TRIBALOVERKILL, "Blackout"

[tribaloverkill]

this just so cool
are you a human? or a robot

Robot.

[Tale Gunner]

Where in the universe do you come up with these ideas? OUTSTANDING

[FrooP]

maybe hes one of those transformer things from "outer space"

[tribaloverkill]

maybe hes one of those transformer things from "outer space"

I am.

[tribaloverkill]

Shiny shiny,....

Jun-18-2007

First,... Don't know if I ever showed this to you guyz but,... here's a cool way to wet sand using a disc on your drill press or whatever you decide to use. You obviously need a disc and also,... some painters tape.

Yes,... it's a rubbery disc sander thing,...

Tape off the disc like so,...

Apply crazy glue,... you dont need to use a lot as in having gobs of it everywhere. Just smear a little bit all over making sure you cover the entire disc especially the outer edge.

Stick it to the wet sand paper,.... like so.

Cut away the excess and whalaaa! Make sure you let it dry completely first. The disc's biggest enemy is edges. Try not the get the sand paper hung up on the edge of your work because it will tear the paper. If you work has a lot of detailed cutouts,... leave a little extra sand paper around the entire disc. This way the sand paper will ride over the detailed cutouts. No guarantees though. If your careful it will last a long time. If you not it will only last a few minutes.

First shiny piece. Its not completely done. I have to go over it again for the cleaning phase.

Check it out! Another means of polishing! Its a 4.5" angle grinder then I can use as a polisher too. Havent really tried it yet but it will work The grinder has a 7amp motor too so this thing isnt going to stop turning if I press really hard like the table grinder does with its mere 2.1amp motor.

Next piece polished out. Looks pretty good. Not perfect but looks pretty good. I can see the imperfections in the grill,... it's driving me nuts but there nothing I can do about it. Its hand made. Something like this hand made can only get so good,... at least within a reasonable amount of time

Done,... thread-serts installed.

You know it's weird,... using the thread serts like this is no means good finished look compared to some nice button head hex bolts or some equiv,... but theres something about them that says "NICE!". I dont know. I just think they look pretty good like this. Dont know why.

Cut out the back of the case. You see the two things I left on each side of the power supply hole at the bottom,... ask me why I left those there.

SWEET!

I dont know about that fan shroud. It's off a bit. Not because I messed up but because I didnt really plan it out well. Does that mean I messed it up? It fits but there are little things that are killing me here. The part is pretty easy to make so I think I'll make another. Also,... you see the case through the grill? The black bar? It's so in the way. I dont know. Should I paint the back of the shroud black? Thats what I think I'm going to do. I cant leave that black bar like that.

B@#$%^&.

This fits nicely. Should I polished the psu mounting plate? Or just leave it? It's covered completely so its not like it's showing. But then again with all the stuff I polished,... should I do it anyways?

Going to sleep, gym,... and then go back to studio. Peace. OH! My birthday is coming up! July 12th. I think the weekend of the 20th,... my brother and I are going to be celebrating OUR birthdays in Alantic City. He;s bringing like 9 or 10 of his friends and I dont know how many people I'm bringing,... but if any of you locals wanna join in you can pm me and I'll give you my number. I'll keep you updated as to what, when, and where. We're going do some drinkin, dancin, eating,... we can talk about computers/ moddin,... lol. It's gonna be a fun time so let me know! Peace.

[Tale Gunner]

July 12 huh? Mines July 13 LOL

[tribaloverkill]

July 12 huh? Mines July 13 LOL

Get out! Thats just cool. How old are you if you dont mind me asking? Going to be 29 here.

[elbarto241]

damn that homemade polishing disk is a work of genius. happy B-day

[Tale Gunner]

Get out! Thats just cool. How old are you if you dont mind me asking? Going to be 29 here.

52 (born 1955)

[b4i7]

ahhh....nothin better than comin back from a long weekend to find a tribal update... keep it up bro