Client Build Log for KennyMester

And so it begins....

I am modifying the tech station I just made with a custom front panel featuring some UV acrylic and a lotta fretsaw work...


Below is how the station started off.






And what follows is the work involved in the front panel.


I removed this panel with the PA160 floating in ti (friction fit)


And made a composite panel of 1/4" clear, 1/8" UV orange and 1/8" black.


I made a template to route out a perfect 120mmm fan hole and drill the holes...


The idea is to get the UV orange to show through the black by having at the black with a fretsaw for a few hours...


Check out this programmable POV fan from Cooljag. Not cheap...you can program the fan via USB to display just about anything you want.


I temporarily mounted the comnposite panel to have a look at this fan.


There is a tiny PCB that spins around and lights up a sequence of LEDs to spell out phrases and display images through POV (persistence of Vision) technology.


I will post up some short vids in a bit. A camera does not captuire the effect...


I dialed in the panel once I had the edges dressed a bit better and it was firmly bolted to the angles.


I used a 45 bit to reveal some of the orange beneath the black to make a ring around the fan hole.


I used some tribal flame patterns I found to inspire me.


Once I had a rough sketch I folded the paper and used a light box to trace something simlar on the other half.


I didn't want to get too "50's Hotrod" with the scalloped flames and went for more of a tribal free style look.


This is closer to what I will be cutting out but I will use it just as a rough guide.


I then drilled holes for the fretsaw blade in all the areas I want to remove.


This is going to take a while....


The start of a long afternoon....


About an hour later (I guiess).

More in a bit.

Hey guys I got zapped by lightning twioce this evening. Second time it burned my ass pretty good...I was working at the saw there and a wicked sotrm rolled over and when a bolt struck in the woods I got a strong zap on my hand where it was resting on the saw table...I was like Hmmmmm what are the chances of that happening again. So I kept working and a fgew seconds later a huge strike right beside the shop I could see the light from the bolt through the window like a flash camera went off and the next thing I know I am staggering backwards...my ass feels like it's on fire and my whole upper body is hurting like I got nailed by a bag of oranges.

I apparently knocked over my drill as I was flailing about.

Anyhoo I sat on the wood bench as far from anything metal as I could until the storm finished...then I went back to work.

I got the front panel pretty much done...it looks wicked. And it has some lightning bolt still in it so look out!

I'll post up pics as soon as I finish this beer...


To entertain you in the meanwhile a short vid of a POV fan.

A teaser...wait for the lit shots...