Project Stealthlow

[Waynio]

Hahahaha, delightfully nerdy statement.

The new window/side panel looks great.

Really made sense to me to put that in there thanks 88 .

Would have got all the 5mm windows cut to size today but something came up so had to pack up, anyway got back onto it in the evening & with my new love of modding under a nice blue sky I carried on until it got dark, the spotlight on the jigsaw is so awesome all of the windows for the left panel are cut to size, I'm doing it so I can decide which would be best for the tint so could go all light tint or all dark tint or do it all any combination, still need to add the steps on the ends but that shouldn't take long as long as I can come up with a speedy & accurate way to do it.

I'll try to get the right panel windows all cut to size in the morning .

[Waynio]

Ok so I got all the windows cut to size, had a few experimental hiccups on trying to add the 3mm steps so decided to try using the 10mm milling bit in the drill press again, I clamped a 2mm thick straight piece of acrylic in the right spot & just run them accross to take 3mm off for the steps, got them done nice & quick, it's a bit edgy doing this so need extremely firm grip to do it right, there is 1 piece that was a total fail on the left panel & 1 or 2 other windows that could do with a re-make but all in all not bad .

I'll get the failed window re made & if I have enough spare I'll re-make the 2 that could be better .

[Waynio]

Here are a few of the windows with the drill press milled stepped edges lol .

In this shot you might be able to see the 2 imperfect windows, from top to bottom or right to left, the 2nd & 3rd upper windows I milled about 2mm off where I should have so these 2 will be replaced before I call this case complete .

The rest of these pics I did outside as a little sunshine was peeking throuh the clouds, it was windy though & where I originally placed them they both got slammed on the ground so I planted them in the soil up against the fence , no damage was done, just a little dirt that'll blow off .

The surface of the alu could use a re brushing again lol .

[Waynio]

Finally got to the diy store to get dowel rods & a bunch of clamps yaaay .

So now the 2 I have already added to this bunch makes 10 clamps so can go & make the curved acrylic piece when I'm ready now .

The B3 rev motherboard came today too .

[Waynio]

This is what the rods are for, something solid to bend the acrylic against .

Made a start, mounted, drilled & tapped an angle bar for the acrylic to attach to for the bottom end, if I get chance tomorrow I'll finish off placing the cut down rods, cut a long thin strip of acrylic, bend it against it to find out precisely how long it needs to be & to see how good a curve I can do, then cut the acrylic piece & get it fixed on .

Now I'd better switch over the motherboards .

[x88x]

Coming along beautifully. Great work.

[Waynio]

Coming along beautifully. Great work.

Thanks 88 .

Laying the case down was the easiest way to place the rods but needed a bit of weight to stop it falling off the work top.

Took hours to get it so I could use the clamps.

First time I some how introduced a couple of cracks to the sheet so used it as a practice piece to see what I've gotten myself into lol.

Second time all was going ok but was just another learning bit lol.

Third & last time as I don't have any more of this length acrylic to try again went well kind of lol so I'm going to try & use the majority of the window & I think I'll have to come up with a different solution, maybe a mix of window & little part of my backup plan, if I didn't add the extra lip curve I'd have done it easily but man that extra curve lip made it really really difficult lol.

To be continued .

To be honest I'm kinda happy I went wrong lol allows me to come up with an addition to make it better than just a window , now I need to brew up a nice addition, already got an idea storm whirling together in my head hehe .

[x88x]

Hmmm, interested to see what you decide to do with that front..

[Waynio]

Hmmm, interested to see what you decide to do with that front..

Came to the conclusion I can still do the window but to keep it in place all along the curve I'll have to use 1mm sheet alu overlapping the seams & vent areas I'll do my mesh thing on 3mm pieces of alu & an internal piece that lets the outside 1mm sheet fix so the acrylic & meshes are fixed in place nicely, this allows for some nice features that are hard to do to a high standard so the low standard will be hidden .

Here is a seriously rough idea of what I'll do .

I might think up something better, we'll see.

[x88x]

Interesting...well, I'll say one thing. I sure am glad you fab better than you draw.