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Here is the finished product: CyberStation V1



And V2 with Dual Rad option

For more pictures click the link below

PhotoLog

Here is a breakdown of the exact cost of materials and labor:
http://www.overclock.net/4130520-post44.html

Pricing starts at $175 for this unit in 1/4" acrylic no radiator.
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Thought I would share some "in progress" shots of the CyberStation prototype.

This is one of my techstation designs and I hope it is something that will be popular with the DIY, LC and Folding crowd.


This is as far as I got last night...I need to profile the other side panel and work opn dressing the edges. The brown paper is the protective film over the 1/2" thick acrylic panels. The station is constructed entirely freom acrylic and aluminum and features a removable motherboard tray.


Not that a tech station exactly has a front..but this could be it


The fan is part of the HDD caddy that is mounted underslung and allows for easy removal of the HDDs. The space beside is for the PSU and is deep enough to accomodate even a DA1200.


Construction through out is all about strength and access to the guts. The optical drive is also tooless: held by friction. The space behind the optical would be a possible pump location for an LC application.

I hope to have this completed in a few hours and will post up the worklog and the finished photos soon after.

Obviously the station could be taller with more room for equipment...the side panels could be tailored to fit a particular radiator. A Radiator can also be added across the top of the mobo on a rack. A lid coud be added easily (with fans) and fans coud be fitted to the side panels for general cooling of the mobo if desired.

The unit can be made from thinner material (less expensive in materials) or even out of wood or fiber -board. Everything goes together using machine screws and tapped aluminum angles that have been etched and waxed to resist oxidation.

Although this is just a prototype I feel that the 14" cube form factor is about as small as I can get it without makeing it too hard to access the gear.


The unit can be taken down and shipped flat to avoid damage. All the parts are made to come apart repeatedly.

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puzzledazn

oOooooo... interesting...!

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Looks cool. What do you expect the price to be?

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For this first one made of the 1/2" acrylic I am thinking something like $275. Don't judge the unit yet because I still need to route the the other panel, route and dress the edges and a few other touches that will make the unit look 100% pro.

I hope that subsequent units made from less expensive material will be about $100 cheaper.

So far I have about 8 hours into the build and probably have another 10-12 to go due to all the fancy acrylic work (polishing) ahead of me.

Subsequent units will be more like 4 hours to build as I will have the patterns made and will simply be "connecting the dots" and will likely offer such niceties as routed polished edges as an option to keep time and cost low.

For instance using something like prefinished fiberboard (melamine) eliminates al;most all the fiddly finish work. It would be as simple as routing and drilling and bolting it together.

I have a method for drilling the angles and panels symmetrically on the press that is fast and accurate.




I started here:

And end up here :

The side panels could be taller to accomodate a long radiator...the sides could be left squred off as in this shot to make for a lid...lot's of options to customize each station from this basic shape.


Here I have PSU in place for fitment. I will make a Lexan plate to attach the PSU (strictly optional) but it fits in the cubby (which can be routed to accomodate a PSU fan) snugly..but not so tight as to scratch the paint on the PSU.


The HDD caddy is from a Silverstone TJ07 and lifts right out after loosening a thumbscrew.


With the LL mobo tray in place there is about an inch gap between the tray and front panel to allow for cabling, tubing what have you. The tray will be trapped when fully inserted and will be able to lift out easily. These trays are available seperately so it would be possible to prep a motherboard or two if one were into a night of serious LN2 of DICE benching.

AND of course you do not have to have hex-headed bolts for hardware: they could be flange head allen or button head torx or slotted or phillips pan heads...whatever I can source. I happened to have hundreds of these hex heads and I kind of like the uber industrial look of them.

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Kamakazi

Nice old drill press you have there.

Oh wait, Cyberstation, yeah, I will wait until I get the full effect with the plexi protection off.

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DuckieHo

1/2" is so thick!

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Rock on.

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Well I had 1/2" on hand and yes it is hellaciously heavy

I'll be doing some routing on it and that will lose some mass. I want to prep the front panel for a PA160 and I may open up the side panels too to allow for easier access.

1/2" is really strong so I can do a fair amount of stock removal (like the way racers put holes in everything they can to save weight) and that will look even more interesting.

Stay tuned this is about at the halfway point.

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DuckieHo

Make it 1/2" Lexan/Polycarbonate... BULLETPROOF CASE!

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