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Fixed pattern applied & already working on it, this shot makes it look wonky but that's just the sticker sheet risen up a bit, it pressed back down nicely. :D
And say hello to my little finger choppers. :D
These will occupy the 2 main front fans & I'll be applying my custom fan frames to these but I think I'll redesign the grills I was going to use so it's a bit safer. :D
These fans come run at 1600RPM but also come with a 900 & 1200RPM cable, I'll use the 900 for the htpc, not sure about the gaming rig yet.
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Finished cutting the gamer back panel. :)
Up next the gamer front panel & then a little break so I can get the scroll saw out of my dreams lol. :D
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Wishing you owned a water jet yet?
Great work and what colour is the plexi going to be?
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Fuganater
Wow... great work man.
Thanks Fuganater :)
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Stonerboy779
Wishing you owned a water jet yet?
Great work and what colour is the plexi going to be?
Would be sweet to have access to one + know how to use it properly :D but I don't so I'll go this way, :P Just takes longer & more effort. :)
The plexi I bought is brown tint, even if I don't use the wood for this project I think it could still work well, not sure if I mentioned it here but I might switch the wood extras for aluminium, got worries about it splitting or warping & being a PITA, :D Some of the slithers I had in mind were as thin as 1mm thick. :eek::facepalm:
But when cutting the outside edges of all these panels there were many slithers I took off that must have been about 0.1mm thick, was like tin foil lol so actually cutting accurate slithers isn't my worry, it's more with the characteristics of the woods I chose.
Decided I'm going to have a little break from the project to enjoy some sunshine while we have some & catch up on a couple of the ever increasing backlog of awesome games I have :D & I could smell the detailed chunky aluminium panels coming to an end so thought the heck with it & pushed forward, I don't consider acrylic the tiniest bit difficult to cut on the scroll saw compared to aluminium, it's sanding acrylic to a sweet finish which is a nightmare lol. :D
So the last of the detailed chunky panels, gamer front, start.
I'm surprised I did these super tiny holes, the 1mm drill bit I used just about fit this cut out lol, but I did the drilling well before so couldn't not do it leaving a drill hole, had to get my very fine blades out for this 1, quite proud I managed to do it nicely. :D
This circle hmmmmm, why didn't I just drill the right size?, maybe it was because I didn't want to risk drilling badly.
Done, well not done but cut at least like all the other panels so far. :p
So, with me taking a break from it to recover I thought I'd take photos of all the work done so far. :)
HTPC sides & front 10mm.
Stand sides 10mm.
Stand bottom 4mm.
Gamer top pieces 3mm & 4mm, it'll make sense later in the project. ;)
Gamer side panels 3mm.
HTPC back panel 3mm.
Gamer back panel 3mm.
Gamer front panel 3mm.
Group hug photos. :D
So time to relax before I get back at it & when I do the rest of the scroll saw work should be quickly done & ready for stage 2, I’ll try to get the feet finalised in the meantime, there is still a lot of cutting to do but it's all far more simple & then it goes to the thinner material which I can breeze through. :)
Also got the sound card ordered for the HTPC, PITA how you can't buy auzentech sound cards in the UK now, had to buy direct from them, there are a few alternative shops but I wouldn't buy from them with all the bad feedback they have, went for the x-fi forte low profile card, got to have awesome sound on a HTPC. :D
At least a week before another update. :bunny::D
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Inspiring work bro, you are like tribaloverkill with your obsession for perfect cuts and I love it! You make laser cutters weep with shame...kinda reminds me of John Henry vs the railroad machine :)
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You make laser cutters weep with shame
hahahahaha
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jdbnsn
Inspiring work bro, you are like tribaloverkill with your obsession for perfect cuts and I love it! You make laser cutters weep with shame...kinda reminds me of John Henry vs the railroad machine :)
:redface: Don't know what to say to such an awesome comment :D thanks mate. :up:
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hahahahaha
:D
Bracing myself to get back onto it, had a bit of rest to catch up on. :)
Fan grill revisions since I went for the chopper fans. :D
Second design is a further developed version to be a little safer than the originals I was going to use.
Think I like this 4th one the most, looks ok & won't be restrictive & will prevent fingers being chopped not that I ever place my fingers into fan blades but some crazy might. :D
Revised feet again, chopped the front 2 feet off & replaced with 3 stacked 10mm small panels shaped to work a bit better with the look of the design & removed the side middle feet & created a bigger arch, kept the back the same.
Should be able to do the 10mm triple layer parts from scraps from earlier 10mm cuts.
I think I can make these, won't be easy but it's doable with a good accurate cutting, filing & drum sanding session, still waiting for my drum sanders BTW, well over a month & supplier not sure when to expect, they are incredibly good which is why they in such high demand, you can put whatever sandpaper you want on them, already got 1 but it's a big 75mm one, waiting for a 12.5mm & 25mm one, they make such awesome work of cleaning up edges & very fast, can use them in a power drill or drill press.
I'll continue with the actual creating in the next couple days, still loads of panels to cut but nice & simple ones. :)
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Settled with intended grills but with the extra guards, the feet I removed the middle layer which will make them a little easier to make & think they look better so are now happy feet lol. :D
Flying squirrel feet. :banana::D
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If you want a vote I would say go for something between 1 and 2 so one extra band not two.