Evolutionary

[Franklin]

Time to work on some parts inside the case. The pump will be placed near to the motherboard. The area around the pump is covered with an black aluminium sheet from AC Ryan.

The aluminium cover around the pump also comes in handy when I have to hide some cables.

The pump itself will be covered by its own housing. I used some acrylic piping and cut it in half. This is just the base of the pumphousing, now I can add some more housing parts by glueing it onto this pipe.

I can finish the construction of the hddbox now, this because of some great help from a company nearby in Eindhoven
called Nebo http://www.nebobv.nl/

Now it fits into the pipe.

I drilled two big holes in the hdd box.

These holes are there for the acrylic pipe that will go through there. I glued some black acrylic around the pipe. This is needed to attach it to the hdd box with some bolts.
Couldn't glue it because I will need some space to adjust the construction when needed.

A quick look underneath the hdd box.

The two pieces of acrylic that fit into the pipes underneath the hdd box will be mounted on the bottom of the case. To prevent any movement I will use some aluminium profiles underneath the bottom of the case, but this will not be visible. This construction will prevent the box hanging in the rc shocks from flipping to one side.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Some nice work there, I want more pics lol.

[Franklin]

Not a very high quality movie, but I didn't want to wait showing the shocks in action. Haven't cleaned the harddiskbox yet and this just is a first test.



It works! It runs very smoothly. The sound you hear is from the acrylic pipes in the acrylic tubes. I will adjust the shocks when the harddisks are installed, there is no weight in the box now.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Man that works great, not to mention it looks cool haha. I WANT MORE.

[Franklin]

Jon thanks for your help with the hosting space for my pictures!

Have been working on, what must be one of the last polyester parts, dust filter holders.

Getting the part of the mold.



Marked the part so I know where to cut it.

Smoothened the edges with some sandingpaper.

Made an opening in the filter holder.

Ready to mount it on the aluminium. Used some bolts to do this.

And from another angle.

The acrylic part that will hold the filtermaterial can slide in now.

Made two of these parts, one for the left side and one for the right side of the case. These holders will be mounted underneath the case, so you can't see them.

[Helix666]

Very awesome...

+rep for this mod.
(Can't wait to see it finished!)

[Darth Dad]

Your home made intakes are sweet...

Please accept my lowly +rep...

[Franklin]

The case is almost ready for the paintjob, but that will have to wait till after my 6 week vacation. The ducts will have to be sealed with a rubber strip to prevent air escaping to the wrong compartments.

The holes in the bottom of the case, drilled for the dustfilter, will also be used to keep the duct in place. Don't have bolts that are long enough so I can't finish it right now. I want to drill some holes in the aluminium profile and when I tighten these bolts the profile will pull the duct onto the rubber strips.

Started working on some details. Because I don't like the side of a normal fan I decided to make some sort of hosing for the fan that will be placed in the back of the case. I started with a small strip of acrylic. This acrylic needs to be bend. Used some mdf and some copper pipes to bend the piece.

The piece of acrylic just needs to be shortened a bit and then it can be glued.

Time to glue the frosted acrylic lid onto the black acrylic.

Will have to wait till the glue has hardened, before I can start cuttin a hole in the frosted acrylic for the fan.

The combination of black and white will be used quite often in this case.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Nicely done, it all looks fantastic.

[Franklin]

After a few hours of filing the fan with black acrylic ring around it, fits in the fanbox.

I think this wil be one of my last updates before my 6 week vacation. Hope to get some information from a company that is specialized in painting polyester before I leave the Netherlands for a warmer place, because the case is almost ready for a paintjob.