Water Cubed

[jdbnsn]

Thanks guys!

Twigs, that is a cool machine and definitely looks like it could take some limbs away. I do plan on sleeving all of the cables possible, but I am on a very tight budget so any high end sleeving material is out of the question. But thanks for the idea!


I finished up the connector earlier today with a hot-glue gun to insulate the individual leads from getting damaged/exposed. Then, I coated it with some of that spray-rubber used for wrench handle grips...

[The boy 4rm oz]

Nice work on the connector, really compact.

[billygoat333]

very cool molex mod... looks very good as good as stock!

[Crimson Sky]

Jon I'm so happy that you're finally getting a chance to build a mod and show your surgical precision--!~! I have an aluminum angle fetish so I'm diggin' this project. Great choice on the polycarbonate material. Keep it up!

[jdbnsn]

Thanks Paul! It's been very therapeutic and fun to finally get behind the modding wheel and join the fun.

[jdbnsn]

I've been getting odds and ends finished up lately, mainly cable work so bear with me for this relatively boring update...


If you were curious, this is the stuff I'm using to coat the custom fashioned molex connectors...

Here is a glimpse at the unsightly underbelly of the platform lid...

I spliced some wires using the same short-cut molex connector method that I used for the HDD power to supply the optical drive...

I have an idea for these that I'll get into later...

I am trying to keep all of the cables uniformly black in color and I only had one black PATA cable so I coated a gray cable with that spray on rubber. Still not sure I'm going with this, I want to try something else first...


This was it's color before...

and this was the result after the rubber coat...

Otherwise, I just soldered, sleeved, and cleaned up lots of cables like these power and reset buttons...

[Cobra]

nice effect on the cable, similar to vinyl dye in appearance, does it make the cable harder to bend with the coating of rubber on it?

[The boy 4rm oz]

That cable looks much better. Why not get a round cable, AC Ryan make black ones that cost $6.50AUD.

[jdbnsn]

nice effect on the cable, similar to vinyl dye in appearance, does it make the cable harder to bend with the coating of rubber on it?

No, the rubber coat did not change the rigidity of the cable at all. But I am not entirely pleased with the outcome either, it can be a bit rough and peels from edges slightly. I may have to come up with another solution.

That cable looks much better. Why not get a round cable, AC Ryan make black ones that cost $6.50AUD.

Several reasons. One, I am not interested in buying pre-modded materials and substituting them for my own effort. Another is my budget, must spend as little as possible and I have a whole trunk filled with spare cables and parts. The rounded cables are nice, but I think I would rather try to make something that is much "made-by-me" as possible. But there is always a middle ground that must be settled upon.

[b4i7]

oh the things that make me stain my pants....