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    Hey p0Pe, I totally agree. I really have to get me some green color to flood the visor.
    Here is a little X-Mas Update:

    I made new clamps for the switchpanel.


    This is the cabeling of the switchpanel. Little fiddly to solder...


    This is a mounting bracket for a 6pin connector. You can see it in place in the next pic.


    Thats the cabeling with connector:


    And the micro-switches that sense if the switchpanel reached its endpositions:


    And finally the finished panel, ready to connect to the electronics:


    I soldered a circuit that stops the panel in the endposition until you invert the motor voltage.

    Thats it for today. I hope I can work more on the Orb during the next days.
    Thanks for reading. Comments are allways welcome
    I wish all the modders here at TBCS a Merry Christmas!

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    -=| The Orb |=- - - -=| CUBE 2 |=- - - -=| Reactor |=-

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    sweet hope youll make it to your deadline and ill see that thing at the contest

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    HAHAH, I want to see more

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    Hey sabooya, you get your update This is my work from yesterday.

    I could not find any good mesh for a good price, so I killed an old beatbox (:

    The mesh is big enough for my needs. But that has to wait some days.


    I still try to assemble the parts that are needed for a good picture to send to some sponsors. So I started a new version of the feet:


    Produced lots of saw mill waste:

    And a nice rounded edge that only needs little polishing:


    I can't do one kind of work for a longer time, so I hopped back to the switchpanel and finished the microswitches and the cabeling:



    From that I went on to the HDD activity light. That's a piece of plexiglas with a red and blue LED that alternate when HDD is active. Same thing will be done for DVD activity on the other side of the baseplate.


    Next toppic, the DVD-bay-cover:
    Taped it against sawdust, then drilled mounting holes:


    The cover is made of 3 layers of wood that are shaped so they fit the baseplate. With a saw I caved the wood to make space for two LEDs:

    Those LEDs will illuminate an 1mm gap around the DVD-bay-cover when the bay is closed.



    Last thing was the upper sphere. The glued pieces:

    I don't have much spherical plastic left, so I had to work with lots of small parts:


    Testfit:

    And why did I all this stuff Because I wanted to illuminate it

    That light-string will be replaced by a red one and be covered by plexiglas.
    I think I can go on with that work tomorrow.

    Hope you all had a nice X-Mas. See you soon,
    Squelsh
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    Oh man that's cool looking! I wish I knew how to motorize computer doors and install monitors etc. in cases!

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    why, oh why, have I not subscribed to this sooner?!

    I think you deserve a +rep for this. Definitely.
    Quote Originally Posted by gntlkilr
    warranties are meant to be voided.
    Turns out, they'll let any idiot with a wrench work on hydraulics.

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    Yippie! Thanx Helix, thats the first +REP since weeks

    Yesterday I borrowed a GeForce 8800 GTS 512 from a friend to see, if the card fits into the Orb. Because when I drew the plans I calculated with the size of an ATI Radeon card which is MUCH smaller. I really feared that this monster would not fit inside the sphere.
    Result: NO chance to put that card inside with the original heatsink
    But relief: With the watercooling block I only have to put the motherboard about 3 mm to the backside so that the visor closes correctly!

    With the card in my hands I played CRYSIS much to long and did not much modding yesterday. Great game I only finished the feet illumination (sorry, no pics yet)
    and the cover for the backside. You must imagine it painted. With this dirty white it looks poor.

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    -=| The Orb |=- - - -=| CUBE 2 |=- - - -=| Reactor |=-

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    Nice use for the EL wire. Have a rep on me for sticking with this!

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    I need your comments on this update:
    I went on with some parts for the inside of the Orb. For that I bended some plastic parts with the oven:

    On my first try the clamps made ugly marks:

    But the next two tries went all right and are ready for a cutting. The logo is from the NetQuarter.org club. We organize LAN Parties in Germany.



    Thats the unfolded mesh from the beatbox I disassembled:


    And here I need your comments: Those are tests of three different meshes I can use. What do you think, which one looks better? (I would paint the metal one in black if I use it).

    1. Beatbox mesh:

    2. Finest mesh:

    3. Coarse mesh:


    Which one should I use? The one from the beatbox looks cool but it may be too coarse for that small cutouts...
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    -=| The Orb |=- - - -=| CUBE 2 |=- - - -=| Reactor |=-

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    Personally i actually like the beatbox mesh. The other
    ones look too small and squarish for the cutout, but idk its up to you.

    [Insert Clever Saying Here]

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