The Intelligence - Day 17
Back with an update! Wow, how easily your log ends up on page 2 and beyond if you dont keep the work coming
Ok, back to this dvd drive, once and for all. Needed to make a bracket for the front (right/lower) I had more L-brackets but seeing as how one regular L-bracket weighs more than the drive I decided to go light weight alu, and ovoid overkill. Back to the scrap bucket...
cut a piece of alu, filed it, sanded it, and bent it 90
thats the other bracket from last weekend, needs some holes for little m2 screws
theres the custom brackets all ready to get mounted
since I havent decided if I am going to have an actual push button thru the case, or if I will rely on software eject, I decided to mark off the locations of the led and eject button but just put a small hole thru the centers. That way I can either fill the button hole, or use the mark as a template for a button extension. The led hole will be kept.
a friend at work hooked me up with some M2 screws but they were too long, dremel time...
cut them down to 7mm, like the one that came with the ide converter (I found out later these are still to long for the forward mounts, so they need to be cut further) they all threaded ok
for the final mounting i used a junk cdr to help guide my work as I placed the mounts etc
this shot is me lying on the floor, looking up at the cd slot
jbwelded the alu bracket into place
this mount had two takes, the first time I nearly welded the cd drive to the bracket
because I put too much jbweld too close to that side of the alu bracket. By the time I realised it the stuff was just about set, but I pried it off and cleaned it all off - LOL Almost a mega-disaster for the History channel to play, but the ol' cattle recovered. This time I used a small dab of weld as far away from the drive as possible, then used toothpicks to align the bracket until it set
upon us all, a little rain must fall
and that too
theres the welded pieces all done
then I got busy with a few more spots of body fill (tomr is most likely a sanding party, wanna come?)
more jb weld, taking up on the suggestion made in this thread about filling the damaged latch bracket with weld and re-tapping back to to 6-32, sounds like a plan
filled it slowly (as slow as I could before setting occurred) poking holes in the center to release air bubbles, seems to have set ok, Ill know more tomr when I check it
Parts Moar!
these came on tuesday but I didnt mention or pic them until now, lets see...
mmm, feet. Much better than the alu nubs on the case before, no? Very "The Intelligence" looking if you ask me. I may shave them down a shade as they are a bit tall. Luckily on the inside there is nearly a half inch of offset so I can probably shorten these by 1/4" without any hassle
scored some sweet balck oxide allen screws (8-32 x 1/4" pictured), and some matching black oxide thumb caps (12 point star, thread pass thru) which are highly sweet. I am using this stuff (6-32 x 1/4" & 6-32 x 3/8" + caps) to mount all the fans, instead of the silly fan screws, and I am going to use these to mount the mobo as well. I have 3 sizes of 6-32 (1/4", 3/8", 1/2") so all should be well, I may just need to order some more caps
Next to that, on the right is the 6-32 red speed screws for the hdd's and whatever else needs a screw that size
All of this stuff was ordered from mcmaster-carr
some unfinished hinges
thats a spare emergency handle in case what I have planned for the stock handle ends up in epic fail, but we shall see this weekend
just a shot of the other sizes of screws
moar adventures in modding sex tomr
thanks for watching
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