Project - Air Cube v2

I'll get a 1200rpm SlipStream and see for myself, from your objections for the apache it sounds like you have tested an akasa apache right or wrong?

Anyway I've already ordered it now so I'll see for myself once it arrives, I'm hoping I can call bs on this naturally :) but I don't know if I'll be able to for now.

Back to topic :D
finnished measuring and marking the bars so good to start tomorrow:).
 
Got the akasa apache fan today and it seems good, a tiny bit more audible than a lian li case fan but pushes more air, I put it next to my ear for testing, and from a meter away I could very faintly hear it They will do great on my case so I will be ordering 6 more when I get closer to finnishing it I also think they don't look bad either :).

Slow day today as I was messing with the Oblivion Enhanced Beta 03 mod, 20GB installed:eek:.

And I have cut the bars to size and just have to shape some of the ends for better connection, I'll update the pics later.
 
Thursday evening
Made a start & I measured & marked the 2m bars ready for cutting.

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Friday mid day
Only got all the bars cut to size with a hacksaw with 1 slightly wrong, good thing I bought a little extra for if I mess up made another 1 and here is how it will be going together.
Bottom1a.jpg


Was really getting stuck into it but was getting aggravated quite easily so I called it a day as I figured I'd end up making a pile of mistakes with not being nice and calm :).

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Saturday morning
Very late start at 15:00 lazy day :)
overlapped the bottom angle bar pieces and marked the bits that needed to be removed so the angles slot together for a flush connection, hacksaw and file used.
Here is one of the angle ends which I cut and filed.
anglefit.jpg


here is the lowest base loosely fitted together
bottom1b.jpg


here is the 1.5mm thick sheet snugly fit inside the frame with little angle bars which will support the corner angle bars, I'm happy with how its going so far but kind of dreading the drilling I'll be doing tomorrow lol, as you can see I'm going to have to get through 3 layers precisely or it will mess up, but I'm hoping to at least get this bottom base complete and bolted together tomorrow.
bottom1c.jpg


1 more thing, the camera I'm using olympus fe-170 6mp, I have noticed it is giving a fish bowl look about it as some parts look slightly curved, but the actual bars are definately straight, pretty strange.
 
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pastymuncher said:
Did you have the aluminium sheets pre-cut for the right sizes or are you cutting them yourself? If cutting them yourself, how are you doing it? Can't wait to see how this turns out. Watching with interest. :)
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Dewalt DW941K Heavy Duty Cordless Shear
I got lucky and seen it on ebay for £100 in perfect condition, I could barely afford it but could not miss out at the price, it says in the description upto 1.2mm but had no problem at all with 1.5mm, brilliant tool for cutting sheet metal as long as you are careful and take your time, the trigger is great for speed of cut.
 
Did not wake up til 15:00 because of watching ufc 100 in the early hours :).

I wanted to start early today so Made no progress on the case, but made a fence from a shelf that my dad had lying around and now I can see how useful it will be, the drilling will be 100% more easier now.
drillpressfence.jpg
 
waynio said:
Dewalt DW941K Heavy Duty Cordless Shear
I got lucky and seen it on ebay for £100 in perfect condition, I could barely afford it but could not miss out at the price, it says in the description upto 1.2mm but had no problem at all with 1.5mm, brilliant tool for cutting sheet metal as long as you are careful and take your time, the trigger is great for speed of cut.
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That was an absolute bargain. :D
 
This is the progress made today.
The bottom panel was easy to drill with the fence I made, it was the little corner bits that was hard to pull off while keeping it all square but got there in the end phew :), I am considering countersunk rivets instead of the little nuts & bolts in some areas like the corners for extra sturdyness :), but they will do for now as I can dismantle and rebuild whenever needed, but I'm definatley using the nuts & bolts for the front & top panel.
The countersink bit was well worth getting for the nice flush fittings, I'll probably turn all the bolts the other way round on the bottom panel so its all flush inside and add some nice big custom case feet underneath.

Building from the ground up so could be made shorter when I get to that point.
boltedbasewithcorners1a.jpg


The corner bits were tricky to pull off, they would be better riveted for extra strength.
boltedbasewithcorners1b.jpg


Underneath, the base is really sturdy :).
boltedbasewithcorners1c.jpg
 
Bummer :mad:, got to put it on hold for at least a week until I can buy an extra square and some clamps, I was attaching the mid panel angle bar but needed a 3rd square and clamps to hold it all in place while I mark it up for drilling, could have carried on but it may have turned out a little wonky, so I'll just put it aside for a week, oh well :(.

Let me know how you all think it is coming along for the time being:).
 
Jfan said:
Hmm nice project, I wonder if some of the fine metal mesh from this thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18023960 would come in handy for it
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Looks great for intake fan filters, I wonder if it could be sprayed a different colour without filling the mesh with it being so fine, if it can that stuff would be awesome for modding, I have no idea where to get that mesh thou, 1st time I have seen it.

Ahh was able to make an order yesterday for some clamps, squares and a couple of smaller steel rulers, I only had a 1 metre ruler and was arkward to use in some areas so should hopefully be able to carry on with it today once I receive them :).
 
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Nice, got the bits I needed to make it good form, yay :).
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Didn't get much time on it today but it progressed a little.
Took all the corner bars off and layed them flat so I could make the mid angle bar spot on with 4 squares and a flat piece to line it up on so I could mark them accurately.
Got both front and back mid angle bars done and 1 flat bar half done, the reason for the 20mm gap is for if I choose to put in a window it will have no obstruction and should come in useful for hiding wires also, the front and rear angle bars have 2mm gaps either side to hold the slide panel in place nice and firm, it is also still very light but I'm only half way through making the frame.
middecka.jpg

middeckb.jpg

I'm hoping to have the frame finished tomorrow.
 
Frame done and is nice and square and very solid, just needs cleaning up and replace all the screws & nuts with countersunk rivets which I do not have yet, the screws I used 3 of them lost the socket and went round, was a nightmare getting them out, this is why I am going to use rivets for the entire frame would be easier drilling rivets out than the struggle I had getting the srews out, anyway now I can work on the panels I'm going to take my time for a good design still not designed the shell, definately happy with the frame thou.

On with the pics
frame1a.jpg


frame1b.jpg
 
Still unsure about that, I would like to make my own just so I can say 100% built by me, it would not be easy but I have a quality spare lian-li back plate which I'm thinking of combining with my own made motherboard tray.
 
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