I have been working on the top-side Bezel.
After completing the raw cuts, it took some time to ease the corners that are on either side of each protrusion. I wanted to keep the round-over as close to uniform around the line, but some of the corners were too tight to get the radius required for full-contact of the guide bearing.
I wasn’t entirely successful as I need to choose between uniform round over and deeper radii – I went with non-uniform round over as I did not want to take any more material away from the piece… erm…. actually I was afraid to mess it up. I was too far into this one to bung it up.
As “gimmicky” as this Dremel Vice is, it really does a great job for light-weight work. What makes it so handy is the wide range of articulation that the base and the support arm have; rather than break the piece loose each time, the base and arm adjust to move the work to the angle needed – neato!
After sanding, filing and shaping:
Then with the contours added:
There still is a little more clean-up before the polishing begins.
Here are some detail shots of the various apertures:
Exhaust:
Power Switch:
Fan Controllers:
Fill-port:
A test-fit to make sure that all is in order:
Tomorrow I will try to repair the front radiator window/panel…. As it turns out I was being a Drama Queen…. –lol
One of the options that I want to incorporate into this case is interchangeable front panels.
The idea is that the panels will be able to accept any combination of radiators (120 – 480), Fans (up to 8), or both.
Should I decide to go back to Air-cooling, then I will swap the panels out, place 120mm fans where they are needed for intake, and mount blanks to any fan openings that I do not want to use.