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CattleRustler · 07-13-08

cheers mates and big hugs (not in a gay way) to Warf

- update in a few mins

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CattleRustler · 07-13-08

The Intelligence - Day 05

Since all three base rails have been permanently bonded to the case I could get to work on the main upper rails which will hold the mobo offsets. First they needed to be mounted to their base rails so I marked off and drilled out, and tapped out (8-32), some holes in the upper rails.

After that, I marked off my drill bit for depth...

...and drilled and tapped the holes in the base rails

then it was just a matter of mating the two pieces and screwing them together

continued this drill and tap process...

...until I had all three main rails mounted

then I used my mobo template to mark off the points for the mobo stand-offs in the upper rails

since the upper rails float in a T-shape I didnt want to center punch them while in the case so I removed them and punch on all the marks I made

then I drilled and tapped (6-32) the top and bottom standoff points. Once those six were done I reinstalled the upper rails and drilled and tapped the remaining three center standoff points. I did this because the center standoff screw portion will touch thru to the lower base rail, so I needed to make sure I drilled and tapped thru both or I would end up with a standoff that wont screw all the way in

I was actually feeling a bit proud at this point

template test, all ok

anyone notice the "built in" cable management options? that was an unplanned side-effect of the T rail system that I noticed after I came up with the design and started work on it (I love when that happens

). Well at least for the atx 24 and atx 4/8 braids, that is. I guess depending on where I place the hdd's I can probably hide those wires too - but all thats a bit ways off. Next I will need to figure out exactly where the cut needs to go for the rectangular I/O shield. If anyone knows the formula for that one I'd be interested in hearing it

thanks for watching

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nategr8ns · 07-13-08

awesome

I still don't understand why one of the bottom rails was facing down, while the other two rails were facing sideways.
I guess it all fits though

CattleRustler · 07-13-08

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awesome

thanks

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I still don't understand why one of the bottom rails was facing down, while the other two rails were facing sideways. I guess it all fits though.

Its because the case is concave/convex (depending on how you look at it

). Theres a height difference from where the Left and Center rails are, compared to where the Right-most rail is. It just happened to work out that by stacking the aluminum u-channel the way I did ended up being perfect to make up the difference. Stacking two u-channels U-down on each other is not as tall as stacking u-down on u-left, with the u-left up inside the slot of the u-down.

anyway, yeah, it worked out

nafljhy · 07-13-08

nice CR, you're getting dang good at modding. can't wait to see this finished!

nategr8ns · 07-13-08

ah, now I get it

CattleRustler · 07-13-08

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Originally Posted by nafljhy

nice CR, you're getting dang good at modding. can't wait to see this finished!

thanks

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Originally Posted by nategr8ns

ah, now I get it

The Master Chief · 07-13-08

How are you going cut the expansion slots? Is it gonna be a low profile deal? Sorry if I missed that back on another page.

wastedtime · 07-13-08

This is looking really good CR. Keep up the good work

CattleRustler · 07-14-08

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This is looking really good CR. Keep up the good work

thanks WastedTime

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How are you going cut the expansion slots? Is it gonna be a low profile deal? Sorry if I missed that back on another page.

Thats gonna be probably the trickiest part of this whole thing. The plan is to have all of the openings marked off, then I will need to remove the hinge and rim stuff from that area, then using a spare mobo pan I will cut off the upright portions with the screw mounts for the tops still attached. After cutting the actual slots in the project case, I will mount the uprights to the project case. There will be a cut in the top door of the project case, above the highest point of the uprights, allowing the case to still open on its original hinge-line, but will no longer be attached in the upper area of where the new slots will be.

Kinda hard to explain that one, maybe Ill try and make a diagram.

If that plan fails for whatever reason I can always use an intact back face of a mobo pan, and just have my case with the outline cut out completely. Same goes for the rectangular IO shield area.

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