Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
MACH your Idea is something I may try it looks like it could work.
But I may try the pushbutton pot too.
DaveW I know absolutely nothing about PIC's (except photo's that is):)
But would like to learn if it's not too difficult the only programing I do is VB and VBA and I am an amateur at that.
I will research it and get back to you by the way thanks for the offer to help.
Thanks guys for the help I just wish I could think of a way to mod the rest of my case but when I think about it all I get is nuttin! dang it nuttin! you guys are so creative I envy you all! :banana:
Charles
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
When the door closes it sounds like it hits down hard, will you add some sort of rubber/padding at the bottom of where the door sits?
...This is a really minor thing, yay noise reduction!
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
That's one of the idea's I am working on to solve that but I am also waiting to see how my son's build of the blast door turns out he is using a radicaly differant actuator and if it works better I may switch to his design. But if I can solve the ker-thunk I will stick with the one I built.
Part of the problem is the difficulty to control the motor speed with the bi-directional dc motor controler. You have to make very fine adjustments to the pot in order to slow the door down and it is difficult! I think it has to do with the motor having too much resistance and also running out of travel just as you get the speed right.
Thanks for your interest If you are planning on making one of these check out my sons build in the works in progress section Blast door Jr.
Charles
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
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Originally Posted by
Wannabeamodder
Thanks guys for the help I just wish I could think of a way to mod the rest of my case but when I think about it all I get is nuttin!
Charles
Since it's a garage/industrial type door, why not a NASCAR/racing/Monster Garage type theme?
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
That's some good Idea's you have there Crimson thanks.
Charles
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
You and Crimson have some really great skills. Im really impressed (including your son) with your work. My son is just a tad to young to have him in the workshop but he is intrested in woodworking so there is hope on the horizon.
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
Wow thanks for the nice comments from me and my son.
But really Crimson is the man around here a true inspiration to all of us!
If you are new to the forum check out his mods here
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...ead.php?t=6740
and you will see what I mean.
Charles
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
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Originally Posted by
Wannabeamodder
Wow thanks for the nice comments from me and my son.
But really Crimson is the man around here a true inspiration to all of us!
If you are new to the forum check out his mods here
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...ead.php?t=6740
and you will see what I mean.
Charles
No Im not new :D Crimson has been watching me build my Cherry wood case.
http://thebestcasescenario.com/forum...ead.php?t=6712
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
Well I almost have everything to start assembling the two systems!
Here is an updated list of purchased hardware.
The spec's for the systems are as follows everything listed I have purchased two of (the ones with * have yet to be purchased).
NZXT Nemisis elite case (Silver)
Thermaltake Toughpower 700w modular power supply
MSI K9A PLatinum Socket AM2 Radeon Xpress 3200 motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6ghz
Samsung DVDRW/DVD+-R writer with Lightscribe
52 in one media card reader
Logitech mx518 optical gaming mouse
Saitek Eclipse II Illuminated Keyboard
8 GB DDR2 PC6400 ram (Kingston HyperX) (4 gigs per system)
Was going to go with the ATI R600 aka HD2900XT but with all the heating issues and power consumption we decided to not use it.
ATI R600 video card (whenever it finally comes out! XP)*
Instead we went with these ( One per system)
MSI RX8800 Ultra ( Factory Overclocked )
SATAII HDDs
2 seagate barracuda 160 gig (1 per system)
2 seagate barracuda 400 gig (1 per sytsem )
Windows Vista Ultimate *
The two blast doors are nearing completion so we should be able to start assembling the systems next weekend pics will be posted them.
Thanks
Charles
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
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Originally Posted by
Wannabeamodder
Well I almost have everything to start assembling the two systems!
Here is an updated list of purchased hardware.
The spec's for the systems are as follows everything listed I have purchased two of (the ones with * have yet to be purchased).
NZXT Nemisis elite case (Silver)
Thermaltake Toughpower 700w modular power supply
MSI K9A PLatinum Socket AM2 Radeon Xpress 3200 motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6ghz
Samsung DVDRW/DVD+-R writer with Lightscribe
52 in one media card reader
Logitech mx518 optical gaming mouse
Saitek Eclipse II Illuminated Keyboard
8 GB DDR2 PC6400 ram (Kingston HyperX) (4 gigs per system)
Was going to go with the ATI R600 aka HD2900XT but with all the heating issues and power consumption we decided to not use it.
ATI R600 video card (whenever it finally comes out! XP)*
Instead we went with these ( One per system)
MSI RX8800 Ultra ( Factory Overclocked )
SATAII HDDs
2 seagate barracuda 160 gig (1 per system)
2 seagate barracuda 400 gig (1 per sytsem )
Windows Vista Ultimate *
The two blast doors are nearing completion so we should be able to start assembling the systems next weekend pics will be posted them.
