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04-22-2010, 04:34 PM
#181
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04-23-2010, 03:15 PM
#182
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04-24-2010, 05:47 PM
#183
Re: Project - Air Cube v2
Xbox 360
Filled & sanded the inside & outside corners of the top piece.
Made a quick & simple air duct to blow out of the side, still undecided if the rear fan will bring air in or out.
The back could do with some filler so it all sits nice & flat all around, I'll get that done tomorrow, I'll also trim the flat bars out of the way of the side hole.
It's getting very close to being ready for painting .
Air cube
LOL, the temps are better with the exterior panels on rather than off , just thought I'd take a pic of the air cube with the new panel on , the onboard led lights only come on when starting up the pc & are quite subtle but good looking, I like them, there is a green, orange & red light which has given me an idea to use some leds on both sides of the case to be different colours, the 5870 pretty much splits the case into 2 halves so I think it'll look quite decent if placed in the right spots.
More soon .
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04-25-2010, 05:50 AM
#184
Re: Project - Air Cube v2
The work on the Xbox is comming along nicely. I like the disk drive relocation.
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04-25-2010, 04:35 PM
#185
Re: Project - Air Cube v2
Sure is Jase, the dvd cables just about reach , nearly got this xbox done now, phew .
Put a good layer of filler on the back & smoothed out, the top piece is laid flat now & cut the flat bars lower to be unseen.
Decided ac ryan meshx is the right stuff for the side duct hole, it's very unrestrictive so would be perfect for it, thought about doing my own grill but the meshx would be better, once I have a mesh sorted for the hole it should be ready for painting & then I can move on with the stack, after a couple of days for a break .
Doing the xbox the way I have has given me more appreciation for case mods, scratch builds are more straight forward because you are the one who designed it so you know exactly how it should all go together, it requires a lot of adapting with a ready made case so I believe it can take just as much effort to do a good looking mod, case mod appreciation +10 .
The ps3 is going to look too normal amongst the 360 & air cube, I'd love to at least give it a paint job but that warranty is stopping me, for now .
More soon, Can't do nothing more on the xbox until tuesday but I could make a start on the levels of the stack if I feel up for it.
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04-25-2010, 10:37 PM
#186
ATX Mental Case
Re: Project - Air Cube v2
Wow, that's some awesome metal work! Everything all snuggly fit. Good job, can't wait till this is done!
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04-26-2010, 01:22 AM
#187
Re: Project - Air Cube v2
I think the AC Ryan MeshX will go very well with the mod. I have used the stuff before and must saw it is very easy to work with, you can cut the stuff quite easily with tin snips and it bends like a dream.
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04-26-2010, 03:47 PM
#188
Re: Project - Air Cube v2
Thank you Xtrykr, just waiting for the mesh, should have it tomorrow, then fix it to the 360, then clean, then paint .
I should have some tin snips but never got around to buying some, I'm friends with the air dremel again now I have the correct fitting discs lol , still got to order the paint for the xbox.
The stack.
The makeshift table was not flat enough for putting a jig on & getting this stack made, luckily my dad had a kitchen work top doing nothing, so we took the clamping piece off the rough makeshift table & put it on the kitchen top, so now I have a nice table to work on .
Made a square jig, I cut the wood to precise sizes of the angle bars so I needed 4 hands to make it 100% square, my dad helped me on this, it would have taken ages to do on my own & might not have been 100% square, anyway the jig is perfect so I'll be able to do my marking spot on when I start on this stack.
This is the bottom level piece, it's the chunkiest level of them all, I wanted it to be well grounded .
More soon .
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04-27-2010, 09:00 PM
#189
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04-29-2010, 07:53 PM
#190
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