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CattleRustler · 08-11-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syrillian

Irwin clamps are excellent!

Keep up the great work CR, any thoughts on a completion date?

thanks Syrillian. I am hoping to be done sometime within or by two weeks from today. Theres still a small amount of fab work to be done before I can sand and paint, and I have to build a paintbox, but I plan to do some weekday work in the evenings during this next 2 week period.

we'll see

WBaS · 08-11-08

Uhh... what am I supposed to do when you're done? I won't have any new updates to read

I hope you'll start something else

CattleRustler · 08-11-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by WBaS

Uhh... what am I supposed to do when you're done? I won't have any new updates to read

I hope you'll start something else

thanks. Considering the amount of amazing mods here on OCN there isnt ever really a shortage of cool logs to read. I am planning on taking a short break between this project and the next since I went straight from Gumdrop into this project without a break, basically I have been at it non-stop since the end of may - not that I mind, but, ya know

CattleRustler · 08-15-08

The Intelligence - Day 17

Back with an update! Wow, how easily your log ends up on page 2 and beyond if you dont keep the work coming

Ok, back to this dvd drive, once and for all. Needed to make a bracket for the front (right/lower) I had more L-brackets but seeing as how one regular L-bracket weighs more than the drive I decided to go light weight alu, and ovoid overkill. Back to the scrap bucket...

cut a piece of alu, filed it, sanded it, and bent it 90

thats the other bracket from last weekend, needs some holes for little m2 screws

theres the custom brackets all ready to get mounted

since I havent decided if I am going to have an actual push button thru the case, or if I will rely on software eject, I decided to mark off the locations of the led and eject button but just put a small hole thru the centers. That way I can either fill the button hole, or use the mark as a template for a button extension. The led hole will be kept.

a friend at work hooked me up with some M2 screws but they were too long, dremel time...

cut them down to 7mm, like the one that came with the ide converter (I found out later these are still to long for the forward mounts, so they need to be cut further) they all threaded ok

for the final mounting i used a junk cdr to help guide my work as I placed the mounts etc

this shot is me lying on the floor, looking up at the cd slot

jbwelded the alu bracket into place

this mount had two takes, the first time I nearly welded the cd drive to the bracket

because I put too much jbweld too close to that side of the alu bracket. By the time I realised it the stuff was just about set, but I pried it off and cleaned it all off - LOL Almost a mega-disaster for the History channel to play, but the ol' cattle recovered. This time I used a small dab of weld as far away from the drive as possible, then used toothpicks to align the bracket until it set

upon us all, a little rain must fall

and that too

theres the welded pieces all done

then I got busy with a few more spots of body fill (tomr is most likely a sanding party, wanna come?)

more jb weld, taking up on the suggestion made in this thread about filling the damaged latch bracket with weld and re-tapping back to to 6-32, sounds like a plan

filled it slowly (as slow as I could before setting occurred) poking holes in the center to release air bubbles, seems to have set ok, Ill know more tomr when I check it

Parts Moar!
these came on tuesday but I didnt mention or pic them until now, lets see...

mmm, feet. Much better than the alu nubs on the case before, no? Very "The Intelligence" looking if you ask me. I may shave them down a shade as they are a bit tall. Luckily on the inside there is nearly a half inch of offset so I can probably shorten these by 1/4" without any hassle

scored some sweet balck oxide allen screws (8-32 x 1/4" pictured), and some matching black oxide thumb caps (12 point star, thread pass thru) which are highly sweet. I am using this stuff (6-32 x 1/4" & 6-32 x 3/8" + caps) to mount all the fans, instead of the silly fan screws, and I am going to use these to mount the mobo as well. I have 3 sizes of 6-32 (1/4", 3/8", 1/2") so all should be well, I may just need to order some more caps

Next to that, on the right is the 6-32 red speed screws for the hdd's and whatever else needs a screw that size

All of this stuff was ordered from mcmaster-carr

some unfinished hinges

thats a spare emergency handle in case what I have planned for the stock handle ends up in epic fail, but we shall see this weekend

just a shot of the other sizes of screws

moar adventures in modding sex tomr
thanks for watching

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**VCheeZ** · 08-15-08

I like the new handle...guess we will have to see the mod idea for the old one first...

CattleRustler · 08-15-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by VCheeZ

I like the new handle...guess we will have to see the mod idea for the old one first...

thanks

wildfire99 · 08-15-08

originaly i was annoyed at how little work i thought u were doing per day but after having started modding myself i see that this stuff takes hours and hours good job man keep it up.

Lunchbox21984 · 08-15-08

i subbed to this beast

xHassassin · 08-15-08

Great job so far, can't wait to see it completed.

**repo_man** · 08-15-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildfire99

originaly i was annoyed at how little work i thought u were doing per day but after having started modding myself i see that this stuff takes hours and hours good job man keep it up.

Lol, yea, it's not as fast and easy as it looks huh?

CR - I think you are keeping McMaster-Carr open lately! LOL, nice work on the cd drive.

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