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trueg50 · 06-09-09

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Originally Posted by CattleRustler

Ill be following this, these types of builds intrigue me. good start mate.
as for the lid dent, if you want to fix it, and since your painting it, you could pound it out from the inside a little, then use body filler (bondo) or evercoat everglass fiberglass reinforced filler (short strand) (stronger than bondo) to fill in the dented area from the outside, then sand it out smooth and flush, ready for paint or plastidip. I had a couple of dings in the Intelligence briefcase that you cant see at all now (I used the fiberglass stuff to body fill)

good luck mate

Thanks for the tips.

When I get home I will try that. I have a rubber mallet I will try pounding out out with, however I just want to be careful not to leave hammer marks at all.

The Camera flash makes the dent look much much worse than it actually is.

UPDATE: Both heater cores have been ordered, along with the waterblock. Now all I need is the pump, tubing, and quick-connects.

Syrillian · 06-09-09

*subscribes*

Happy modding, trueg50.

trueg50 · 06-09-09

Alrighty, I need some input.

What should I do with the metal lock, and handle?

The lock looks great now, an nice golden/oldish iron look so I think I might leave it as is. However the handle has a good bit of the blue pain still on it; what should I do with it? Should I paint it to look like this:

Or plasti-dip it, or strip it, or maybe see about applying some for gun bluing?

I am open to any and all idea's. I just want it to not look tacky, or unprofessional, thats all.

trueg50 · 06-11-09

Small update today; I went to the toy store, and oh did I get ideas!

-I will do a few layers of Plasti-dip for the inside of the box. Then I will do spray adhesive, and add a layer of this Liner, the bottom of the box might even get 2 layers. The liner is 2-3mm of rubber with a cloth interweave, so it should absorb vibrations very nicely; and if I want to remove it, I pull it, and it should peel the plasti-dip off with it instead of coming off in pieces if it was adhered to the bare metal.

-This is a top level view of the system (note there will be shrouds around the HC's -> fans. AC power for the Via Aqua 1300 will be routed right out the left side, while the fans will be DC, with 4-5 feet of cable to a molex with 7 and 12 volt setups for flexibility):

-Loop order: Pump -> "Y" splitter -> heater cores -> "Y" reduced in this direction- > quick connects -> water blocks - > Quick connects -> "T" line - > pump.

-How to mount the items to the case will be another issue. I am thinking something involving right angle brackets, and putting threaded rods through, and bolts on the ends.

-Intake/exhaust will be cool (no pun intended). There will be mesh covering the intake/exhaust holes, and instead of rad grills or what ever, it will be these:

So flat black for the body of the box; handle and lock will be bare metal, and have gold/brass grills.

Any input would be greatly appreciated. Pictures of specific stuff available on request.

rtop2 · 06-11-09

This is cool, i am doing a semi-waterkeg soon, just a Rad Enclosure, going to be sick! Good Luck with yours, ill follow.

*CyberDruid* · 06-11-09

A Lanable external cooler. Fun stuff!

Repurposing objects is always a pleasure...are you going to make a partial internal shroud to make sure the air is not just cycling around the fans?

trueg50 · 06-11-09

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Originally Posted by CyberDruid

A Lanable external cooler. Fun stuff!

Repurposing objects is always a pleasure...are you going to make a partial internal shroud to make sure the air is not just cycling around the fans?

Yes in all accounts.

Walking by the flea market every weekend gets me inspired, so I just couldn't resist. I think the most boring projects are ones in which some one spends thousands to get a super high-performance item that just works. It seems too easy to do that with some water cooling things. A project is there because it is a challenge to be done, and you learn something from it through the experience, and you have fun becoming better at something.

I plan on making 2 shrouds, one for each side of the fans (then the heater cores will be right up against the edge of the case, with 1-2 layers of the rubber to absorb the virbrations.

I forgot to mention, I got some pretty dense foam from Dell (used to surround 30-50 pound parts) that I will fill in where I can (and all in the lid of the) to absorb some of the sound.

reedo · 06-21-09

oh snap subbed

huntman21014 · 07-15-09

Whats up trueg? Did you finish?

trueg50 · 07-15-09

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Originally Posted by huntman21014

Whats up trueg? Did you finish?

Not yet, but I think I will work on it a bit this weekend.

I intended to finish this and then work on the G5 mod, but I ended up pretty much finishing the G5 mod instead.

All the parts are here, and I do have some new pictures to post, however I just need some time to work on it.

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