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The Reactor Project.October(2010) MOTM winner!!

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[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner.html#post8873429]got stuff![/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner.html#post8873435]cutting a window[/URL]  [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner.html#post8879455]part 2[/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner.html#post8880318]part 3[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-2.html#post8882854] Cooling Duct [/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-2.html#post8890577]part 2[/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-2.html#post8890613]part 3[/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-2.html#post8890620]part 3[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-3.html#post8892028]Fan Splitter[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-3.html#post8900990]First Cutts in the Case![/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-3.html#post8902126]Final Cooling Duct Shots![/URL]too bad its not getting used... i liked that one.. 
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-4.html#post8921116]Starting on a Reservior and Finishing the Window[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-6.html#post9095303]Stelthing the Fan Controler[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-6.html#post9116291]Filling in the groves on the Bezel[/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-8.html#post9127204]Part 2[/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-8.html#post9136784]Part 3[/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-8.html#post9138498]part 4[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-9.html#post9206167]HDD Cage OUT! and a False Floor [/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-10.html#post9223645]False Floor Painted and some random stuff and an Almost Finished Bezel[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-14.html#post9380223]Home Made Reservoir Atempt 2[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-15.html#post9415201]Fittings From BriSleep![/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-15.html#post9419921]Part 2[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-16.html#post9462005]New Work Space and Random Tools[/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-17.html#post9483906]Part 2[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-21.html#post9713411]Case All Apart and Sleeving from Nils! [/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-23.html#post9775956]Res v.2 Work[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-24.html#post9778928]More Cutting the Case up for Rad Mounting. [/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-39.html#post10184963]First Batch of Water Cooling Stuff![/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-42.html#post10215789]Actually Cutting the Case for the Rad[/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-42.html#post10215919]Part 2[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-47.html#post10240516]Sleeved Pump[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-51.html#post10398910]MOTHERBOARD!![/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-52.html#post10410721]With a Waterblock [/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-53.html#post10477539]First GPU![/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-57.html#post10686693]New Tools and NEW PARTS[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-58.html#post10737695]It Works![/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-59.html#post10772459]SLI Time![/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-63.html#post10919028]Reservoir Mounting and Case Going Back together [/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-63.html#post10920379]planing The Loop[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-64.html#post10991249]Components IN the Case. with a Little Problem[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-68.html#post11067672]SSD![/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-69.html#post11071014]SSD Install and False Floor v.2[/URL] [URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-69.html#post11071078]Part 2[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-70.html#post11082029]WATER COOLED![/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-71.html#post11124975]Pretty Lights[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-75.html#post11179505]Floor In[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-82.html#post11218141]LEDs and stuff[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-85.html#post11227645]New Keyboard[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-85.html#post11228742]Random Stuff[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-88.html#post11240570]HDD Mounted[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-92.html#post11316006]MOTM WIN! and With the Side On.[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-96.html#post11487235]Most Recent Pictures[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-96.html#post11488497]Monitor![/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/13662650-post2142.html]Control Panel Prototype[/URL]

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[B]Airplane side project[/B] :D
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-22.html#post9725563]Epic Cablemanagement Win[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-94.html#post11472414]Putting it All Together[/URL]
[URL=http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/698171-reactor-project-october-motm-winner-196.html#post11508827]Final[/URL]

BIG thanks to PapaSmurf for helping me put this TOC together
Hey all!

Well I have been looking at building a new system because mine is rather dated and beginning to literally shake its self to death.

so money has been a problem for me for the last 5 years or so after my Dad got cancer (hes all healthy now and kicking harder than before he got sick) and the insurance company decided to not pay. but as I stated above its time for a new rig. so because i only had about $300 bucks to spare this month after bills and taxes and cutting out fun stuff I decided to start buying components.

to start i grabbed a CM Storm Scout and Corsair 950TX and a bunch of CM R4s for cheeps at a local companies going out of business sale ( they were a crappy suppler any way)

heres the plan of action as is stands right now.
-Cut a new clear side window
-(done) New stainless hardware to hold the window in
-Sleeving the cables in the case
- Open up the front and top fan holes
- cut the plastic cross hairs out of the front bezel
- wire the fan controller power into the scouts LED switch the R4s wont work on it so its a useless switch (or maby to the new EL wire plan?)
- Build a 120mm Fan holder for the 5.25in bays
- Paint yellow diagonal stripes across the 5.25in bay screens and a radiation warning symbol thing on the larger bottom fan screen and some on the top plastic covers. (and some text but im not sure how to do that yet)
- EL Wire red or yellow? ( in the front bezel (up the 2 channels about a centimeter in from the sides and mayby some more in other places as accents inside
- 2 more Y type harnesses for fans (making them custom lengths and im just too cheap to buy them
one for the lower front fan and the window fan and the last one for the 2 exhaust fans in the back )
- real water cooling? maybe if i can find the cash to do much more than an H50 ill do a CPU/GPU loop with a full coverage block and 2 120mm rads but im gonna need to do pricing on that and some more measurements for the cooling duct (any numbers would be WONDERFUL if you have them)
- PSU/leftover cable cover. (its a 950 TX... i have 200 miles of cable to hide)

i will probably come up with a few more ideas as this goes along but this is where it all begins any way is it not?

