the back plate

as you can see the wiring on my switch is WAY too long

so I cut and soldered it to a connector I had laying around

and same with the HDD light

the switch and light mounted, along with the speed control for the 120mm fan (sorry for the blurry pic)

switch and light sleeved

thats as much as I got done in 2 hours last night. I've got all night tonight and tomorrow though, so I should get a ton more done

smallish update. the LEDs are done! well the ones for the strings anyhow. I also did some work on the HDD mounts. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get the 120mm fan all wired up to the controller and the strings at least partially layed out and such. we'll see what happens.

red LEDs soldered

and testing

blue LEDs soldered

and testing

green LEDs soldered

and testing

and the wires sleeved and both modules hooked to the RGB controller kit

another update! :D

got the neck glued on

fan contorller wired in and sleeved

holes drilled for the bottom of the strings

and picked up some goodies.

Win7 home

500GB HDD

and a wireless PCI card

heres what I'll use for the side panel molds. I'm guing 5 together in a stack, then sanding each and glig 2 stacks togetehr. from this I'll trace the shape of the side and cut it with the bandsaw, then sand it and use it as a 2-piece mold to form the acrylic for the sides

I traced a pattern for the pick guard out of a folder and cut it out, then traced it onto the carbon fiber

then a rough cut with the band saw

and after sanding the edges

and here's how it will mount with the 4-40 SS screws

the power buttin and HDD light will also be in this piece

I sanded the surface with 320 grit and sprayed it with clear coat. I let that dry then sanded and sprayed again