Project: Ioncito V2.0

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Greetings, this new case is the evolution from my last project, the "Ioncito", an Ion powered, leather coated, watercooled mini ITX HTPC.

Ioncito V1:

The custom waterblock:

This one will be my "green gaming rig", Atom 330 Ion + EVGA GT 240.

So let's start with the structure, for this I'm using 15mm x 15mm x 1,5mm aluminum angles, and scrap alu sheets I got from a factory:

Manual miter saw:

First angle profile with some 45° cuts:

Both profiles with mirror cuts:

This cut is for curving the top bezel:

And these are for the 90° angles:

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Bending:

This piece will go in the front, covering the blowhole (like in the ATCS 840):

Fileing+Sanding

Some filler:

Sanding:

Primer:

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Front and Top plates:

Sanding + bondo to fix some scratchs and holes:

2 component Epoxy

My super caterpillar piston weight:

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Here you can see a size comparison between V1 and V2:

They are both very small, V1 is: 295mm x 315mm x 160mm and V2 is 325mm x 325mm x 190mm.

Back to the structure...

A profile to close the frame:

Copper ribbets to reinforce the structure:

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Angle reinforcement:

Horizontal division, mother/rad/pump/res will go on top, PSU/HDDs bottom:

Hinges for the sidepanels:

Mothertray (this piece was the most injured, needed a lot of clay+sanding):

Reinforcements + bondo... needs lots of sanding.

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360° view with the mothertray fixed in place:

Just a few more alu pieces before the structure it's all done:

Bondo:

This is all I've done so far, from now on you will get the "live" updates.

Thanks for watching.

[Airbozo]

Very nice! Watching this one for sure.

Welcome to TBCS!

[d_stilgar]

+Rep and welcome to the forums! This looks great!

[billygoat333]

good aluminum work! looking good. will also be keepin an eye on this build!

[x88x]

Very nice work, I've never seen bondo used to smooth out a panel before, I like it. I love the leather as well. What's the flow path on that custom CPU block? How does the Atom do for the gaming that you do on it?