My Scout and the rest of the stuff i got at the sale.



any questions/comments/any thing else are welcomed!
 
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pulled the case apart and started getting ready to start working on it.

sorry no pictures of the disassembly as my girlfriend was out with my car that happened to have my camera in it

BUT here she is all naked and waiting to get abused




as you can see I have it down to the bear metal frame. I Pulled out all the Fans and the mesh off of the front bezel and the handle off the top
and i was bored waiting for my camera so i mounted the fan controller in the 3.5in bay adapter.


the next step is to move from the bead room/computer area into the Workshop/hanger(yes hanger) /one car garage.

a little tour :)


the bench and all its messy glory


the rest of the front of the garage. i bet you didn't expect to see an airplane :)

Let the work begin


Im using a Black & Decker rotary tool and a diamond carbide cutting disk for most if not all of the cuts i have planed

first four cuts :-D

I know most scouts that do this mod cut the whole cross-hair thing out but i think if i leave the outer ring in it will work out nicely after I paint the mesh the way Im thinking


and a fan for reference

next we mix up some filler for the plastic

yea i know JB Weld is a glue more than a filler but it works REALLY well if you cant find the hardener for the other stuff in your shop. oh and its alot easier to work with

before we flip it over we protect the front face from scratching with some green painters tape

that bench is covered in metal shavings and stuff. dont want to mess up the some what soft plastic that will be on the front of every thing.

yay more crappy pictures!

I filled in the grove in the plastic and set it aside to set up before i finish cutting the posts out and make it a circle.

and before we cut the steal mesh
http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/g...t=DSCF0096.jpg
i like my eyes as dopey as they look. ill probably being home a pair of good ones after work on Monday

and rough test cutting.


and that's all I have for now but their will be more.

please comment and tell me what you think! suggestions are always usefull
 
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so im back from the Hardware store and i have an update for you all!

i was up early and went to go work on my case cutting some more but found that my rotary tool died overnight (more on that in a post on the second page) but i wanted to get some work done before i needed to help Dad with some airplane work so i started working on the window mods i had planed.

heres what we are starting with

the side panel

woot! real Lexan! we had a couple sheets left over from a big project at work so i garbed them before they could get rid of them.


started drawing plans and stuff


into the work shop.


band saws are nice for this kinda stuff. this one is a bit small but we make it work.


just cruising along.


its ultra clear for any one that was wondering.



dad stole my camera. (ignore the crappy beard. i didn't shave today...


and cut to fit


securing the lexan for marking holes


marking hole points

(more stuff on the next page i dont want to spam too hard)
 
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Originally Posted by Dilyn View Post
Ooooh boy subbed 'cus of the title of this thing


Green+yellow+black+red (R4s) = Awesome, no?

I am suggesting that you get started right now so I can start seeing progress

no red fans just green but their will probably be some red some place in the painting side

allready did lol
 
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cool - good luck with the project. glad your dad is better.
here's a tip for worklog photography. Aside from using the correct settings and shutter speed etc (which it seems you are) take two pictures of each item you intend to be a worklog picture. that way, if one of the shots is blurry, chances are the other one wont be. then you'll have something to fall back on as you select your pics for the log.

well, thats what I do anyway, seems to work so far
 
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Originally Posted by CattleRustler View Post
cool - good luck with the project. glad your dad is better.
here's a tip for worklog photography. Aside from using the correct settings and shutter speed etc (which it seems you are) take two pictures of each item you intend to be a worklog picture. that way, if one of the shots is blurry, chances are the other one wont be. then you'll have something to fall back on as you select your pics for the log.

well, thats what I do anyway, seems to work so far

thanks for the tip! i usualy do take 3 or 4 pictures but it already late and dad was in and out of the garage all night working on the airplane.

more on that later if any one cares.

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Originally Posted by Rockr69 View Post
Lookin good so far man however; the bottom front fan doesn't line up with the gunsight grill so your fan for reference is going to be off. The plastic actually lines up lower than the fan. You'll probably want to cut out the whole thing.
Thanks for the heads up. I was thinking about cutting the whole thing out any way but my dad thought it would look cool with just the outer ring so I thought “its always easier to remove more, so why not give it a shot. So im gona leave it for now and see how it looks. I can always cut it out at a later date

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Originally Posted by Nawtheph View Post
Subbed! I want a workshop
*Curses at my dorm room*

I know the feeling. But yea we only have that “workshop†because 6 years ago (before dad got sick) dad and I decided to build an airplane. We are both pilots and we LOVE aviation and we were tired of paying other ppl to do work on OUR airplane (the FAA mandates that AMPs do all work on certified(factory built) airframes. So we jumped into the home built world. Kicked Mom out of the garage and started working on her.
 
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My Uncle is in the process of building his plane. I'm an aircraft mech in the Air Force haha. So yeah, fixing planes for a living, while fun, the outdoors conditions are just not that great some days. Kicking your mom out of the garage seemed to be a good decision though haha.
 
