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Nice work Langer! It could work although its taking the case in a more organic direction. It does speak to the excess theme tho :). How thick are the panels? Will it highlight the strength of the CF too? As an alternate idea, maybe look at speaker plinths/spurs or high end turntables for inspiration?
http://www.sonicflare.com/archives/t...le-roundup.php
http://www.soundocity.com/Oregondv/F...Adjustable.htm
Nice fins Mach, they look sexy lol.
I totally agree with you Mach, I don't feel that it totally fits into the theme of the whole thing - that's why I'm asking for your aid.
I'd like to fabricate something along these lines - and I had planned on incorporating carbon throughout the case so I know the material will blend. It's the design that doesn't blend for me.
The carbon panels used would be fairly thick so I know the structure is there. There is also a fair bit of engineering that would go into these fins that you don't see in my rough concept illustration (I'll do another sketch to show this area - I'll post it later). So I'm certain that structural integrity wont be an issue.
I need the case elevated off the ground to maximize airflow to the rad, the case needs to be ~6CM off the ground.
My worst nightmare is to have the feet ruin the whole aesthetic - having the case sit on 4black aluminum popcan style feet is not an option for me.
Trying to develop a foot that holds the system ~2.5"-3" in the air is proving very very tricky.
What I don't want to happen is something like this:
Because I'll be making a stealthing plate/cable management system for the back end I have another concept that would give me a look something like this:
What I can do for this look is, extend the back stealthing plate and the front of the rad tray - there is very little extra work needed for this design.
Agreed, the first picture looks bad.
Just to be clear though on the CF, I was asking to understand how thin they'd be ie something that'd highlight that its impossibly strong. The first though that comes to mind is Hyperboloid but still too organic.
You could go to down the path of the Mac Pro but that just seems too derivative.
I'll have a think and dig through my design folder. How well does CF perform in compression if it's water cut?
how the cf will perform will depend on the weight of the cf itself, type of weave, type of resin used and how it was molded (hand-laid, pressure molded, injection molded, etc)
The carbon used with be extra rigid design, using high modulus fibers, and performance resins. A simple basket weave pattern. It will be pressure molded at ~600tonnes or so.
The carbon will be cut on a waterjet.
I'll do a drawing illustrating how I'd like to install these fins, as well as how I plan on incorporating the strength of carbon.
I just need to derive a way of making them more congruent with the rest of the design.
Ok, ok stupid question. The CF will be one step below space shuttle grade. :)
How about something like this?
http://www.designpublic.com/shop/blu-dot/11809
A little too curved but visually closer. All CF or alternating copper and CF.
Don't laugh but what about something like this?
Float the case above a weighted based that way you keep the visual lines but still get your gap.
I love the Omen and I want one, but a starting price of $11500...I cant afford that right now.
Here's my revision 2, but I've been given ideas for a couple other directions to take it which I'm going to sketch out (one is more like the omen).
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@Mach - "Float the case above a weighted based that way you keep the visual lines but still get your gap." - That gives me a great design idea, I'm going to give it a shot tonight. Thanks again man!
Here is another idea for feet, inspired by the Omen.
All the concepts have a cable management back like the one featured in the picture below - the chunk removed from one corner is for the rear mounted AquaComputer Multiswitch.
In this design we extend the height of the back tray and the front Matrix Orbital Housing.
This also helps by offering a location for the Aquaero to be installed, below the Matrix Orbial Typhoon.
A hybrid of rev2 and rev3:
I really like the look of the last design. I think it fits the overall theme nicely and will keep the look.
I'm really going to have to come see this thing in person, it just keeps getting sweeter!
TheMainMan
very cool.... still love the first idea....
Holy crap. That is amazing.
I agree with the new design. The original one did look cool and all but the curved lines didn't really go. Still was a cool idea though.
That HP Voodoo PC is really cool, you just gave me a new idea for some feet ;).
Ahhh much better, I like the latest design alot. Not to be a complete copper whore but are you thinking all CF or alternating with copper fins too?
if you have that many fins the CF will be strong enough without question :D
I too like the idea of alternating CF and copper fins, would look tasty :up:
Thanks for the suggestions folks, I'm going to draw rev 4 assembled now. Then I start on drawing each part to scale for cutting.
I had considered cutting 2x copper fins. Both would be sandwiched between 2x carbon sheets and used for the 1st and last fins, to add a subtle copper accent on the edge.
Rev 4 - assembled.
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looks awesome in stencil form :D cant wait to see it :up:
Thanks a lot guys, I think I'm going to go ahead with rev4, only some very minor revisions to add to it... and I'll let those be a surprise.
I added a splash of colour to the illustration, just to give a better idea of which parts will be made of which material:
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That's looking really nice. I would've chosen rev4 also.
yea looking cool.... i still like the first one ... but its your mod :) make me change my mind with some more great work
Now I have to agree, that by far does look the best. The first one was cool and all, unusual in design but this new one matches the straight lines of the Lian Li perfectly.
yeah good point
number 4 it is...
ive been convinced
Thanks a lot for the support everyone, I really appreciate and value your opinions.
