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Not when you know the shop owner! ;)
My wife used to work for the shop that cut the vinyl. BUT, that said, if your artwork is cut ready, then cutting should not cost that much.
I would think that *if* I had paid for my stuff, it would have likekly cost about $10-$20 (estimated)
wow this is a nice comp. this is what i want my car to look like
Just a quick update, I took the Saitek keyboard down to Austin for the AustinModder meeting this last weekend!
I got PoMan, the rework master over there, to generously donate his skills to replacing the surface mount LED's in the keyboard. No blue for BOSS... the keys all illuminate white now! Looks super cool!
But before I go and put up pics, I took the board apart one more time, and I am now painting the external frame OSHA orange (same color as BOSS). I'll be leaving hte keys the silver that they are.
After I get the paint completed, I'm going to work on getting the BOSS logo on the keyboard, possibly some striping.... dunno yet. Still experimenting with the layout.
;)
Updates on the keyboard as of last night:
Patient is on the table:
Intestines removed. These are the light bars on the Saitek that have the surface mount LED's on them. This is the part that PoMan rocked like a concert! ;)
Putting the boards back in place (notice around the edge
At home on my workbench:
14 TINY little screws holding the keyboard onto the front plastics:
http://www.tech-daddy.com/wlog/boss/keyboard1d.jpg[/img]
*BAM!* magically they are apart and I have lightly sanded the plastic to give the primer something to grab onto:
"hellp me... pleeeeease!" ;)
White primer, to help brighten the orange when applied:
First coat of orange:
"BAAAANNZAIIIIIIII!!!!!" Frikken bug... Why the **** can't they get the hint that wet paint is NOT for resting on??!?!?! Look right next to the flash in the middle, and up to the right a bit... see that little booger with wings... lil punk....
*lightly* sanded the bug out and then reshot another orange on the top to even out the paint.
1st clearcoat:
2nd clearcoat:
More later!
Looking good! :)
I think some kind of Boss logo would look good, and tie it in better.
Is that a gigantic FarCry mousepad?
If so, that's awesome.
Ranken... yes it was!
UPDATE TIME!!!
getting closer!!!
I will have the graphics to figure out... but Mmmmm....MMMM!!!!
I like the look of that! ;)
Very nice.. Great work as usual TD!!!
How about chrome edging ie bumpers on the keyboard.
Like the bumpers here http://www.boss302.com/69-1.jpg
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Originally Posted by Mach
Excellent Idea bro! I'll keep that in mind while I work.
I have some chrome vinyl left over after Lupine, so I *could* use that if I found a good way to impliment it!
Make a waterslide decal for the Boss logo, thats what I'm doing on my paintjob of my monitor....
Great idea! Was planning on that!
Well, I botched my CD ROM front panel trying to make it "thinner":
It got sucked into the lower belt cover and smacked around and sanded where it should have been.... ;)
... well, I fixed it last night!
I found my spare 5.25 panel, lopped the legs off of it, plopped it on my belt sander (after adjusting the work stop to be lower so that the front plate would not slip under the stop) , and made it nice and thin!
Then I used some adhesion promoter and colored the front panel to the same color depth as the others!
I now have the front panel attached to the computer, and it was the right thickness, as I hot glued a little piece of acrylic on the inside of the bay cover so that it is positioned right over the eject button. Now, because I sanded down the bay cover, there is a little play in the front, and by pushing the lower right corner of the panel, it depresses the eject button.
Works like a champ now! It does not look ant different than the last panel, only that it now functions to allow for the eject button to be hit!
YAY!!!
The family is about done! I just need to get some decal paper for the BOSS logos on the keyboard, but I may be able to take a family picture of everything by this evening!
;)
I love that keyboard, never would have thought to use white, looks fantastic!!!
Now, the 5.25 bays, the screen, speakers and headphones left :D
Omg I love this project!! Nice work bud!! continue the hard work!!!
:D ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nagoshi
Not done... but getting Daaaaaaamn close!
;)
looks sick man!!! the airfilter on the cooler is just sick!!! way to go!
:)
Thank you!!!
Woah! Sweet work! That really came out great!
beautiful.
Sooo sweet dude... I hope you are going to mod a screen, your headphones and your speakers with it :D
zomg.. just got an idea for speakers.. if you have small round speakers, you could build them in shape of speedometer!! Round classic style!
Question about your CD drive.. how do you open it with this kind of panel sticked to it? I am planning to do the same thing with my comp, but can'T logically find a way to make it open without a software.. or making more holes and buttons everywhere.. thats not what I wanna do.
Anyway, keep on the hard work!!!
I sanded the front panel down to where it was fairly thin, then used double stick mounting tape (spongy, and very sticky on both sides). I layered 2 pieces on top of one another, and stuck the panel on that double layer of mounting tape.
On the lower right corner, I took a small rectangle of 1/8" acrylic and hot glued it into the back of the panel (so that I had a slightly raised surface over the eject button.
With the front piece mounted on flexable foam, the front panel has a little give. Just enough to press on the lower right corner of the panel covering the optical drive. That piece of acrylic on the back acts as a spacer to make contact with the eject button when the corner is pressed.
Make sense?
:)
Clever, but I wonder how it will hold up over time. Most likely just fine, but I'm just saying - it's not the most reliable mechanical connection. Nice work, though.
A piece of artwork as always!
Nope... it is not. however, in my experience, if the surfaces are clean, the mounting tape will hold for the life of the mod without a problem. Plus, I needed the flexability of the mounting solution that would "flex" to allow for the button push without breaking the adhesion point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rankenphile
You continue to amaze and inspire. My Chevy case is sitting behind my monitor right now with the side panel off right now. I need to get a new keyboard for it and then I can finish the thing (Windows and associated programs).
As always, your mods are clean, simple, and very effective. One of the best builds that I have seen so far and will probably see for a while.
Good points all. I love how the project turned out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tech-Daddy
What do you have left to do before you can call this one done?
Hood scoop clean up on the inside (a bit too rough for my liking as well as better paint coverage) as well as some touchup on the outside to deepen some of the color coverage externally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rankenphile
BTW.... "Thank You" for the front page link! Quite flattering to be featured here!
*tips hat*
No problem :D
Thanks for posting such a great worklog on such a cool project.
****in' killer man. Exemplary.
Thank you Crimson!
Always a pleasure to have the man/myth peeking and commenting on my work!
;)
that is neat!!, the orange color and the grapichs are sickkk!!!
A+++++
Yeah... I have not seen a HUGE number of orange cases out there...Quote:
Originally Posted by ColModish
I have some pretty cool colors on tap for a few of my next machines!
Thanks for the post and enthusiasm!
Great Job.
Somehow I lack the ability to put into words how I feel about this case: so i'm just gonna say the first 3 words that come into my mind.
Stylish, Original, Perfect.
Also Unique, Professional, and Sexy.
I guess 3 words just couldn't cut it. And before any moron posts "Eww you think a computer is sexy", it should be said; yes, i was turned on by it. Who wouldn't be? ;)
-Dave
Note: I'm sure i don't need to tell you that was a joke. Please don't agree with me on that one.
Well it certainly got me wet! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DaveW
**Shudders** :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by onelegout
I will leave it at this comp is one fine peice of machine
Amazin!!!
truely amazing work
Wow, simply amazing.
One question though, it looks like the top/lid is a different orange than the rest of the case. Is it or is that just the lighting?
