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    Sweet, I can't wait.. I've been checking almost daily for updates. This project has really motivated me to start gathering supplies and materials to get into styrene modeling.. hope to see new info soon..

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    Wow, I dont know how I missed this. Another person using styrene for their mod! Great job Dan, it's coming along awesomely! I am looking forward to seeing this come together. All the servo work is sweet too.

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    Hey everyone, I'm finally back from my trip. -God that was long.
    I should be able to get back on this today sometime. Just trying to catch up on some sleep first.

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    Enjoy your sleep dan!
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    I'm new to the forum bought saw your iris and had to post. I know in woodworking if we need identical peices we stick them all together and cut and sand it as one piece. I'm not sure if this is possible with styrene though having never used it

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    Quote Originally Posted by turis View Post
    I'm new to the forum bought saw your iris and had to post. I know in woodworking if we need identical peices we stick them all together and cut and sand it as one piece. I'm not sure if this is possible with styrene though having never used it
    That is a good point. In fact I have tried that method but what happens with Styrene is it the thicker the material gets, the hotter it makes the blade when you cut it, then at a certain point, it just starts to melt the styrene together, then you have a real mess!

    Thanks though. and Welcome to TBCS!

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    Finally the long awaited update!!!


    I picked right up where I left off.
    Because the Radiator will stick out of the side of the case sligtly, I traced the perimeter of the radiator on the side panel. -Man working with clear material really makes this easy!!!



    Then I cut it out.


    And here it is on the case. You can see how much it sticks out.


    The idea is to build a cover that goes over the radiator. but you can still remove the side panel without taking the radiator out. -That will make it much easier to work on.

    Then I turned my attention to the hard drive mounts.
    Here is the one that came with the sunbeam case.


    I turned the case upside down. So your looking at the bottom of the case in this one. -I drilled some holes to mount the verticle drive sides to the bottom.


    but I decided that I would never need 5 spaces. so to make some room, I cut them down shorter.


    Then I simply screwed them to the bottom of the case.


    here it is with a old defunct hard drive as a test fit. I have room for 2 drives.


    Next up was the fan controller. Here is the one out of my current case:


    I took off the bay cover I made earlier. and made a new on out of styrene.


    The idea here is to have it motorize out of the side of the case in a tilting motion. The servo will be mounted to one side of the verticle arms.


    here is the servo horn attached to the side piece.


    And here it is on all together.


    The last part I did for the night was to round off the bottoms of the verticle legs.


    I still have to assemble it, mount it, cut the hole in the side of the case etc. etc.

    Untill next time.... Happy modding

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    Fantastic work as always dan, keep it up. Can't wait to see how the iris is going by the way.
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    Nice.. Man, I think you have been gifted with mod powers! Great work.. more.. more!

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    Yeah, we want more... Please tell me you are going to work on this some more tonight?


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