Rest assured that I still have a few tricks up my sleeve with the case feet design, and a few ideas to better integrate the fins along with the rest of the case... but I'm going to leave you all guessing what they are.
I've gotten quite a few questions asking me what software and technique I used to produce my concept Illustrations.
So...
As with my earlier "prototype part illustrations" the case feet concepts were drawn Adobe Illustrator. The images above are not 3D models - like you'd get with Sketchup - they are only 2D perspective illustrations. In fact it would have been easier and faster for me to do these perspective drawings by hand... but everything is just so much cleaner on screen.
I'll post a couple of images tonight showing how the drawings are done. Essentially they are just drawn using the line tool - one line at a time, doing my best to eyeball the proportions while staying true to the perspective.
I do it this way because of two major reasons:
1: I like to do perspective drawings, and I like to leave a certain degree of the design to my own internal vision. When I use 3D apps I find myself letting the program dictate my design, often this happens when trying to conform to the limitations of the tools available in the software.
2:Illustrations like the above depend less on exact dimensions and allow more flexibility (at the cost of time).
The only major disadvantages to 2D illustrations is that when you want another view, or even a subtle camera shift you need to do the drawing over again. Also... drawing curves - like the ones in my first foot revision - is a real pain in the ass, and takes a fair bit of understanding perspective principles.
I'm such a fan of this project that I'm promoting it to "featured", great work and keep those updates coming! +rep
WOW, I'm honored to have this project and myself awarded with a "featured log".
Thanks so much jdbnsn - I really appreciate this.
And another BIG thanks to everyone who has posted on, or even glanced at, this project worklog. Its the support, and kindness of the modding community that drives my inspiration. The acceptance that this project has received across the board has been incredibly surprising, and more-over incredibly exciting.
Thanks again everyone.
Tune in soon, there's a lot more coming - and it's coming soon!
The last of the parts for the 2nd loop have been ordered today.
Again a big thanks to AquaComputer for their support; they are responsible for providing even more hardware for this project.
1 x aquastream XT USB 12V Pumpe - Ultra Version
2 x Connector set for Aquastream to G1/4
6 x Rotary elbow adapter G1/4
Thanks Sven. ;)
Congratz on making a featured worklog. Believe me mate, you really deserve it.
Congrats on the feature. You deserve it. Can't wait to see more. +rep
One minor change... I don't like to add things that don't serve purpose, so in adding fins to the top I had to create purpose.
This is what I came up with - there's a bit more to the whole process, but this should give you the idea:
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I haven't shown this feature yetm because it would be a bitch to draw the inlays in perspective, but I'll do my best to explain.
My plan is to cut the PROMETHEUSCU logo lettering out - leaving me 3-4" tall solid 1/8" thick copper letters.
Then I want to cut an 1/8" slots into the cross section of the fins. Letting me inlay the lettering perpendicular to the fins.
Ok I got half way though that last bit and figured I could just make a pic in less time:
Opinions?
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forgot to add:
here is how the drawings are made... more or less:
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Looks really good but I think the top piece is a little too much. I love the name place on the bottom piece though.
Just found this project today while seeking distraction during class.
I've looked at these forums for awhile but never got around to joining...until now.
Your project is just amazing, keep up the good work and I can't wait to see this project finished.
I agree with tb4o, the top is a bit much. Maybe if you didn't take it down the side as far? The logo on the bottom fins is bad ass imo.
Thanks guys. I do agree that the top is a bit much, but I think I can make it work before I send things out to be cut.
@gramatton - Welcome to the forums mate! Thanks for posting.
I got an email a few moments ago from Watercool... and it was very good news.
Production of revision 3.0 of the Watercool Heatkiller CPU block is complete - and it's a thing of beauty.
A huge thanks goes out to Rico, from Watercool, who says they'll be able to ship it out next week.
BEHOLD:
I cannot wait to add this baby to Prometheus... the stainless accents will match perfectly with the existing blocks too.
That is one sick looking water block! It will fit in with the others nicely.
damned nice block.
fits the theme well
The black keyboard keys FINALLY arrived, and I'm quite pissed.
The keys fit, they fit really well... small caveat:
As you can see, some of the black keys are designed with a twist:
Normally I'd just scrap the plan, but this was a very expensive plan - that I was uncertain of from the beginning.
I've been running though a bunch of ideas and I've come up with this:
using an x-acto knife cut away the clips on he bottoms of the black keys, then cut the walls and corners off the existing white keys...ONE BY ONE!
The end result will work well with a few drops of super glue:
If you'll excuse me I have some grumbling and cutting to do.
That's a shame they don't just interchange. You have more patience than I, the keys probably would've stayed as they were if it was me. You deserve some rep for what you are doing with the keys.
They are some seriously sexy block and an awesome key board. +rep for going all out on this mod.
