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Indignity · 04-12-08

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Originally Posted by Syrillian

...yeah. I wish I had the space to build a little shack.

...someday, as there are a number of other "buidling" hobbies that I would like to attend to.

*hopes*

1/2" Smoked Acrylic shack

Although, I don't think it would meet the CA building codes lol

Syrillian · 04-12-08

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Originally Posted by TnB= Gir

Does this mean we have an update coming up?

Probably not until Sunday... see comments made to ice

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Originally Posted by repo_man

I hope your build day has went better than mine my acrylic loving friend

.... I have been following your trials and tribulations - saddened to hear the PITA ya got going on...

I can relate, but I am getting all worked up about a 3-4mm chip - pales compared to UPS drop kicking your package.

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Originally Posted by ice_owl

Have you done any experimenting with dissolving some acrylic yet? Just wondering.

I gave myself a "Timeout" from building for a few days.... It didn't help as yesterday I miffed another piece, but in that instance I can salvage the work.

I experimented on a scrap piece - not so bueno. I will try again this afternoon and if I can not get it right I may simply have to bite the bullet and use a new piece of acrylic.

Problem is that pieces this size are rarely found in the scrap bin - they must be purchased at full-retail.

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Originally Posted by Indignity

1/2" Smoked Acrylic shack

Although, I don't think it would meet the CA building codes lol

Heh!... That would cost a serious truck-load of moola!

pffh! Building codes! ...Ha! I laugh at their little rules... actually I don't, I just like to think that I do.

tehpwnerofn00bs · 04-12-08

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Originally Posted by Syrillian

pffh! Building codes! ...Ha! I laugh at their little rules... actually I don't, I just like to think that I do.

That's it Syr, pretend you're sticking it to the man. Keep it up, you rebel.

Anyways, I hope you can salvage that chipped piece.

Syrillian · 04-12-08

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Originally Posted by tehpwnerofn00bs

Anyways, I hope you can salvage that chipped piece.

Thanks. Me too.

But, see the update for Plan B.

Syrillian · 04-12-08

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.