Project: Black Zipper

[bentleya]

haha. I thought the same thing. It's a method that is proven to look good though.

who's defyant , only joking, just love his work so i thought i wound give it ago

[b4i7]

who's defyant , only joking, just love his work so i thought i wound give it ago

heh... lookin at your work so far, there is no way this doesnt have some inspiration from him...im a big fan of his work also, cant wait to see how your case turns out!

[bentleya]

heh... lookin at your work so far, there is no way this doesnt have some inspiration from him...im a big fan of his work also, cant wait to see how your case turns out!

my plexi is coming on friday, and I'm going to get some more toys tonight or tomorrow ready for it, expect an update some time friday

[bentleya]

23rd February 2008

In this update I have gone Perspex mad, and I mean it, Paul hocked me up with my Perspex and loads of off cuts to, so a big thank you to him.

Look at all that Perspex, I sorted though what he gave me, to the stuff that he cut for me

all the Perspex there is for my 2 120mm fan box that will sit in the front of the case

smoked Perspex for the back of the case

3mm clear Perspex for the new front of the case

the new side panel

and all of that is for spare, which I will use, he he he, secret plan



Now we got all that out the way, I went down the local screwfix on Thursday to get some new toys, for the Perspex

Tap and Die set

And some new self centering, hss extreme 2 drill bits

And I did order a nice bench drill press but there didn’t have it in stock, ooo well I check back next week for it

Well guys my dads got this secret stash of sand paper filler and filling equipment from when he was a body repair and spay expert

Gave be some stuff for me to work with

Some nice filler knife things, and some silicon carbine paper better know as wet and dry, a tip for all the people doing there technology GCSE, You have to say glass paper instead of sand paper and silicon carbine paper instead of wet and dry, as both of them are trade names.

All right on to the front panel, Paul cut all my Perspex to size, all I had to do was trim a few edges at the bottom and the side

I have drilled the six holes for the bolts that will hold it to the front metal of the case, plus the 4 big holes for the brackets that connect the bezel to the case

and a little test fit

I have drilled out the 3mm holes for the leds, which will light up the centre hole for the 2 120mm fan intake

That’s it for now Happy Modding

[bentleya]

24th February 2008

After drilling most of the holes yesterday for the front plexi I am now moving on to the fan box which is going to be made out of 6mm clear Perspex, I haven’t finished the front plexi, due to the fact I a m waiting for my 114mm hole saw to be delivered

I checked over the measument for the fan box, in which got cut out, and I forgot when I designed it that it wound be 10mm, so I have drawn out the new lines to be cut

As you can see in the picture below where the blade got hot when I was cutting it with my jigsaw, it has melted it a bit leaving the sides stringy a bit of sanding should solve the problem

I will not start to drill the holes in the box to my hole saw comes, so I am just going to sand down the edges to make the fit better

As I have got to sand the edges down I fort I wound give it a little test fit just in case I sand to much off

I told you a few updates ago that I was changing the side panel, I have cut out the centre of the side panel ready for Perspex

I have marked out the Perspex that will go on the side panel ready to be cut

All clamped up ready to be cut

All cut, time to mark the new design

A little test fit, WOW perfect first time, me happy

New design marked out, and ready to me cut

A little test fit, just gotta cut out a bit more on the real side panel

Sorted now for the cutting of the Perspex

A couple of holes for the jigsaw

Centre Cut Out

All Cut Out

Another Test Fit

ok on to the sides of the side panel, I will cut this pipe into 4 to make the corner sections of the panel

and here it is chopped up

that’s it for now happy modding, and there might be an update later, I’ve had to stop cos it’s started to rain and my work area is outside

[The boy 4rm oz]

Looking nice, keep it up.

[bentleya]

Looking nice, keep it up.

should be an update later, because i'm taking my sie oanel to work to sand

[p0Pe]

gonna look slick... get it moving :p...

[bentleya]

got th sanding done i'll update the log tomorow, just sorting out my desk,, wat a mess

[bentleya]

well i have been drawing up more designs this week, and i am definitely going with the front 7" screen but with a twist, there will be two dvd drives be hide the screen, ok now your wondering how i will get to the dvd drives....

i will have 4 gas struts one on each corner on the screen, i will make brackets on the dvd drives so when i open them the screen will move forward,


crazy or what, keep a look out for my finally design on this, by the end of the week