Project: Steampunk'd TJ11

[Fuganater]

Things have been pretty busy for me so sorry for the delayed update. I try to do at least one update a week but sometimes that doesn't happen. Lately, Photobucket won't let me upload from home. Probably because of my shotty internet. Oh well, On with the modding!


I got a few things in the mail.

Gorilla Glue (This actually didn't work so I picked up a different kind)

You all wanted it so here it is. Copper tubing and a bender.

Another bender which I need to mod to accept the 12mm tubing and a cutter. The cutter is for hard tubing so I have to be careful when cutting the copper.

Modders Mesh

LEDs and LED strip

Acrylic order from Thomas at White Light Laser. He threw in tons of extra gears and stuff at no extra cost

Maybe for a future military mod?

These grills are for the vets on the doors. I painted them gold.

And glued them on. Pics later once they are dry.

I got my dual channel EK-RAM Dominator block so I painted it gold.

Random side panel shot

Added some foam under the pumps.

Got the FC10 installed and the DVD drive

I then made my own power cables for the DVD drive and 4x HDD/SSDs. Sleeved it and make it look as pretty as I could.

I need to cut some holes in the mobo tray for all the cables. I'm still filing but here are the marks.

Now to make the custom front panel.

All cut

Epic fail. I used too big of a hole saw...

Remade!

Perfect fit.

Trimmed off the wings. I was going to fold them in but it would have been more work.

The big hole in the middle will be covered with gold mesh just like the side panels. The entire front panel will be coverd by leather to match the doors.

The big hole looks a bit crooked... After getting out the square, it is. I'll be cutting/filing that soon.

Cut and filed the DVD slot

Drilled all the holes for the FC LEDs to show through

So those LEDs I ordered... look freaking orange again! They say amber though. I ordered some more from a different place, well same place I got the LED strips from so hopefully they will match. They are from Hong Kong though so shipping takes like 2 weeks.

So out of the acrylic parts there were 2 big gears. Here is where they go.

Paint them gold.

They looks good. Also you can see a small gear around the fill port.

I also had gears made for the power buttons.

Thats it for this update. My to do list is getting shorter every day but I keep adding one or 2 things a day... but thats modding for you. Only things I'm waiting on is the fittings for the tubing and new LEDs.

Cheers till next time,

Fuga

[msmrx57]

HOLY CARP!!!! This just keeps getting more and more awesome!!!
Love the details like the gears around the fill port and power button.

[Stonerboy779]

It still scares me how I am not really all that bothered by all the gold.

[d_stilgar]

It still scares me how I am not really all that bothered by all the gold.

I think it has to do with the overall design pallete he has chosen. It doesn't stick out because he is consistent with it and it matches the steam punk aesthetic nicely.

[Fuganater]

HOLY CARP!!!! This just keeps getting more and more awesome!!!
Love the details like the gears around the fill port and power button.

Thanks man!

It still scares me how I am not really all that bothered by all the gold.

Haha, ya me too. I wasn't sure how it was going to look but it seems to be a good accent color aganist the leather.

[Fuganater]

Been working hard to get everything done.

Here is the glue I ended up using. it works great.

Got my Bitspower Multi-Link adapters in.

Bit of bad news... FC10 broke. I think it broke when I way trying to push it into the 5.25" bays. its a tight fit and my finger slipped and hit one of the vacuum tubes. Lamptron is sending me 2 new ones

I started the piping. Left pipe is from the pump top outlet to the 240 rad. Right pipe is from the 240 rad to the 480 rad.

Right side has a small dent. I may replace this pipe but you can't see it with the front panel on.

First connection on the mobo.

2nd

3rd & 4th

Inside the case with the 5th tube

Last tube from the GPU to the res

More fittings came in!

Here is the grill for the 50 mm fan

Drain port. there is a T line between the 360 and 480 radiator.

LEDs on

Now for the front panel. I used JB Weld to hold it in place.

BAH! A gap...

Add more JB Weld

And then sand the hell out of it.

Now that that is done I need to add the leather and grill. I like it!

I picked up some old gauges. Not sure if I am even going to use them but they were $10...

Testing...

Add some tubes

I threw a blue LED in the res to see what it would look like.

Underexposed

No idea how to hide these cables from the front I/O ports...

My fill port

And finally I flushed all the blocks to make sure no crud was in there.

More to come soon. I got my LEDs in today so I'm going to start working on that ASAP.

Cheers till next time,

Fuga

[Fuganater]

Not a huge modding update but I got a bit of cool gear in.

I got a Technofront water cooling test bench and 2x new Koolance flow meter displays. Can't wait to use em!

And its Halloween so the family and I did a bit of pumpkin, I mean gourd carving.

She was very interested... made it kinda hard to carve lol.

All done!

Now not to brag, but my wife makes some damn good looking cookies.

Now for the real work... I painted the PSU fan.

Here is a picture of the broken FC10 nixie tube.

Now remember that huge vacuum tube I made with a bracket? Well I got the Amber LEDs in and its time to light it up.

Here is what all the cables look like coming from the front I/O panel.

And just some lighting shots.

Cheers till next time,

Fuga

[d_stilgar]

Wow. Awesome update! Are you going to be using both FC10s? Willing to sell one? The copper tube looks great. I've always wanted to see someone use metal tubing in a project. I mean, it can dissipate heat itself while moving the water around. It's like tube and heatsink all in one. Next step is to add fins over all the tubing, haha.

Also, great gourd and awesome looking cookies.

How much is left before you call this one finished? It's looking really close now.

[Fuganater]

Wow. Awesome update! Are you going to be using both FC10s? Willing to sell one? The copper tube looks great. I've always wanted to see someone use metal tubing in a project. I mean, it can dissipate heat itself while moving the water around. It's like tube and heatsink all in one. Next step is to add fins over all the tubing, haha.

Also, great gourd and awesome looking cookies.

How much is left before you call this one finished? It's looking really close now.

Well I only got 1x FC10. They are sending me 2 new Nixie tubes for it, not 2 whole new units.

Not much left.

Need to install the vacuum tubes (If I still am).
Add more gears once they get here.
Fix and re-install the FC10.
Leaktest the full loop.
Maybe add lighting to the vents.
Install the SATA cables to the SSDs/HDDs. (Waiting for the 36" ones to arrive.

[d_stilgar]

Well I only got 1x FC10. They are sending me 2 new Nixie tubes for it, not 2 whole new units.

Ah, that makes sense. That's really cool of them in any case.