Project: Alien Hospital

[The boy 4rm oz]

WOW, what an update, everything is looking fantastic my friend, very awesome work. Excellent work on that cover next to the mobo, I have a 4200TI laying around, mine works though lol. The rear panel is also looking fantastic, should look amazing when finished, and yes I can see your mistake, the extra hole you drilled . I can't wait for more mate, this is one of my all time favorite mods.

[OvRiDe]

Glad to see some progress! Great work as usual, looking forward to the next update!

[gaz_the_chav]

Awesome! Love how clean and shiney those fans look!

-gaz

[_ferry_]

Thanks guys!

Worked on the acrylic tubing and the flow indicator yesterday and today.

First i started with a extra connection for the hose connector. I didn't want to make the G1/4 threat in the flow indicator directly, this makes it stronger and fail safe: If it would break, then my flow indicator wouldn't

Creating the first flow indicator. First? Yeah, it ain't that easy so this is more like a test. Just testing and being creative

FAIL!
Modifying the acrylic adds a lot of material stress. So when gluing it together it's starts cracking.... Test

This one makes it more clear.
Also glue fumes in the drilled hole adds extra cracks.

But i took this saw and made some new ones, a sharp blade and the automatic water cooling removes any material stress.

All that's left is some snow-like dust.

Look! No cracks!

Off course the flow indicator needs some kind of guiding rail. To fit it, and being able to remove it (for tuning the weight of the indicator) i want to clamp it in 2 small centered holes.

Dremel to the rescue.

I'm glad that acrylic is flexible, i can clamp it between the 2 centering holes, 2 rubber rings are attached, not knowing if i need them anyway.



I want you...
To let me know which design is the best.... I've made 3 basic indicators, red, green, and a double sided black one.

Off course they're unfinished. The red one is polished, but 20mm wide, it should be a bit less to prevent it touching the walls. I can do that after drilling a hole in the center. Need to take them to my work for a good centered hole.

And after that i can add some details as well. Maybe drilling 4 holes from top to bottom, maybe even with a angle that could make the indicator spinning around. (not 100% sure it's gonna work)

So let me know what kind of color, or other suggestions, would be nice to build this case together with TBCS

[p0Pe]

i dont really understand how the flow indicator is going to be put together :/ but IMO the red looks best.
how about 2 peices of clear, with red in the middle and in the ends?

great work in the other update

[The boy 4rm oz]

Those are really really cool, I can't wait to see how they turn out.

[_ferry_]

i dont really understand how the flow indicator is going to be put together :/ but IMO the red looks best.
how about 2 peices of clear, with red in the middle and in the ends?

great work in the other update

I'll try to explain:

Water comes in from the bottom of the acrylic box. And goes out on top.
This will create a flow and due to the design the flow at the bottom is higher then the flow at higher point. So if the indicator has the correct weight/resistance he'll be hanging somewhere in the middle of it.

On the shaft in the middle I'll fit one of the indicators. Without the shaft he won't be hanging in the middle of the flow but floating all around in the box. That's why i need to drill a hole trough the center of the indicator.

My only concern about red is that red is quite dark. On photos there's a lot of light, at the casemod there won't. So red would be almost black.

[brinkz0r]

I just noticed I missed a lot of progress here, looking very good. I'm also anxious to see how the flow indicator will turn out, it sounds inventive

[_ferry_]

Do i need to explain how [insert nasty words here] i'm feeling?
I just drilled the last 3 holes for in/outlets, and offcourse, at the last damn hole the drill took a bite into the acryl.
I made special blocks to prevent this when tapping the g1/4 threath, and it has never happened before, and now.....

I can cut off the res from the flow indicator and try to glue on a new one. But i don't know if i can hide the junction between reservoir and flow indicator.

[Mark_Hardware]

Just came accross this project and wow is it awesome! Fantastic work.

And in answer to your question.....
Well I'm partial to red personally, but for this build, i definitely think green is the way to go. the black may be a little hard to see, since the background will be black. Plus, I spotted a green fan in one of those pictures a while back.....