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zacbrain · 09-01-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by nategr8ns

Why?

That carbon fiber turned out much (much much!) shinier than I thought it would

. At least in pictures.
So you're bringing this up to maine to show me in person, right?

edit: Zac, Syr is spelled with a "Y" not an "I." You spelled it "Sir."

i wasnt going about Syrillian, only Sir. like as in, THANK YOU SIR

ya know, cause hes looking off @ the distance.

**pjlietz** · 09-01-08

Omg....

WBaS · 09-01-08

Pure acrylic sex! It's almost too shiny!

Syrillian · 09-01-08

Lol... you guys and your meters...

....thank you. _/\_

GirFace and Nosty about to go a few rounds... *pulls up chair to watch*

nategr8ns ~ Indeed! I used a marine-epoxy that has a glass-finish. Looking at the panel in person can be mildy nauseating at times as there seems to be a lack of depth to it when viewed at certain angles.

I've been working on mounting the fan contollers, but I had a few mishaps with the pieces. They were too small and delicate to use a standard drill-bit on, and I did not have the appropriate acrylic bit (7/32"

... of all the stoopid thangs! ...who in tarnations designates a measurement, "7/32".... oh wait... we Bloody Yanks do)

At any rate, I cracked the first test piece, and then the second one followed suit. Those are not good odds, so I needed a re-think.

Looks like I will have to break a cardinal rule and go self-tapping directly into the acrylic.

I guess it won't be too bad as the weight that the hardware supports is negligable and the test piece came through with flying colors (read: gripped in a vice, I use adjustable vice-grips on the head and start pulling until something gives).

I will have some more pics up in a few.

Syrillian · 09-01-08

Here is the donor for the expansion slot and I/O block frame.

I was very careful while drilling the rivets out as I want the entire unit to remain serviceable, and a mangled hunk of aluminium does not meet the criteria. Here is what I was after:

Fan Controllers

Zalman MFC-1

No faceplate needed:

Mounted in the case (test fit):

I need to re-make a couple of the mounting blocks (casualties from previously described drilling FUBAR), but that will have to wait until tomorrow.

I have already cut the rear panel, so next is to drill the holes in the motherboard tray for the stand-offs.

Thanks for taking a gander.

**repo_man** · 09-01-08

Mmmm, fan controllers

iandroo888 · 09-02-08

dang lots of fans to control?

McStuff · 09-02-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by iandroo888

dang lots of fans to control?

Of course, who doesn't have at least 6 fans?

iandroo888 · 09-02-08

cant he put like 2 fans on each channel? or is the wattage needed too great on that massive fan he has on the top there O_O

Syrillian · 09-02-08

There are going to be at least 12 fans in the case.

4 ~ 120x25 on Rad #1
4 ~ 120x25 on Rad #2
1 ~ 250mm fan
1 ~ 120mm fan behind HDD cage
1 ~ 92mm fan behind CPU (ala standard ATX case)
2 ~ 120mm fans on the PSU-side of the chamber

That's 13, and there may be more... hahahahahaa... that's ridiculous!

Hmmm... maybe I substitute the 2 fans on the PSU-side with a single crossblower. I think I need to do some figuring on air pressure...

Until then, here are some images of the lighting.

It is really a drag as I can not get the true way the lighting looks at all distances (like flames) unless I am really close with the camera.

To re-iterate, the lighting looks like this:

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