Onwards and upwards by Parvum Systems
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You guys should be the acrylic version of CASELABS lol.
Soldato
Looking good, just wondering if you could tell me the name of those little cube corner joints and where you aquire them from?
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Cheers mate, really keen on 8 packs build myself. Somewhat jealous that he has more rad power than mine and we will both be at the LAN event end of this month!
haha thanks. we are trying to give w/c builders what they want. I hate to see small LAN boxes that can support good radiators but dont allow you to see any of the internals. I'm sorry but I'm building a fully w/c LAN rig to show it off. I don't want to spend ££££ on hardware and w/c gear and not be able to see any of it!
More like Mountain Mods but available in the UK easily and better looking
Thank you man, means a lot. I really like the way Mountain mods work with customization on the website. We would love to move to something like that eventually.
There have actually been super difficult to source. We found a company that makes them in Germany but we have to buy them in massive quantities. You can get smaller ones in the UK but they only have two faces tapped. Which is pretty much pointless as it wont do what you want. We can get some cubes to you if you send us a PM we can discuss this.
What do you have planned? Scratch build?
hi their im liking the look of your cases,i know you specialise in smaller cases but i would love to see a bigger case,something like the corsair 900d in acrylic would look awesome and a lot neater.what future plans do you have for cases or is it top secret
Soldato
Yeah sort of a scratch build. Ive been messing around with my rasberry pi and recently bought a "slice of pi" and wanted to build an encosure for this and some motors, i will pm you early next week thamks mate
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hi their im liking the look of your cases,i know you specialise in smaller cases but i would love to see a bigger case,something like the corsair 900d in acrylic would look awesome and a lot neater.what future plans do you have for cases or is it top secret
We plan to focus on SFF cases first. The ITX next but to defiantly do a full size case or bigger when we can. We are limited by man power for now!
No problem mate, sounds good. I like the little pi builds! Talk then!
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11 March Update
Back again with a little more. On the check list for today:
So we decided to go with a frosted red middle wall. This was for a number of reasons but primarily as we wanted to use white braid on the PSU and didn't want it to get lost on the middle wall. Plus we are really in love with this color!
Tapped and inserted the motherboard standoffs:
A quick motherboard test fit:
Next on the list we started the SSD mount. The placement and idea actually came from k3nnys Parvum build. You can take a look at that here.
We first put down an old piece of white acrylic. We try not to waste any off cuts or discarded panels:
1.5mm cutter here. Extremely tight work on the Corsair logo:
Next some detailing to one of the sides. Tool of choice here is the V bit cutter. If ran at the correct speeds this will leave a really nice 45' cut:
And the cut process:
The finished piece needs some file attention. This is mainly excess swarf:
After hand finishing:
This is the area for placement. The problem we face is the small hex screw head that you can see. The black one. The reason we couldn't countersink this was because we did so on the other side of the motherboard wall.
To combat this we need to make a small hole on the backside of the SSD mount. We found this little trick works kinda nice. I'm sure there is a better way to do this but that's what first came to mind:
Applied some thermal paste to the screw head:
This then leaves a mark on the SSD mount:
Which we cut with the Dremal & press:
Perfect fit after a couple of goes back and forth:
We now got to test fit two of the SSD's. Subject to change the SSDs later as we expect to feature a raid card in the build:
Really happy with the look. Like we said at the start of the log; cable access holes will be cut at a later point so there will be one hole per sata cable. More on this later though.
To end this update a quick GPU test fit. Would like to change the GPU but we will see how the budget is before iSeries. Just had to see it with the reverse ATX:
See you tomorrow (hopefully)!
Back again with a little more. On the check list for today:
- New middle wall
- Motherboard test fit
- SSD Bracket
- Corsair love
- Quick GPU test fit
So we decided to go with a frosted red middle wall. This was for a number of reasons but primarily as we wanted to use white braid on the PSU and didn't want it to get lost on the middle wall. Plus we are really in love with this color!
Tapped and inserted the motherboard standoffs:
A quick motherboard test fit:
Next on the list we started the SSD mount. The placement and idea actually came from k3nnys Parvum build. You can take a look at that here.
We first put down an old piece of white acrylic. We try not to waste any off cuts or discarded panels:
1.5mm cutter here. Extremely tight work on the Corsair logo:
Next some detailing to one of the sides. Tool of choice here is the V bit cutter. If ran at the correct speeds this will leave a really nice 45' cut:
And the cut process:
The finished piece needs some file attention. This is mainly excess swarf:
After hand finishing:
This is the area for placement. The problem we face is the small hex screw head that you can see. The black one. The reason we couldn't countersink this was because we did so on the other side of the motherboard wall.
To combat this we need to make a small hole on the backside of the SSD mount. We found this little trick works kinda nice. I'm sure there is a better way to do this but that's what first came to mind:
Applied some thermal paste to the screw head:
This then leaves a mark on the SSD mount:
Which we cut with the Dremal & press:
Perfect fit after a couple of goes back and forth:
We now got to test fit two of the SSD's. Subject to change the SSDs later as we expect to feature a raid card in the build:
Really happy with the look. Like we said at the start of the log; cable access holes will be cut at a later point so there will be one hole per sata cable. More on this later though.
To end this update a quick GPU test fit. Would like to change the GPU but we will see how the budget is before iSeries. Just had to see it with the reverse ATX:
See you tomorrow (hopefully)!
