When our News & Reviews editor Dante wanted some sort of rig to use for hardware reviews, he told me about these Tech Stations that are available---well that thing just won't do (and $139????!!!) for a team like us so I went ahead and began designing our own. With parts from Lowes and Home Despot that Zed and I hunted down, I began building a custom test station. Here are some pics and progress of this relatively easy to make rig.
1/2" MDF laminated with .0040 Styrene sheet became the top and bottom of the rig. The styrene was glued on with contact cement (same that's used for laminate on kitchen counters) and then the edges were cleaned and shaped with a router and ogee bit. The styrene will be painted red to match our logo.
I decided to integrate some common watercooling hardware into the design. A dual & single 120mm radiator is shown mounted on the rear of the rig. The latter pics show the adaptor plates for 80mm rads.
I had some scrap aluminum parts from a door saddle and this was great for creating a mounting bracket for the resevoir. A short length of threaded rod with nylon nuts on both ends holds the res in place...it even swings out for access to the barbs.
Here is part of the scrap door saddle: