Project: Ronin

[Slatter]

Project Ronin, Form Following Function...

Design Problems with off-the-shelf Casing::
1. High Ambient Temperature
The ambient temperature of the region I live in is high, and with high humidity even high end Full-Tower cases fail to cool components properly.
Solution - Create higher air flow inside casing

2. Dusty Environment
This region is also very very dusty. Regradless of how clean the area around the computer is kept, dust build-ups on components occur within weeks
Solution - Use a large filtered surface area for air in take

3. Impractical Drive Bay Configuration
In order to access optical drives, i/o modules and control switches, cases have to be placed on tables. Since Full-Tower cases are big abd bulky, a lot of space is misused
Solution - Seperate I/O Drive and Switches from main unit

4. Unflexible Case Placement-ability
Most casing windows are on the left side. This means at times the window of the case faces the wall, making the window completely pointless.
Solution - Dual Window case with Flippabe M/B Section

Material List::
1. 20mm Aluminium Square Tubes - for main structure
2. 11mm 70:30 Round Mesh Metal
3. 7mm 70:30 Round Mesh Metal
4. 7mm 40:60 Round Plastic Mesh for compartment seperation
5. 30mm x 25mm Aluminium Profile (2mm thick) - will be cut intopieces to be used as angles
6. 2mm Thick Aluminium Sheet
7. 9mm x 1.3mm Rivets
8. 6mm x 0.9mm Rivets
9. 7mm x 1.5mm Hex Bolts

[Slatter]

Sketchup 1 This is the inital sketchup I did.

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Sketchup 2 This is a more complete version of the case design. Still missing a lot of details.

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Sketchup 3 This version shows a different top design and the flippable m/b tray section.

[Slatter]

The basic materials

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The Stuff thats gonna hold it all together

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Home-Made Jig

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Cutting Begins

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Filed and Cleaned

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Cutting the Profile into strips to make the angles

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Filing the Angles

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Finished Angles

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After two weeks of repeating the process
Front View

Side View

Back View Showing the M/B Pull-Out Flippable Thinggymajiggg

M/B Tray Side View

[Shabz]

The work is FAAAAAAAAANTAAAAAAASTIC !!!!!!!!!!!

Keeeeep up the goood work.... cant wait to see the finished product !!!!

best of luck..........

ciao

[Slatter]

The work is FAAAAAAAAANTAAAAAAASTIC !!!!!!!!!!!

Keeeeep up the goood work.... cant wait to see the finished product !!!!

best of luck..........

ciao

Thanks Dude...

[tinker]

Wow!
Impressive skills.

The model looks awesome too.
If it turns out like that it will be beautiful.
Looking forward to more progress.

[Eclecticos]

Looks like you have a really cool project planned out!
Sketchup models look fantastic! +Rep

[Trace]

Definatly has potential!
I like it so far
+REP for nice aluminum working.

[Slatter]

Wow!
Impressive skills.

The model looks awesome too.
If it turns out like that it will be beautiful.
Looking forward to more progress.

Looks like you have a really cool project planned out!
Sketchup models look fantastic! +Rep

Definatly has potential! I like it so far +REP for nice aluminum working.

Thanks alot everyone... I ONLY got something like 14 hours clocked on SketchUp... Will keep up with something better soon.

Special thanks for the rep points.

[Slatter]

Gonna go pick up the PSU and HDD today. Gonna throw it all in an old case to test the system till Ronin is complete.

Shots of the rest of the Hardware is coming soon.

I feel the need for a cheesy logo... Anyone speak Japanese? I need this Kanji thinggy verified...

P.S. 3870 X2 is huge and loooooooooooooooooooooooooong... damn.