Re: Project: KNS-01 19-AUG
After making the second set of holes the chasis/case (outter shell) is rock solid.
Supports for the shuttle chasis.
After align the profiles with the frame, i glued they with araldit epoxi, is very strong.
Watching modding forum across the world, Cats love mods... is a fact.
Get the shuttle chasis there is not easy. I had to cut and sand some sides, because (disapointing) the chasis is larger at the back. I have to paint the chasis well before put it inside the case.
The back of the case. You can see my current setup to cool the CPU and GPU. I'll redo it better when the case will be finished. A handle to pull out the case would be nice.
At the front, holes to secure the chasis. The front needs work...
Some details in the front. Black in the top, the Imon inside reciver module. At the botton...
...My spider logo. i'm re-using it, maybe by the last time. Isn't still glued, but fit perfectly. Once the front will be covered, you only could see the the inner circle and the spider.
Behind the spider i'll put one of my MDVA's lite unit. I hope to achive a nice effect.
The MDVA full unit front bezel used as template for hole drilling.
The front. As i previosuly mentioned, when the front will be finished, only the circle will be visible.
And the back. The MDVA only uses de 5V line, so less wires to solder, and less mess.
Yesterday i bought some new gear for the case and new items for the armory :)
Hinges, vinyl, etc... And my copy of your favorite delta sander.
Re: Project: KNS-01 19-AUG
ALU profiles to make a variety of pieces. I'm using a lot of profiles in this project.
Edges to support the sides. Are fixed with araldit epoxy. Recently i've discovered the Araldit expoxy for metals that is even stronger.
The base of the case is made of steel. I hope the steel will be present only there, if not i going to need a truck to move it. To bend the plate without the required tools, i dremeled a channel first.
The base in place. The top plate should be like that but in alu, if i can find 1mm alu plates anywhere.
I've changed the design a little, so i'm going a little slower than i want to. I want a removable HD tray. But in the former desing it wasn't possible. So i began remakin the back pannel small hole
Catch the diference?? I reconstruted the hole with wood, araldit and putty.
This is the idea of the docking bay.
The plate for the bay has being glued in place with araldit.
I've also did a stand for the hd tray
Triying to save some weight in every place.
The stand is fixed with screws to the base.
Profiles added to drive the tray thru.
This is the HD tray. It's a hacked shuttle tray with a lot of work. I had to reconstruc one side because it has a hole for wiring pass in other project, added profiles, cutted vent holes, added stands off from a Zalman block, etc... In the pic with dummy HDs
This is the idea... And the last pic for today. But before a little preview....
Preview 1:
My girlfriend is making a Lan party hex bag for the case.... more to come.
Preview 2:
Some final scheme designs. I made they with Gimp. Each image are 2 faces of the hex sides. The top and botton will match they more or less.
Design 1
Design 2
Design 3
No paint this time. I want to cover the case with vinyl. The "grey" part is metallic finish vinyl.
Comments are welcome.
More soon.
Re: Project: KNS-01 19-AUG
I did a little test with the MDVA and the spider etch.
What do you think?
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Originally Posted by Kumo
What do you think?
I think its lookin GREAT!!! Anxious to see the next update!
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Pretty sweet, cant wait to see it done!
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At first, when I was looking the the spider etch, I wanted to say that the lights kind of took away from the etch. But I was too quick in my opinion and now that I look at it, I like it. It looks like a web! My first thought was bike spokes. lol
Maybe you can put a different color LCD on the side of the plexi that the spider is on so that it lights up only the etched portion. Just a thought...
Like on the Doom 3 pentagram by Crimson Sky
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looking great, nice to see some beautiful original work
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very nice, looks really clean too.
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Thanks all for the comments. Are really much apreciated.
Silenced Coyote: ThX. Like the leds are behind the plexi is dificult to light only the etched lines. Mmmm maybe with other leds and a on/off switch....