A few comments have been made concerning respiratory protection, a thought that I am grateful for.
This is the mask that I wear when I am sanding acrylic and cutting carbon fiber panels.
For the profiling I am using a little Dremel attachment. It is nice as it is readily handled with one hand for smaller jobs.
Panels:
Here is the first cut that I made for the large top-side exhaust.
This is the round-over prior to sanding and buffing.
A test-fit for the grill that will cover the fan:
Here is the motherboard-side panel showing the sanded edges. Generally I use 80 grit to bring the edge flush and clean, and then switch directly to 320 or 400 before going to the polishing phase.
The top panel is the only one that does not have a multiple tier face. I don’t know what it will look like, but in my imagination it does not look all that appealing.
There was also the issue of the fan controllers. I like having the controls outside of the case and readily accessible. An odd desire as I rarely touch then once I have the rpm’s dialed in. Never-the-less I still wanted them on the outside.
One of the issues with the fan controllers is mounting them in a manner that is not too obtrusive, but readily accessible. I decided to try and kill 2 birds with one stone.
The top panel will get a black acrylic veneer that will give more dimension to the plane as well as provide a small berm or “foxhole” for the fan controller knobs; the Power switch will most likely also end up in the trench with them.
The design follows suit insofar as the backside of the motherboard panel (the cross-looking thingy). I attempted to give it an organic quality by keeping sharp right-angles to a minimum.
In the image above you can see the aperture for the Fill-Port.
