This looks like its gonna turn out pretty nice man. Hope all goes well for you, +rep
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This looks like its gonna turn out pretty nice man. Hope all goes well for you, +rep
looking good man, that face is going to be a swine to strip and clean i can see it now.
im really intrigued at what you have in mind for this, i like the way you seem to be planning to use its organelle theme in the new design.
Stripdown is finally finished....whew!
I cleaned the parts in good old warm soapy water and used an old tooth brush to remove the grime of several decades.
The quality of construction of these old items has to be seen to be beleived. All the parts are signed by the man that made them...
I really need some sheet aluminium, so I will visit my local scrap metal man tomorrow and see what I can find. The prices charged in local DIY shops are crazy! I have found a cheap case that will surrender it's I/O panel and it's MATX motherboard tray. I don't fancy making one from scratch!
Ouch!
love the idea with the laser!... cant wait to se how that tuns out, but as said before watch out that the motors arent to noisy:P
My nice plastic mirror tile turned up today so i spent a while cutting small circles out of it with a hole cutter. It was really difficult as the perspex is very thick and it all generates so much heat that the blade kept sticking!
I then stuck the small mirrors onto the fan motors using araldite epoxy. I left them on a nice flat surface in the kitchen to cure.
When I returned the mirrors have magically 'floated' to a new position in the glue and then set firm.....2 40mm fans wasted and 2 difficult mirrors. D'oh!
I'll have to bin the lot and start again.
I also visited my scrap metal man and he did not have any aluminium sheet, so I'm stuck, until next week!
Ouch!
really do notice how they used to care about there craftsman ship back then, to much mass production these days, its good for us but bad for quality control.
when i needed my aluminum i found an aluminum gangway production company, they sold me 4 bits 2x 200mmx180mm and 2 400mmx380mm 2mm thick with a quality covered side for the finishing (which i sanded straight away)
cut perfectly to size with a guillotine for £23 which i thought was a bargain, just have a look at www.yell.com
great work as ever my man, youl be able to break the dremal out soon :D
I tried my laser experiments yesterday and found that with 2 little mirrors spinning on the 40mm fan motors you do get a spirograph type pattern that varies with the fan speed.
I just taped everything together and used a laser pointer and a couple of zalman fanmates to control the speeds.
The trouble was that the patterns were tiny and to project them onto the front of my little screen in the interocitor I'll have to find a magnifying lens of some sort that will make the patterns bigger. As you know the Interocitor case is quite small as it's a LAN PC so this problem will have to be solved.
I could project the patterns out of a hole in the top of the machine so that they hit the ceiling but I don't think that the effect would be so pleasing.
The only other thing would be to go back to the idea of an LCD screen in the front window, but I did that last time, so I want to avoid that if I can.
More experiments!
Update.....
Still no aluminium at the scrap metal dealer so I've ordered some on ebay. Much more expensive, so I'm a bit annoyed.
But good news my donor micro-ATX case arrived and I set to work drilling out rivets and cutting up the back panel, so I can have an easy install for the motherboard.
I also have a deadline now which will help focus the mind. I am signed up for i32 a LAN party event in Novemeber, so I have to get a move on with this.
Nice back panel & motherboard tray
Measure carefully and mark it out before cutting.
It's not a proper mod until it's got some blood on it............Ouch!
I'm still undecided about what will feature on the front panel and where to position the Valves. I know I want a much larger case window than last time and I want the voltmeter to show HDD activity.
I also want switchable power led in the volt meter like last time.
But I don't know whether to go for laser effects, LCD sreen, or just a nice fan in the main front panel part....
Still, ideas and changing the plans, are the joy of modding. If I'd wanted all this to be easy I'd have bought a box off the shelf!
The large knobs on the front panel will be used for fan controls etc.
never knew warm soapy water could work so well :D
nice job bro. i vote for a LCD if it doesn't look to weird in front will all the retro stuff, a fan with a mesh cover if it does.
A fantastic idea, can't believe I missed it. + rep for a great idea
