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480GTX RadStand of 1/2" Smoked Acrylic
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480GTX RadStand of 1/2" Smoked Acrylic
 Check it out. And now how it happened   I started with a template for routing the 1/2" smoked acrylic  Attached the template with doublesided tape  I removed as much material as possible so as to make the routing smoother  It's a bit tedious to cut such thick acrylic with a holesaw but I used compressed air to keep the holesaw cool and eject the chips  One side gets a fancy notch for the ports on the rad and I use a smaller holesaw to remove that material  And the bandsaw to remove the rest of the waste  I use a flush trimming bit in my router table to trim the acrylic to the profile of the template  Trimming complete  I use the template to guide the acrylic drilling bit  And follow up with the 8-32 tap  Then a chamfer the edge with a different router  This is a huge mess  And one more router to put an 1/8" radius on the fan holes   This cuts down the blade noise on the fans   Test fitting fans Then after some block sanding to take out the ripples left by the router and another pass of three through the chamfer bit the parts are ready to assemble  I used strips slightly wider than the GTX480 of the 1/2" material and fused the parts together.  Acrylic always seems to have a bow to it so I pressed it flat on my tablesaw which is the flattest table I have. Somehow Venus manages to sleep through most of it 
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Finished Product
 Paper still in place  Sanding the routed edges to 320     Peeling the paper...my favorite part.         
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overclocked acc at last
 
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wow is all Ive got to say, whos the lucky owner?
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 Can I haz shop Kitteh too? lol Looks Awesome CD can't wait to get it  .
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It won't be much longer. Just waiting on some nice stainless steel screws and it'll be ready to pack up.
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Wish I had bought a laser cutter back when I was starting up...this stuff would be a matter of minutes not hours.
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Question: Would you be able to put those holes that close together on a 5mm acrylic sheet or is it just me being too rough and have no comprehension about proper plastic tools?
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