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well it seams it happens to every one here and my rotary tool died last night. it was working when i shut it off to clean up and go to bed but when i went down this morning to start working again it wouldn't start SOOOO i took it apart to try and fix it thinking the brushes just got messed up (its like 3 years old i have fixed it like 20 times) but nope not the brushes. one of the magnets in the motor is self burned up and as it cooled off from use if fell out of the rest of the drum. so my tool is broken and im stuck working on a battery one wich is crap at cutting the scouts steal chase.

on another note i have my window cut and drilled for hardware.

ill have some pictures and a real update tonight
 
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(continued from post 2)


drilling pilot holes on a piece of scrap


and full size holes in the scrap


perfect :)



and the actual window is drilled out to size

the secrete to cutting and drilling holes in acrylics is to use a constant lite pressure, sharp tools, and take your time! i have cracked ALOT of plastics by not using those tips.

and after my trip to the hardware store


i grabbed 16 1/2inch 4/40 stainless screws and nuts (i have a bunch of small nylon washes left over from the plane)


i think it looks pretty good :)

still have a 120mm hole to cut in the side but that will have to wait a while

i thought you mite want a better picture of the plane so i went out and got one :)



and my little helper waiting for me to come back from the hardware store

and my sister ruined ALL of my productivity showing up with my little nephew :)

little Samuel and his Grampa

so thats were i am now. sitting in the living room playing with the little guy and catching up with my sister (she and her husband live in Montana so its kinda a big deal when she comes out to NH)

feel free to comment, make suggestions, and ask questions
 
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Dog pictures.


So wait does that case have a window in it to begin with? I've never actually looked at the case before, but I'm thinking it might

It looks really nice so far. Excellent drilling, and tips! I might use those for my next project if I decide to pick up some acrylic.
 
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Originally Posted by Dilyn View Post
Dog pictures.


So wait does that case have a window in it to begin with? I've never actually looked at the case before, but I'm thinking it might

It looks really nice so far. Excellent drilling, and tips! I might use those for my next project if I decide to pick up some acrylic.
yes Dilyn.

it dose have a window normally but its a rather dark tint (when its on the case) and the vents where their are 2 fan mounts tend to cause alot of cavitation in the air and as a result they are really noisy if you have higher speed fans. ill get some pictures of the stock one if i can get my camera back from my girlfriend and parents lol (yay baby)
 
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because Dilyn was asking and i had a few mins i got some pictures of the stock window


yep. it still has the plastic on it




those are the vents that i dont like.



the glare there is to show how the vents are shaped on the outside.

and as a miny update!

i started planing my vent hole location for the 120mm side fan im gona put in


the drafting set my pepay left me when he died a few years ago that he used in the 40s on the side with the Lexan mounted.


checking my numbers on the scale i found in the living room XD


in front of the fan for reference


got my circle.


and traced over with the trusty red sharpie with the fan next to it as a reference

now im off to play with my nephew and mabey see if i can do any thign else with out a good rotary tool.

i might start cutting that hole with my battery one but idk.
 
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Originally Posted by BriSleep
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Ok, what fan is that? If it's an R4, I'll be surprised because it looks like a gentle typhoon.

BTW, wish I had part of an airplane in my garage. Oh wait, wish I had a garage. Stupid "Short sale"!

it actually IS an CM R4


and its nice but when its in the garage it gets a bit cramped even when your the only one in their kinda drives you mad when you need to get to the other wall
 
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so i got bored and the fam was watching a movie so i started working again.

i have like 3 things going at once now


but any way i started working on the fan holder for the Drive bays

i started by taking the cases off of 2 dead DvD drives i had laying around to hold every thing together.


then i marked out rectangle on some scrap Lexan


all cut out


find the center


and mark the circle to be cut out


dont wory about the crappy red circle its just to show you all where the circle it actually is

then we find the right tools for the cutting out. i dont have a hole saw big enough for this job and im NOT paying 60 bucks for one so i asked my dad if we had any thing and he dug out a fly-cutter that i didn't know we had


i know its nor quite the right tool but if im careful it works just as well

i did a couple trial cuts just to make sure the fly-cutter would work the way i wanted it to and it was close enough for me to actualy give it a shot

and here we are measuring the blades are the right with... more complicated than it looks...



i left them just a bit smaller than they could be just because the walls are going to be really thin as it is. and i wanted some room for error and clean up room.

pilot hole in the Lexan


and the cut with the fly-cutter.

those clamps saved my fingers.... im NOT putting my hands any closer to that thing than i need to when its spinning.

and the way of clamping it down that actually worked the best.


and the cutter messed up the protective plastic so i just pulled it all off. but here it is all cut up before i cleaned it up


all cleaned up and sitting on a fan


thats all i have for now but ill probably cut the side window vent hole and finish the bay fan holder thing tomorrow and throw an update or 2 here

as always. feel free to comment and w/e
 
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Originally Posted by Jolly-Swagman
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all looking great! well done so far


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Originally Posted by NAM_killer
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Looks pretty good so far!


thanks guys!


im working on my bay fan thing (still dont have a name for this damn thing lol and ill try and get it about done today and had an update tonight.

i cant get it 100% done till i get my H50 in the mail. but ill get as far as i can
 
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