The Intelligence - Day 05
Since all three base rails have been permanently bonded to the case I could get to work on the main upper rails which will hold the mobo offsets. First they needed to be mounted to their base rails so I marked off and drilled out, and tapped out (8-32), some holes in the upper rails.
After that, I marked off my drill bit for depth...
...and drilled and tapped the holes in the base rails
then it was just a matter of mating the two pieces and screwing them together
continued this drill and tap process...
...until I had all three main rails mounted
then I used my mobo template to mark off the points for the mobo stand-offs in the upper rails
since the upper rails float in a T-shape I didnt want to center punch them while in the case so I removed them and punch on all the marks I made
then I drilled and tapped (6-32) the top and bottom standoff points. Once those six were done I reinstalled the upper rails and drilled and tapped the remaining three center standoff points. I did this because the center standoff screw portion will touch thru to the lower base rail, so I needed to make sure I drilled and tapped thru both or I would end up with a standoff that wont screw all the way in
I was actually feeling a bit proud at this point
template test, all ok
anyone notice the "built in" cable management options? that was an unplanned side-effect of the T rail system that I noticed after I came up with the design and started work on it (I love when that happens
). Well at least for the atx 24 and atx 4/8 braids, that is. I guess depending on where I place the hdd's I can probably hide those wires too - but all thats a bit ways off. Next I will need to figure out exactly where the cut needs to go for the rectangular I/O shield. If anyone knows the formula for that one I'd be interested in hearing it
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