zomg, idea. You should give the PC a textured finish. What's the mood of the theme?Quote:
Originally Posted by Omega
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zomg, idea. You should give the PC a textured finish. What's the mood of the theme?Quote:
Originally Posted by Omega
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Originally Posted by progbuddy
going to try to keep it relatively smooth and simple but sophisticated. Hence the lack of a power or reset button on the front and the plan to stealth everything.
Update:
I just had an idea. On page two, I suggested well hidden power & reset buttons. well, i just remembered, with the current gear in SuperNova (which would go into ArgDawn, btw), i can boot via a keyboard shortcut.
I have, uh, 77$? Yeah! 77!
Tomorrow i'm going to head over to Lowes to grab a respirator (I kinda need one, i've been breathing bondo), and choose out the bolts or whatnot for the window.
The idea of bolts raises the question agian, to myself:
Where the hell am I going with thos mod?
I want to have a robust look, sure, but I also want it to be subtle and sophisticated. I smell alot more bondo work... of course, then agian, all I can smell is bondo.
I'd also like to thank all of you who read this thread. I obviously haven't done too much work to ArgDawn and it's a 9 pages -- that's alot of ideas and comments and probably spam too.
Thanks,
Omega
Picked up 8 5/16ths bolts with a nice head to 'em. they're pretty rough but a little sanding and paint will make 'em match the mod.
Also got meself a dual side bastard file, one side is double cross, the other is single cross. Gonna use that to smooth off the window edges.
Oh yeah, Also got 5 CF Reinforced cutoff wheels, so i can get away from those uninforced sand cutoff wheels that pretty much shatter when you touch anything but paper =/
EDIT:
Oh now I gotta think about what color to paint the bolts, either Black for a little contrast to the dark blue case or Silver for alot of contrast to the case, keep in mind the bolts wlll be noticeable either way
-Well, to my dismay, I've found out that i can't effectively bolt the window on. What's this mean? Either foam tape or Silicone sealant, probably the latter. Get the window closer to the panel and have a nice smooth side. Just can't take it off without re-adhering it =/
-Still gotta file the metal so the edges are straight and look nice, before i paint and install the window.
-Cannabalizing another case (it had no sides, top, or mobo tray, and it's kind of a flimsy case to start with) so i can acquire fan mounts and maybe drive racks. I have pictures of what i've done so far about this. I think, firday night when i did this, i might have pissed off me neighbors, too. High pitched metal drilling noise and also rather high-pitched dremel cutting noise isn't always "pleasant" >=D
-Gotta put ArgDawn back under the knife soon (which also means to stop using it as a carrying case for all the fans i plan on using for mock-up and the bondo can and stuff in it =/)
Pcitures:
My reinforced cutting wheels are so high-quality, they use actual dremels to reinforce them. Oh yeah.
Same Omega, same "Dremel", same glove (lost the other one!), same glasses, same hat, more moustache, more hair >=D (Yes, this is actually me, the man behind the madness. As for the hat, those little gold round things are the undersides of pushpins. Pretty metal if you ask me. I took another picture before this one but it much sucked: Suckage) And yes, I am intentionally throwing up the horns with my dremel hand. Well, something had to hold the camera!
Back to buisness: Marked out where i want to cut out that fan mount. It's nifty, it has 80mm, 92mm, and 120mm screw holes.
Marked out where i want to cut the dual 80mm fan mounts. Most likley going to use those on the back of ArgDawn, where the single 80mm is. Perhaps i'll make this piece protrude out the back a little bit, just to be different.
The bit I used to drill out the rivets. When I took this picture i was actually thinking of the caption "Never guess what size bit to use on rivets, it won't work". Well, it turned out that the bit wasn't at fault but rather the Drill Battery was (lol owned).
General picture of the case. This is before I did anything really signifigant (The most damage I did was i notched the support bar going across the back to test my dremel before actual use).
Some rivets drilled out (See the divot with the two empty holes? There were two rivets there, holding in a support which attached to the back and bottom panels. One of these supports is in the front, too).
More Pics:
One of like, 6 of my Makita Drill Batteries charging next to my "Dremel" which is just taking a breather (The damn thing gets hot).
Kinda blurry, but this is my Makita 30th Anneversary Cordless drill. :D Used to have the non-anneversay edition before (that's why we have so many batteries, they're the same kind) but this one has more gears and also the rubberized grip. Pretty torquey, too.
While the drill was charging, I had the idea to put the drill bit in the "Dremel". It worked, but not well. =/
Here's where I stopped; After I cut off the PSU mount. At this point in time, the case is in like, alot of pieces, but not completely dismantled.
I'm gonna go mangle that case some more, get those freakin' fan mounts off of it =D
Back later.
-Omega
Ah, man, I have no idea how much stainless steel and carbon fiber i've inhaled recently, but i can't smell anything right =/
pissin me off.
Anywho, finished cutting out all the fan mounts. I'll work them down to the size i want later. I'll also post pics later.
-Omega
Maybe you should see a doctor having that stuff in your lungs is badQuote:
Originally Posted by Omega
Cool can't wait to see some more pics.
Yeah, having it in there's bad but i'll get overQuote:
Originally Posted by simon275
'sides, most of it gets trapped inside my mucus, which doesn't really affect me.
Actually it will affect you. Granted it takes years to see the effect and everyone is effected to different degrees. I study lots of pathology and pneumoconiosis is serious, even done an autopsy on a guy who had a silicone variant, not a pretty death. It's so easy to use a respirator or even a tissue mask which greatly reduces expose, it's really worth doing.Quote:
Yeah, having it in there's bad but i'll get over
'sides, most of it gets trapped inside my mucus, which doesn't really affect me.
