Thanks dude. Now I have to bend it without breaking it:) The radius this time is alot larger so I dont have to worry.
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Thanks dude. Now I have to bend it without breaking it:) The radius this time is alot larger so I dont have to worry.
LOL! This mod is insane. Got the link from acryan.com, and I thought I should bump it. Did you ever finsih it?
No,... still working on it. Been so damn busy. Been studying for an entrance exam. Going to work on it all day tomorrow though.
Here's a littpe update. I did some work today. I am going to work on this all day tomorrow when I get home too.
Apr-09-2006
These are the mounting brackets for the HDD shield. The only shields had the tabs that I bent over. I didnt like that because you could see the bent tabs from the front. these are stealthed so you cant see them.
Ok,... here's a nice update for you guyz.
Apr-10-2006
By request,... I took more pictures of the mounting brackets, closer pictures. As you can see the tabs were bent. If you noticed I recessed the tabs from the egde too. I did this by moving the tabs bend lines back 1/16" from the edge. The reason behind this is because when its mounted it will be flush with the egde of HDD shield.
FIRE!! FIRE!! YEA! KICK AZZ!! This time around I decided to use fire. It worked so well!!! Should of use it the first couple of times!!! But then again if I did I wouldnt be using the design I have now,... oh well. Funny how things work out. Anyways,... I heated the aluminum so it was real hot and and it also felt tacky, weird. But it was so soft. Very easy to bend.
Bending done! Yo,... it came out perfect! Amazing how I totally F'ed the first two and then on the third try its flawless.
It is EXACTLY 1/16" taller then the HDD rack. CUTTING HAIRS, I SWEAR!!!
All polished. I need to do some more polishing to it but for now its ok.
Some chrome hose for you,... just to get an idea as to what its going to look like. People keep asking about the large holes. Here you go.
Behind the shield. Now,... in between the shield and the mounting brackets is going to be the UV green. The UV green is going to be sandwiched between the two. I'll make the Uv green on wednesday, if im not to tired.
So yea. I have bee kicking around a knew alias for myself,... a more personal one. I still refer to myself as tribaloverkill, but I will alos be using "C.V.R.:IV" or just "CVRIV". Basically,... its my initials. I might use it to brand some of my stuff along with tribaloverkill. Wednesday.
siiiiiiiick!
Actually,... I'm feeling quite fine.
that crome hose coming out of there reminds me of Doc Oc from spider man lol
VERY COOL UPDATE!!! The HDD FRONT SHIELD IS DONE!!!
Apr-14-2006
TIME FOR THE UV INSERT!!! I'm going to heat this bad boy and press it inside the HDD shield without bending the HDD shield.
As I'm heating it, it begins to bend or warp. Thi sis because it friggin hot! It's getting soft now.
I forgot to take a picture of it but you see the wood? Once I had this acrylic pushed down inside the shield. I had to clamp that board on top of the acrylic in the very center of the shield. REason being that the acrylic in the very center was bending upward as I held the side down. Once I had the center held down it was really easy. As you see it is VERY snug. More snug then I thought I would be able to acheive. Yay for me:)
As you can see it alot bigger all the way around then the HDD shield. I was going to break out the router and do the whole ruler-ruler thing but I thought nah. Waiste of time.
Look how perfect that is! Damn im good. Anyyyyyymays.
So what I did instead was mark the outline for the shield using a razor,...
See the ouline? I took it to the table sander! What a friggin mess but it got the job done and done quick! What a mess! <----- I know. I said that already. Thats how messy it really was.
Done! Ground down to size. Perfect! It's still not completely finished,...
As you can see I drilled the holes for the mounting brackets. Very nice.
Larger holes cut out! I used a really small bit to drill pilot holes and then used a 3/8 acrylic ground bit to cut away the most of it. I could of used a bigger bit but I was uncomfortable with that idea. I would risk htting the aluminum and cracking the acrylic. So I used a coarse file and sand paper the rest of the way.
Diffused. I took it down to 400grit. Very nice.
Done.
The back looks cool with the mounting hardware in place.
Lights on.
In front of the HDD rack.
What do you think? Well,... the day is young here so I think I will get started on the side shields. they should be alot easier seeing there is no bending required.