Thanks
Charles
Looks like a great system. I have the same CPU but I have 2 PNY 8800 GTX video cards with the baracuda drives (SATA). I went with the Asus mother board M2N32 SLI deluxe. Several years ago MSI and Abit went through a bout with bad caps and I had one of those boards. They fixed it free of charge but it took 4 weeks to get my system back. So I started going with Asus just because of that. My power supply is a 1000 watt Emermax Galaxy PS. I love Thermaltake products but at the time they did not have anything over 850 Watts (now that has changed). Good Luck looking foward to seeing the final pics on your system. :up: :up: :up:
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
Thanks Tale Gunner Ive been meaning to post on your thread I love your wood case really nice wood working skills you have there!
Looking forward to seeing the end results.
As for our systems we kinda put the cart brefore the horse so to speak, we should have waited and gotten the 1000 wt power supply and if I had known that the R600 would be a flop I too would have bought SLI MB's but with all that I have bought I cannot change the setup other than having the 8800 GTX Ultra in a crossfire MB I hope it works out ok.:D
Charles
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
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Originally Posted by
Wannabeamodder
Thanks Tale Gunner Ive been meaning to post on your thread I love your wood case really nice wood working skills you have there!
Looking forward to seeing the end results.
As for our systems we kinda put the cart brefore the horse so to speak, we should have waited and gotten the 1000 wt power supply and if I had known that the R600 would be a flop I too would have bought SLI MB's but with all that I have bought I cannot change the setup other than having the 8800 GTX Ultra in a crossfire MB I hope it works out ok.:D
Charles
Hey theres nothing wrong with your configuration. You will have a great rig there and I hope to see it working soon.
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
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Originally Posted by
Tale Gunner
Hey theres nothing wrong with your configuration. You will have a great rig there and I hope to see it working soon.
Thanks TG both rigs are now assembled!
I just have to mount my external switches for the blast doors and wire them up.
Charles
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
Still looking for an update there Wannabeamodder. Im looking forward to see what youve done with the door in comparison to Crimson Sky. You and your son both have exceptional talent.
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
Thanks TG
My son will try to gets some pix posted next week I have not felt much like working on it this weekend.
My son still has to correct his door hinges they are too far apart and the light from the lcd screen shows through the cracks between the door panels.
It was something we did not think about happening.
But it is fixable.
Charles
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
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Originally Posted by
Wannabeamodder
Thanks TG
My son will try to gets some pix posted next week I have not felt much like working on it this weekend.
My son still has to correct his door hinges they are too far apart and the light from the lcd screen shows through the cracks between the door panels.
It was something we did not think about happening.
But it is fixable.
Charles
Everything is fixable with time, effort, patience, or money! Looking forward to the pics thank you.
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
Update Time!
Here you see the inside of the system.
Here you see the 8800 Ultra video card
Here you see the Zalman 9700 cpu cooler works great the cpu under load
maintains about 38 degrees celsius Idles about 33C
There was a dead zone under the video card no air flow so we put in another fan beside the drive bays and also a slot cooler under the heatpipes on the video card idle temp is around 55 degrees Celsius Load Temp is around 70 degrees celsius.
Before the fans Idle temp was 68 degrees celsius Load was around 80
We just needed to get the air moving under the video card.
The next two picks show the DPDT switch box for the blast door and the ports on the back it plugs into. The other is the composite video in for the LCD screen.
The next two photo's show the installed blast door unit.
And here is a video showing the blast door working.
Sorry about it being a little dark I will try to post a better one later.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...63515242219305
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
Great work wannabeamodder. It looks really good. Crimson Sky, your son, and you are of the same mold. Fantastic work... I'm jealous!:banana:
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
OK having a bit of a problem with the Nvidia dual monitor setup.
I have the lcd screen hooked up to the s-video jack on the 8800 ultra.
What I want to do is have a seperate video playing on the lcd not just an extension of the desktop can this be done?
If so what am I doing wrong?
Charles
Re: How Do I make the Blast door from the Doom 3 project ?
Thought I would post to let everyone know I'm still around!
The project for the most part is done so the modderators can move the thread to completed mods if they want to.
Thanks for all the support and advice given by all that really helped me alot.
I have no plans for a new mod anytime soon ( I am still recovering from all the dough I spent on these two systems) :)
But it was worth it!
I will be monitoring the threads and will give advice where I can.
Charles
aka: Wannabeamodder
