The work at this point is somewhat disjointed as I jump from one portion of the project to another. This seemingly haphazard methodology is due to me not being able to stand in one place and sand things for hours on end. I need to break up the monotony…
That being my excuse, here are some aluminum parts that needed a coat of primer and a couple coats of black. These are the spacers for the flanged-receivers that will hold the windows to the case. They will also be used for the PSU and HDD tray locking mechanisms as well as the same for the second loops reservoir door.
Here is one of the almost-finished cove-rails that will run vertically on the rear panel, one for each wall (left and right). The idea was to provide some ancillary support, and secondarily to remove some of the harshness of the joint where the panels meet.
Partially finished center-feet (ran out of attention-span):
Here are the panels that will become the fascias on the backside. Originally the panel was to be one piece, and slightly indented from the sides and bottom. But, since I decided to drop and chip the rear panel, I needed to have them flush to the outer edge.
I considered off-setting to the left, but vetoed that idea and decided to cut the panel in half and make 2 separate panels; one for the PSU and one for the HDD rack.
These are the parts for one of the loops reservoirs. The first reservoir is feed through the fill-port on the topside of the case. Originally this was going to be feeding a single reservoir that in turn would feed 2 loops. Size limitations inside the case eliminated that as a feasible plan.
I ended up deciding separating the loops, one on each side of the motherboard tray-meridian….. great… now I need to find a way to fill that reservoir from the outside.
Initially I played with the idea of drilling on the top of the case and installing another fill-port. I also had a nice round piece of ˝” black acrylic that would have served as the bezel, but I was too worried I would flub it up.
So I decided to make a trap door on the backside that could be tilted open so that the fill-point of the reservoir was easily accessible. In order for this to work I needed to have a nested-hinge.
Here are the parts:
The rear panel is also fully cut and profiled; now the task of sanding and polishing all the inside-edges and profiles begins… yay!