Project: Flux

[b4i7]

aww damn...i saw you posted and thought you were giving us an update

should be ordering my own of this case here in a couple weeks

[BigJohnson]

Wow. That case looks amazing. I should get back and check in more often.
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[Xperiment]

aww damn...i saw you posted and thought you were giving us an update

should be ordering my own of this case here in a couple weeks

I have been able to get some work done today, so update should be up in a few minutes.

Be good to see what you do with the case - best of luck with it.

Wow. That case looks amazing. I should get back and check in more often.
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Thanks, and thanks for the rep!

[Xperiment]

Hi guys,

With the luxury of a 4 day weekend I am hoping to get quite abit of work done on the case. Today I worked on some surrounds for the 2 front intake fans.

I will be using AC Ryan UV Orange fans throughout the case, I used them in my last mod and loved them. Great quality, not too loud and having the slit power for the leds and fan was very handy.

So I designed some 'ducting' for them. To focus the airflow onto the motherboard. Having the fans enclosed should also create a nice effect with the orange glow.

So first of all I cut a sheet of orange acrylic and set about bending it into shape:

I use an old table base and clamps to make the bends, oh and a blow torch:

Here is the sheet bent into shape:

Now to make some cuts. I would ideally have used a scroll saw for these cuts but the piece is 80mm in height and my scroll saw has a max cut depth of 50mm. So out came the dremel, not to much of a problem but the cuts are no where near as clean - nothing a little sanding wont fix.

To make sure the ducting wont be touching the motherboard I made some further cuts:

Then copy and pasted ( If only ) the finished duct to leave me with 2, one for each fan:

Here they are inside the case, just a test fitting at the moment. I still need to sand all the edges, add some detail with steel mesh and remove the protective covers. But you get the idea:

I have ordered the fans today, so should have them some time next week. 3 x 80mm UV Orange and 1 x 120mm UV Orange.

I have also ordered the 120mm rad, Black Ice GT Stealth.

But the most exciting news is that following a battle with my old employer they have decided to settle out of court and pay me lots of lovely modding money ..... so things have just become interesting for this mod as I have a lot more money to play with now!

Stay tuned, thanks for reading.

Xperiment

[b4i7]

those are wicked!

now all i have to do is master the art of copy/paste IRL

[BigJohnson]

You know how much time that would save me if I could just copy and paste while doing everyday tasks? Looking good man.

[p0Pe]

i once removed a harddrive and realized that it sat perfectly, and my first thought was "ctrl-z" and i just looked at it for 2 sek thinking "why doesnt it go back?"

ctrl- x commands would be so usefull irl!

[Tavarin]

Looks wicked, even without a copy and paste function you did a damned good job making the second duct.

Ctrl-Y would also be a great function in real life.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Mate fantastic work, you never cease to amaze me with your plexi skill. Copy and paste IRL FTW!!!

[|NQ|Squelsh]

Have fun spending the new money (:
Great job on those ducts. Flux is one of my favs at this time on TBCS!

Think I'd try to copy+paste my girlfriend IRL