MiniFusion - *Sponsored* by Xtia and Bitspower

[Jay85]

Congrats on the continuing sponsorships, long may your success continue.

Now get building!

Thanks man!

Yes Sir!

 

[Jay85]

What a great name for the green! Congrats on Mayhems becoming a sponsor, you are building up some great support, which is also down to the work you produce. Hats off to all.

Thanks Gepetto . It’s honestly quite surreal still having so much support from all the brands who believe in me and my work. It’s really allowing me to produce some good content for the site. Upwards and onwards!

 

[Jay85]

I love that you build bonkers looking stuff haha!

I've moved away from sensible stuff, letting my imagination run away sometimes .

 

[Jay85]

After nearly a month of designing and trial and error we've finally managed to get this enclosure design finished. There were so many unforeseen issues that needed remedies which dragged out the project but glad Arya over at AquaCustoms has managed to get this put together.

Now onto the machining which im absolutely excited about!

 

[Jay85]

looks good mate. Will it be using something like m3 bolts

Correct, using M3 counter sunk screws for the Mod cubes to assemble the unit. The bracket will use M5 bolts with locking nuts for extra load bearing capabillities.

 

[Jay85]

New Sponsor, its with great honour to announce that Alex from Praetex Design will be sponsoring this build with its machining work. For those that don't know, Alex was the Mod Content lead for Bit Tech. He did my distros for my previous build and his attention to detail and workmanship is top notch.

 

[Jay85]

more good news. Congrats mate

Thanks! Makes me wish i made this project abit more high end with a better gpu but the whole point was always to make a compact mini powerhouse.

Now that's definitely a great sponsor to have
The others aren't bad
But someone who can make you quality custom stuff
That's a real feather in your cap
Congratulations yet again mate

Thanks mate, i keep saying this but its been a huge journey for me. 12 years ago i started building pc's, got into exotic builds and never really thought much of it until last year when i realised i should maybe try and reach out. Here we are today, it's definitely been an accomplishment and then some.

 

[Jay85]

Machining done and we're well on the way to finishing this

 

[Jay85]

Alex and his bloody chamfers...

For once it wasn't him mentioning it lol, it was by design so was already in the STEP files.

Should receive the enclosure sometime this week fingers crossed.

 

[Jay85]

tbh everything I've 3D printed recently has edge chamfers, even if it's a spacer or a tool.

Do love those smooth edges, saves me from cutting myself too lol especially on acrylic or Perspex.

 

[Jay85]

Contemplating whether i need to 3D print any mounts for the reservoir and mini distro at the front or if i can get away with just using the solid tubing and positioning as anchoring points. Would certainly save me abit more time, this project has dragged out.

Was meant to be complete by the end of Feb, we're almost at the end of March now.

 

[Jay85]

Things left to do:

• Test fit assembly of the lower enclosure.
• Weld the end tabs onto the mounting brackets.
• Powdercoat the case and lower enclosure - I'm contemplating a change in colour right now since the whole thing is getting redone anyway.
• Assembly - The Fun Part.

 

[Jay85]

The machining is cool, crazy precision!

Alex has spent serious doh on his machinery, one of the reasons why he is one of the best. I love his work and ASMR's lol, so satisfying to watch.

 

[Jay85]

do res and distro not have any premade mounts that may assist ?

They have predrilled holes for mounting but no mounting mechanism that would suit my current use case. Worse case scenario, i will have to design and 3D print one. Best case is using the the radiator and other existing points to create the anchor points needed.

Hopefully the latter.

 

[Jay85]

 

[Jay85]

Can you stop posting porn right as I go to bed? kthnx

The finish on Alex's work is just stunning though. Mirrored surface with a finishing bit.

Sorry, i couldn't help myself .

Still not complete due to some issues with the mounting brackets so gonna have to wait a week or 2 before i can get this rolling. The enclosure is gorgeous though and so happy to have it in hand now.

 

[Jay85]

lovely bit of work. It looks really good

Thank you

 

[Jay85]

Mmmm... Shiiny

Its beautiful! Shame to paint it but that's up next. Just working out what im going to do about the mounting brackets.

I'm really tempted just to 3D print some and be done with it because technically i can get away with it.

 

[Jay85]

Nooo don't paint it! I know the build concept kinda requires it but I think it would still look good with that part as bare metal!

There's machining marks on the panels even though its shiny so to get it fully shiny i would i need to polish it quite abit to get it perfectly flat.

 

[Jay85]

I did notice the matching marks, but I'm quite keen on that sorta stuff (like clear coat bike frames where you can see the heat marks from welding!)

Yeah i quite like it too which is why im struggling to paint it .

Im getting some 3D printed brackets tomorrow so depending on how that goes i'll decide whether to paint or machine polish this to a shine.


We're so close to finally building this but yet so far lol.