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    Default Re: Project Stealthlow

    I've never come across a piece of acrylic that actually was the size it's supposed to be. .25" sheets are more like .22" in reality, and yet they are sold as 1/4" lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Boddaker View Post
    I've never come across a piece of acrylic that actually was the size it's supposed to be. .25" sheets are more like .22" in reality, and yet they are sold as 1/4" lol.
    Suppose 0.1mm out is very very good then .

    Update .

    Razzed through doing the fan holes & sanded the fans down just enough so they fit in the holders, the fan holders still require a bit more work & then sticking them together, then the fans can slide in & out.




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    although they arent quite right. it still looks good
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    Quote Originally Posted by DonT-FeaR View Post
    although they arent quite right. it still looks good
    Thanks mate, I think once I have them stuck together I'll sand them down again so they all blend together seamlessly, the exhaustion has caught up with me though & just woke up from a 14 hour sleep lol .

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    Update

    A day just doesn't feel complete to me without making some progress & an update while creating something lol.

    Decided to change the hdd cages a little for more air flow & this will make it less work too .



    Cut out & marked the extra hdd cage piece I messed up the other day from the new sheet of 3mm aluminium, so I have some spare if anything else goes wrong on the smaller parts, still only have 1 shot at the mobo tray & side panels though so I'll have to be extremely careful doing those .

    Woke up too late in the day to be using noisy tools but had a very long 14 hours sleep so I'll be up all night & all tomorrow so I'll try to get the hdd cages, hdd stand & fan holders completed tomorrow but can do some drilling as that's not noisy.

    So here is the hdd cage pieces ready for drilling.



    And drilled, still need to use this nice stepless cone drill bit so I can get a nicely rounded ends & so I can use the reciprocating saw on it, then file & sand.



    And a quick test of the hdd mount holes, had to let them acclimatize to the warmer room, condensation aplenty .







    Also with my brain not freezing up in the garage & being well rested I've had a chance to figure out how I'll make the multi layer curved front/top pieces & in theory it works excellent & is pretty simple to be honest so that's 1 less thing to be concerned about , I think the bulk of the hard work will be making the side panels.

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    looking very good. cant wait to see more
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    Quote Originally Posted by DonT-FeaR View Post
    looking very good. cant wait to see more
    Thanks mate .

    The supercharge from the long sleep wore off by the time I was able to get busy today but still got a bit more done today, took just over 3 hours to do these.

    And thought why not do a step by step picture update for a change.

    Piece ready for drilling with big enough drill bit to let the saw inside.


    Start & end points in.


    Clamp & cut.


    The finished cut with selection of files.


    After the coarse file.


    After medium file.


    After round file.


    After rough sanding unwanted marks off.




    Another test fit.




    Not sure if the reciprocating saw needs a new blade or because it was a hard piece to clamp properly but the cuts took ages & left a nasty mark on the pieces so I used the disc sander to level it all off so they just need wet sanding now.

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    Default Re: Project Stealthlow

    very nice will look awesome once cleaned up
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    Quote Originally Posted by DonT-FeaR View Post
    very nice will look awesome once cleaned up
    And anodised black but that won't be until all of it's complete. Thanks mate

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    Sheesh, very insignificant update here considering the time spent on it today .

    Took all day to sand the hdd cage bits.
    I have learnt not to use the reciprocating saw without good masking tape on to protect the surface & never to use the disc sander on surfaces, edges are fine but definitely not surfaces, creates way too much work & as you can see on the piece at the top it left quite a big scrape, I did wet sand them but when I cleaned all the crap off the water must have had a bad reaction with the aluminium & left blotchy stains so I dry sanded them with 240 grit.







    I'm not happy with these to call them finished so I'll have to put another day into these pieces, all the inside edges are good though so at least I did something good on it today lol .

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