Project: PrometheusCu

[Mach]

I believe the "bar" is what Langer was referring to when he answered back in October

One of the fins did in fact break, the router caused some vibration which shook a fin into the cutting path. No worries though, I've already made some design adjustments to negate the error.

[Mushroom720]

oops missed that

[StyleCore]

I just read every single page. This is the project that makes me want to mod computers.

[Langer]

Sorry for the pause, however school is done and I'm back at it.

I'm modding daily again and will have an update coming friday.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Good to hear buddy, I have been waiting for this day for a long time .

[Mach]

Ahh, let the insanity continue! Welcome back man! At some point, I expect details on the final project(s) from school.

[EspoNation]

Happy to see you back! I was starting to get worried!

[Langer]

Greetings and Hello fellow modders and enthusiasts.

First I'd like to start off by stating that I'm very sorry for the long wait! I apologize for the hold-up.

Life threw a few curveballs my way, and the Digital Design program at Vancouver Film School is intense; I can count on 1-hand the number of times I was able to go out and have fun this year. The course demands the completion of 81post secondary credits in just 1 year (as a comparison, many of my friends attending University here in Canada are required to complete only about 20credits a year).

Now it's all done and over with, if you'd like some info on where it's taken me check out the about page on my, still developing, website. I don't have much of my latest work on there but the about page should do a good job of summing me up. http://jesselang.ca/about-me


LETS GET TO IT SHALL WE?

I am proud to present, for your viewing pleasure, update number 53 in project PrometheusCU
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When we last left off I was rushing to get parts cut in the week before I had to pack-up and move west to Vancouver. At that time I moved into a Hotel for the first 3months, and had 0access to any kind of shop. For the most part, the project has been packed and boxed awaiting completion.

I took it upon myself to take another jab at modding full force back in January/Febuary - however my final project took precedent.

Last firday afternoon I grabbed my files, the rough-cut copper parts, and a comfy spot on the couch and spent the day filing.

Since friday, I've spent every day morning-night filing copper... my inexperience with the CNC router cutting process combined with the increased cutting speed I needed to get the parts done in time yielded very very ****ty edges. Just about each piece has needed between 5-10hrs+ of filing to get perfect, and even then I'm only just finishing the first pass of filing on most parts.

(In trying to land a gig working at Google they gave me a NexusOne to play with - and being that it's the only camera I have at home at the moment: Pictures presented by Google )

I'll start with some detail images of the edges left by the CNC router:
It looks like a dog breakfast for now, but thankfully they all clean up REALLY nicely.

Here I've placed the carbon behind the copper as it will be in the end:

A quick preview of where I'm at with the first pass of filing:

Here's another mock-up with the carbon:

I'm just about finished pass 1 on these parts:

I couldn't leave you without some previews of how the case stands at the moment:

Here's a head-on shot of the drive-bay area showing how the PICO and Pump are to be mounted:

Note the clearance... of 0:

The addition of the reservoirs required the pump be oriented differently, which of-course means cutting something:

Some of you who have been following this project for (how long has it been now?) may recall my former shop and working facilities: PHOTO GALLERY LINK.

Well gone are those days, I'd like to introduce to you my current workshop - from soldering to grinding, drilling to filing this is my home:

Here's my view of today's gloomy Vancouver weather - it may rain alot here but the sunny days make it more than worthwhile:

Not being one to shy away from a good pun; I want to share with you the location where PrometheusCU has been living for the past year.

This is the wall above the bed in my bedroom - this project has quite literally been looming over my head for the past 9months. It's the last thing I see at night (on the slow nights anyway ) and the first thing I see in the morning. I even had visions of being crushed by faulty Ikea shelving overweighted with copper, which I must admit would have been a pretty good irony.

Sorry again for making you all wait, but I'm pretty sure that most of you will agree with me when I say it was worth it.

That's all I have for you for now.
Life is pretty lax for me now. I am doing a lot of consulting for usability and interaction design projects attempting to harness social media - most of which I do from home. In short: I have lots of time for modding now, and I plan on taking advantage of it.

The next update with be accompanied by a number of surprises - thanks for reading.
Tune in soon.

*j

[SXRguyinMA]

nice! glad you're back!!

[Langer]

Good to be back


Thanks a lot.

On the topic of kinky tubes:
This is a quick mock-up, and the tubing will sport stainless steel anti kink coils and a layer of nylon multifilament sleeving over top. In the end that will not be an issue.

Here are some very early mock-ups showing a rough result:

*j