Sparhawk

For now this is just a side panel mod, but I do not plan to cease toying with my main rig anytime soon, so updates maywill occur sporadically.

I'm engraving a design onto the useless and boring offside panel of my Thermaltake Armor Case.

The design I finally went with was quite different than the initial planning I did. It is a simplified version of the planned design(see first pic). I chose the simpler form because sometimes keeping this simple is the best way to go... and I couldn't come up with a corner design I liked enough.

I've been using a dremel 400 and the 106 bit.

It has taken two hours of straight dremeling to get about half of the panel done.

-2nd pic is the sketched on finalized version(and one incision because I only just remembered to take pics).
-3rd pic shows my workspace (I couldn't justify buying a $40 stand for the dremel so I used an old lamp).
-4th pic shows the first hour of work.
-5th pic shows the two hour culmination.

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Sparhawk

[reserved]Tomorrow work will continue and hopefully I will be able to finish it. Trying to keep this mad short and sweet. Although this has been in the works for some time, this is the first weekend in a long time that it has been warm enough to work on anything outside. /heart Canada

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grunion

Looking good

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Sparhawk

hmm, am I going to need to coat it with something after to stave off rust/oxidization?

It's so nice and shiny now is it going to stay that way?

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SerenityKill3r

You could try using clear coat, but you would have to use it all over the case...I dunno if it would oxidize without it...

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karma police

Amazing design! I like it.

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RedRaider

Good work, keep it up... Lots of pics...

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RedRaider's "BLACK ATTACK"

HARDWARE
Pioneer 60" Plasma (KURO)
MM Extended Ascension - Pedestal 24

COOLING
2x Iwaki RD30 * 2x EK RES400 (modded for RD-30) * 7x PA120.3 * 21x SanAce H1011
Tygon B44-4X / Tygon R-3400 (1/2" x 3/4") * BP Compression / Rotary 45 / 90 / 180 Fittings

grunion

You know what would really be sweet?
If it were etched so deep that light could pass thorugh

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Sparhawk

Yeah, it definitely would be. That was one of the ideas that crossed my mind. However, I would need some diamond bits and WAY more time, since the panel is made of 1.0mm SECC Steel. I went through one bit just etching/engraving.

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Sparhawk

I just finished the engraving so pics are on the way soon

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