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Ooh I do like a lot! I see a very good demand for these sorts of cases, although they first appear to be a bit bland, it shines when you visualise the internals. It has a very unique style to the design too!
I am quite fond of acrylic myself, and build many projects with it, one difficulty with it I find, is that tapping it can be a nitty pain at times, and can sometimes be difficult to work with. Although it looks fantastic!
Also, how much off cuttings have been produced off of the current design? I know it can be difficult to minimise waste material, especially if it's a CAD drawing that requires certain parameters to be met.
I am quite fond of acrylic myself, and build many projects with it, one difficulty with it I find, is that tapping it can be a nitty pain at times, and can sometimes be difficult to work with. Although it looks fantastic!
Also, how much off cuttings have been produced off of the current design? I know it can be difficult to minimise waste material, especially if it's a CAD drawing that requires certain parameters to be met.
Soldato
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Wow, that looks incredible, I always fancied designing/building and acrylic case but don't have the right equipment for the fabrication. Looking forward to more pics!
says the guy building a desk fit for a king lol
Ye I wish I had some of those tools, could make some cool stuff for my desk haha
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me wants
Seriously looking to buy one of these now, but, the standard case as it is, doesnt do it for me. would want some customization (colour & layout), for a reasonable price of course
Seriously looking to buy one of these now, but, the standard case as it is, doesnt do it for me. would want some customization (colour & layout), for a reasonable price of course
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I will post of a photo in one of the updates of the waste when we do larger runs of the cases. We did this differently as it was a totally new drawing.
says the guy building a desk fit for a king lol
Cheers to you both!
Thank you very much. It has been crazy to get to use our CNC for a personal build. More photos are coming to fullfil your request.
Looking good! Cannot wait to see the finished product.
We think the same! We have until 21st of this month to finish the build as it will be going to the iSeries event the following day. Look forward to having a crack with yours!
Seriously looking to buy one of these now, but, the standard case as it is, doesnt do it for me. would want some customization (colour & layout), for a reasonable price of course
I couldn't agree more. I suppose we get to see all the custom cases go out so its nice to have a go at our own. We are talking with OCUK about making some more color/customisation options available from themselves soon!
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12 March Update
Just a small one tonight everyone.
We start the day by installing the extra blocks for our new chamber. We added these to support the extent of the water cooling and to cover up the black radiator. We want to keep the white as the focal color rather than showing to much black:
Next we took some measurements and spent some time in Auto Cad to draw the bottom chamber. If I am being honest this did take two attempts. I messed up on a few measurements for the 1/4' radiator threads. Shaun took charge and redid them, perfect of course. I suppose he does do it better than me after all.
The finished product with some nice chamfer detailing to hug the front 240mm radiator and the back 80mm fan:
Here you can see the thing installed. Really happy with how this works. The fans do still fit with the extra 5mm thickness on top of the bottom radiator.
Also I took the plunge and got myself a Rampage IV Gene. Board is lovely. Also installed the Ek CPU block from my old build.
To see if the hard work was all worth it; radiator test fit:
We wont be using these exact ones but gives you a nice idea:
Next up we have to cut the only part of the case that isn't acrylic. This is 1.5mm aluminium.
Similar tooling here but with the addition of coolant. We removed the misting system for photos.
Here is the finished article with a little basic sanding:
Now we have to make the 90° bend. To do this we move to something somewhat older than a CNC
Lovely machine for the job.
Finished with the bend:
We next install it into the rear of the case. This is sandwiched between the two 5mm sheets that you saw in one of the first updates:
Thats us for today. :rock:!
Hope to see you all again tomorrow!
Just a small one tonight everyone.
We start the day by installing the extra blocks for our new chamber. We added these to support the extent of the water cooling and to cover up the black radiator. We want to keep the white as the focal color rather than showing to much black:
Next we took some measurements and spent some time in Auto Cad to draw the bottom chamber. If I am being honest this did take two attempts. I messed up on a few measurements for the 1/4' radiator threads. Shaun took charge and redid them, perfect of course. I suppose he does do it better than me after all.
The finished product with some nice chamfer detailing to hug the front 240mm radiator and the back 80mm fan:
Here you can see the thing installed. Really happy with how this works. The fans do still fit with the extra 5mm thickness on top of the bottom radiator.
Also I took the plunge and got myself a Rampage IV Gene. Board is lovely. Also installed the Ek CPU block from my old build.
To see if the hard work was all worth it; radiator test fit:
We wont be using these exact ones but gives you a nice idea:
Next up we have to cut the only part of the case that isn't acrylic. This is 1.5mm aluminium.
Similar tooling here but with the addition of coolant. We removed the misting system for photos.
Here is the finished article with a little basic sanding:
Now we have to make the 90° bend. To do this we move to something somewhat older than a CNC
Lovely machine for the job.
Finished with the bend:
We next install it into the rear of the case. This is sandwiched between the two 5mm sheets that you saw in one of the first updates:
Thats us for today. :rock:!
Hope to see you all again tomorrow!
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Coming along oh so nicely.
As soon as you can do something custom, im in guys. I got my mind set on all black case with a 360 floor like you have done for 8pack. Id buy that yesterday.
keep up the good work
As soon as you can do something custom, im in guys. I got my mind set on all black case with a 360 floor like you have done for 8pack. Id buy that yesterday.
keep up the good work