Project : Sirius ('Victor 9000')

[gaz_the_chav]

Right I am finally back at work tommorow after my foot injury (now that it has healed) I am going to start mounting hard drives and stuff tommorow. Hopefully I will get the majority of the major metal work inside. Really looking forward to getting back onto the project.

I will keep you guys updated with pictures tommorow (high quality ones lol on the new 7mp camera )

-gaz

[gaz_the_chav]

I have been starting some more modding again!

This is a lunchtime post and will be updated at the end of the day aswell!

I started of today by makng a new bracket to hold my 200GB Maxtor Hard-Drive in the conveinent space that was left from where the orginal system speaker was :

This is the orginal space where the system speaker was mounted.

You can see here how the hard mounts perfectly into the space left.

I started making the bracket by cutting a 100mm long thin strip of stainless (recycled!) then marking the middle (50mm). I then used my beastlly metal bender to bend the thin strip to a perfect 45 degree angle.

Here you can see ma beastlly bending machine:

Once the bend was completed I drilled two holes in the bracket to mount it to the case :

Then I did the same in the case to find out that they matched up perfectly :

So far so good lol!

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Now to start modding then back of the case a bit!

To start I have put cut some mesh to fit an 80mm fan hole and a hole undeneth it where some switches will be mounted.

Yet again perfect!! yay

That is it for the lunch time update. I am going to start painting the insides today if I get enough time.

Until then chio!

-gaz

[DaveW]

That's one hell of a bending machine you have there man.

-Dave

[gaz_the_chav]

That's one hell of a bending machine you have there man.

Thanks lol

I have now just cut the front panel to allow eventually a radiator to fit in :

Here you can see before the cut :

and after. A 120mm gap for a fan/rad. to fit in :

Here you can see some more of my equipment:

Welding equipment (mig, tig etc.) :

My new plasma cutter (cuts metal like butter!) :

Brasing equipment :

My piller drill :

opps just noticed the calender in the background sorry lol don't look!

I have more equipment in my next door unit induding a metal gilatine bigger than then metal bender you saw! I thought someone might take interest in my equipment!

Will try and get some more done today

-gaz

[DaveW]

B'jesus!

I'm comin' over, gaz! I guess you work on cars or something?

-Dave

[gaz_the_chav]

B'jesus!

I'm comin' over, gaz! I guess you work on cars or something?

By trade I am a welder and fabricator but I at the moment I am trying to convert my business into a trailor maufacture, rental and maintenence company! Feel free to come over dave but it's a lonnnngggggggg drive from Scotland!

Anyways, so I did'nt get round to painting today but heck maybe next week. I have got one more little update for now...

I tac welded the piece of mesh over the fan hole and mounted the fan (to make sure it all fitted) and this is the result.

Sorry for the crapness of this picture, I was hard to hold the plate and he camera steady at the same time!

For now thats it. I will try and get some more updates for friday as I'm not at work for the rest of the week

-gaz

[YoungBlood]

Can i come over? i live in south shields... But i put Newcastle well because... I dunno xD

[gaz_the_chav]

Can i come over? i live in south shields... But i put Newcastle well because... I dunno xD

Lol close enough if you really want to...... lol jokes leicestershire is still along way away!

-gaz

[YoungBlood]

Oooo miss read your location.... Thought it said peterlee xD!

[gaz_the_chav]

WooHoo I have started work on this again.

Sorry for leaving it for so long just had a few problems but they can all be put aside for this!

At the moment I am currently fitting a motherboard tray at the bottem and the back panel. I am modifying the orginal parts to fit this as well!

Pics coming tommrow hopefully!

-gaz