Indignity

Those slot-loading drives are quite expensive as Syrillian can testify.

Quick search of ebay & found THIS

Might actually give you a litte more flexibility seeing that it's a USB drive.

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FireMarshallBill

This looks like it is going to be awsome and challenging. Subbed

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nategr8ns

wait, you drilled a hole and made threads on the inside?
I have to get me one of those

great project, I love TF2

subscribed!

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CattleRustler

thanks

Indignity thanks for that
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yep
I always wanted a tap set, just never had a use for it, until now
the kit I got is carbon steel, 13 pc High speed drill bits (mcmaster # 2609a12) and itll thread out all metals. I also added some tapping fluid (all purpose and for aluminum specifically, mcmaster search Tap Magic)

cheers mate

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repo_man

CR - You've been busy I see! Looking good bro.

I think the rails being on the sides (on the back upper side, then across to the front side wall, not mounted against the 'floor') would work well if for nothing else than the PSU/ROM drive (presuming you leave them where they were mocked up at. The side mounted rail could serve to 'hang' the ROM drive on (under the rain) and 'sit' the PSU on (on top of) like a beam.

Then if you could figure something out for the mobo pan, all would be well. I think something like Manyak said could work. If you can get a piece of acrylic to mold onto the bottom, then epoxy it in, that would give you a working 'platform' on which to drill for standoffs/etc without drilling into the case itself. Use the acrylic as a riser of sorts. Then just mount standoffs on it and put the mobo over it. That would save from having to make another rail mounting system.

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CattleRustler

thanks for the suggestions repo
I was just doing some measuring and testing in the shop. I used some wood and aluminum pieces to do some proper full size measurements for mounting the mobo. There's a 7/8 height diff from the center of the bottom pan to the back face just above the curve, where the rectangle i/o opening would be cut. On the left and right its about 3/4 diff because the pan is concave in all directions. I have a tentative plan for a new rail based system that I will test today, to see if its viable, or epic fail

pics later

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nategr8ns

pics pics pics pics!

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The Intelligence - Day 02

Cutting aluminum u-channel with a Dremel is no picnic, let me tell you. I needed 6 pieces (3 * 5", and 3 * 9 5/8) it probably took a couple hours And it was dangerous. The metal wants to bind and grab the tool at every moment, and on a few occasions I stopped the Dremel dead for a second. Meh, anyway cutting some alu bar...

theres the pieces all cut up and filed

test fitting. I levelled the work table then I used an array of levels to see if my plan will work



looking good so far

I basically circumvented the concavity issu by rising T shapes off the center of the case

the left and center bottom bar in this pic is on its side, but the far one (right) it stacked u-down to make up for the 1/8 rise in concavity on that far edge. I think this might actually work

perspective of same angle



t d c...

acceptable tolerances me thinks


the plan is to jbweld those bottom-most beams to the case, then make threaded mounts (holes) thru them, then mount (using screws) the 9 5/8 bars to them, into the final positions. To those the mobo offsets will be tapped and mounted. I have measured the IO port from this position and there is about a 1/4 of play in the vertical so I think i am good to go. Tomr I will need to do some work fixing up the shop with shelving and building a frame stand for a 66 inch table, but I will mess with this a bit more as well. I plan to derivet the p4 case back-face and start to see whats what with the IO port cutout and the pci slots

Thanks for watching

I <3 OCN

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repo_man

Awesome stuff, looks like you have this -well- under control CR!

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wastedtime

Great work. This is what careful planning and meticulous measurements can do

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