Re: TRIBALOVERKILL, "Blackout" Updated--> 06/24/05
Ok,... the universal mounting plate is pretty much finished. Check it out.
First,... I got my stuff from Bill over at WWW.MNPCTECH.com. What a nice guy. I only asked for the U-Channel Trim and sent me this other stuff too. I need you guyz to pay a visit to his site for me. I would really appreciate it. He has some really nice shizz over there! Swear! He sent me the U-Channel Trim, some Large Reinforced Cutting Discs, and some Small and Large Cable Clamps! Thanks Bill!
Heres the U-Channel Trim I asked for. Its better then I thought it would be. For some reason I thought it would be cheesy but it's not! It's nice. It's thin. It's sleek unlike grommets which I think are bulky as hell.
Here's the U-Channel Trim I stuffed into the holes that are going to be used by the hoses. It's obivous the hole are to small for the U-Channel Trim.
So I cut some of the width away so it would bend more easily without flaring out,... as much. This is what I got. If I was to use it I woudl ahve to super glue it to the hole becase it kept trying to creep out. When you cut away the width it, the chaanel is smalled therefore it wont hold to the hole as well. So I kinda decided not to use it for these holes. I am going to use it somewhere else.
Instead I am going to use the foam except this time I modified it a bit. I cut awa some of the height and glue the foams edges together to form a ring. I placed it in the hole and then smashed the hose through the hole. It came out great. It reall seals off the hose well.
Now,... to the PSU mounting plate. I had a vision of what I wanted to use to hold the PSU to the plate and this vision started with this,... some arms. Very narrow, only 3/8". I didnt want them to be to wide because that would the PSU would be mounted high off the plate. These little pieces although only1/16" thick are strong enough to take on what i have planned for them.
Here are the arms with the tiny angled brackets.
This is what i was shooting for when I realized it was dumb. a stupid idea. There's just to much,... to many little pieces. I need something that is simpler and even stronger! Because you cant go wrong with having to much strength
Here are the new arms. Well,.. they will be arms. These strips are a 1/2" wide.
Bending with a screw driver? What could I be doing?!?!?!
Remember always make sure that whatever you are bending is straight with whatever you are using to make the bends.
Friggin ROCK! Yeah! One piece! WHOS THE MAN! LOL. I ahev to cut away some of the length still.
This was cool. I took these screws and put them in the drill measuring how far they were in the drill. I then spun the screws and with a file I ground away the thread under the head so the screws would slide nicely throughout the grooves of the plate.
Done! I used mobo offsets on the arms to offest the PSU from the arms. I drilled small holes and just screwed them in using a bit of permanent locktight so they dont loosen. The middle arm is a brace for the center of the PSUs PCB.
Mounted.
Mounted.
Inside the case.
Now, after all that,... I figured out a faster and easier and smoother design for the mounting system. I wish I friggin did it this way because it would of saved me so much time!!! It would of been easir to mount the PSU and all even though its not all that hard to mount it now. It just would of been smoother looking. Instead of cutting the gates in the plate, I would only cut a groove. The groove would ba as long as the gates but no perpendicular grooves. Then,... I would cut a groove in each arm. That would be it! It would be more adjustable and smoother to adjust too. I am kicking myself right now! Anyways,... this isn't bothering me enough to remake the plate. SoI am going to move on because I have ton of other shizz to make. Let me know what you guyz think.
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Originally Posted by Visionism
. Just for the note, I dont go that way, LOL.
