Project: Red Comet

[SXRguyinMA]

Update!

Got the painted HDD mounts mounted back to the HDD:

Got the slot cut out for the video card ports:

And mobo set in to check alignment:

It's angled because the heatpipes on the cooler hit a few caps on the board and it angles the card ever so slightly. It's worked like this for quite some time now, so I'm not worried

Next up I cut and glued the final piece of fabric for the back of the case:

And after a trimming with a nice sharp razor blade:

Mobo finally mounted in place, along with HDD, new CM red LED fan, and red IDE cable:

I also got the RFID reader mounted in it's spot

I pulled the CPU cooler off to swap the neon UV green sleeving for some red, and I'm also going to put a 68-Ohm 1/2-watt resistor in the power line to slow the fan down. It's loud at full blast, and this mobo doesn't have any kind of fan control, and I don't want to hook up the fan control that came with it, because that's just more wires to deal with and try to hide, and I never have a reason to have the fan above minimum speed anyways.

[SXRguyinMA]

Update time!

I soldered in the 68-ohm 1/2-watt resistor to slow the CPU fan, then sleeved the wiring:

And reinstalled onto the mobo:

Next I wired up and sleeved the Bulgin switch:

And temporarily installed:

I also had to flip the RFID reader 180º so the USB cable would fit in:

That's it for tonight!

[billygoat333]

yay for updates!!

[msmrx57]

Looking good. Cable management is really nice.

[SXRguyinMA]

yay for updates!!

Looking good. Cable management is really nice.

thanks

Just wait till I get a call from Hydro-Cutter, and start extending and uni-sleeving my PSU cables in the red and black This is why I put "temporary" in for the wiring for the bulgin switch

Once you see what I had cut, all the pieces will fit

[x88x]

Looks great!

[SXRguyinMA]

Smallish update!

Got the parts back from Hydro-Cutter today!

I glued them together in a black-red-black sandwich:

That's it for tonight, the solvent needs to set. The next step is to sand and polish them, then figure out where/how I'm going to mount them, then start extending and sleeving wires!!

[x88x]

Looks great. Are those little tabs on purpose?

[SXRguyinMA]

They are on purpose, but not needed. When he makes the CAD files for the machine to cut he leaves those tabs so the parts being cut stay attached to the main sheet and don't fall into the murky abyss that is the water tank lol. He actually cut me a few more because a few popped off and sunk

[x88x]

Ah, ok, that makes sense.