Project; Mark1

[Mark_Hardware]

thanks guys! And Acey, I'm not sure what part you mean, but nah, there's not gonna be any chrome

[msmrx57]

And Acey, I'm not sure what part you mean, but nah, there's not gonna be any chrome

I think he was talking about the vents. By the way nice progress. Definitely following this.

[Acey]

Yep the vents. Kinda forgotten the word LOL. Ah, thought it would be chromed and that would be ohsum.

[Mark_Hardware]

Well, here's my update for this week. Been working on the side panel for the minicase. Meh the steps were identical, with one exception. See, I took one regular side panel, cut out the middle section, then sandwiched the two together. Why? The result;

A nice folded edge on both sides. This will ensure the side is nice and flush, top and bottom. I could not have done that by hand.

Here is the smaller side panel, with the last side all clamped up.

Slapped a coat of bondo on it,

Here's another side by side so you can see how the line up;

That's it for today. Hmm seems like it would have been more... Sure as hell felt like more....

[slaveofconvention]

LOL - well better than my last update - 10am-midnight and I managed to bend and straighten the same piece of perspex 4 times - and ended up nowhere further at midnight than I was at about 10:15 when I finished cutting....

[Mark_Hardware]

I saw that lol made me chuckle. Hey you got a nice texture effect on there

[Mark_Hardware]

And now, ladies and gentleman, for my next trick, I need a volunteer. Anyone will do, yes

you sir, up front,

come on down!

Now watch, as I turn one ordinary needle file and one ordinary jigsaw,

Into the Mark Hardware Filing Machine 2000!

In action;

mwahahaha!
you all remember the last time I filed a bunch of holes like that. To heck with that!

*note to self, do not have wife hold camera anymore

EDIT; Sooo yeah... that video was supposed to be there the whole time, and the joke about the wife holding the camera tied into that, sooo...... yeah..... :whistle:

[Liquid_Scope_99]

Looking very good man +rep

[The boy 4rm oz]

That is a very very cool invention mate. I did something similar by putting a round file into an electric drill lol, worked like a Dremel sanding drum .

[Mark_Hardware]

Heeeya! *cough cough* *blows away the dust* Is anyone alive in here?

Helloo?

OMG, its alive!!

That's right suckas, I'm back in action! Took me a little hiatus there. Between work and school and a string of disenheartening FAILures I just had to take a break for a while. But with tax season here, That means new parts are just around the corner! As soon as my employer quits draggin ass and gives me my W-2 that is :p

Started out by working on something kinda simple. I call it the wire box, for lack of a better term. See, one goal of this project is to see no wires what-so-ever. The back of the case (where there is usually the most wires) is no exception. This box will serve to hide these cables. I am thinking I may add a hub here, to make everything accessible at this point instead of having to get to the I/O panel.

So this wasn't too complicated, just add some alum channel,
make a frame,

curse, swear,

My first day back to real modding and it's like I never left. This stoopid piece broke during drilling.
That's ok, I will fix it, make it stronger, make it better.

Anyway, here is that, attached and happy.

I also started working on the upper front pieces. I cut and sanded the plastic and replaced it with wire mesh. Both sides will be identical. I also started blending this piece of heatsink into the front plastic. It will have a similiar appearence to the bottom.

Just for funs, I hooked up this key switch. Originally I wasn't going to use it because it's too big, but I have changed my mind, deciding that it's actually perfect because it's big. So say hello to my new "on" button.

One more note, I have also come to the difficult decision to not use the front fascia, do to the exorbitant amount of problems and ongoing design changes. What I have decided to do instead is use this piece for experimenting on, and once I get everything figured out, I will make a final model. From now on I consider this a prototype. I already have the parts lined up, but I am not making a single cut on them until the prototype is done and I have everything figured out.