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Ropey commissioned a side panel. It will be all acrylic except for the latches which come from a window side panel I ordered from Corsair.

I am using 3/8" thick Cell Cast Clear acrylic.

I obtained a Corsair 600T from Newegg in order to fit the panel as it is a non standard size and shape and the catchment on the bottom as well as the latch location on the top is critical. Hell, all of it is critical! Might seem a little crazy to buy a case just to make a side panel...but it's better than pissing Ropey off with a pretty piece of plastic that doesn't quite fit

I'll be creating a template to route the slab of 3/8" plastic, the edge will receive a profile and be polished until optically clear.

Stay tuned
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I had made a template from paper using the side panel I ordered from Corsair, and as I suspected using the side panel did not make an accurate pattern for the actual opening in the case.


That piece of melamine represents a good deal of effort. It's a router template and fits the case opening perfectly. And now I can route duplicate side panels. Let's hope there's a need for that


Much block sanding (to remove the machine marks) later, a lovely slab of acrylic with a perfectly perpendicular and smooth edge. This one is 3/8" thick.



Thanks to a carefully made router template the latches fit perfectly and the tabs catch the back of the 3/8" material.


Nice tight fit.


That's even nicer than I was expecting.






I made a little catch out of polished acrylic that I fused to the bottom inside. It takes the place of the metal flange on the side panel.

Next up I will be painting the back side to mask off where the HDD bays are, per the client's request.

Videos are uploading and I will add those below.
Edited by CyberDruid - 8/21/11 at 10:09pm
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Reserved for Pimpin' the Product (which ain't easy BTW)



Edited by CyberDruid - 8/24/11 at 2:52pm
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Without Paint


Painted


Looking Pimpadelic.

Buy one today. Buy two and give one to a friend. PM. Send smoke signals. Wave as you go by. Aight then.
Edited by CyberDruid - 8/24/11 at 2:54pm
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/clap


gonna have to make good use of that cable management. that shows EVERY thing!
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pm sent about side panel
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I'm trying to put an acrylic panel on my NZXT phantom and was wondering what you used to but out the acrylic. I was going to use a dremel.
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I'm uploading some videos about that. Check my YouTube Channel for tips and tricks about how to deal with acrylic. A Demel is slow going. I use a 6" buffer and white rouge after wet sanding to 600.
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Great, let me know when your videos are up and if i could get a link. Thanks.
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Great, let me know when your videos are up and if i could get a link. Thanks.
If you want to see how I get something to look like glass here's a link

http://www.overclock.net/cyberdruidp...l#post14642711
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