Project - Air Cube v2

lol just noticed I've been promoted to gangster hehe :D.

I went to do some on the case and only got the inside angle bars drilled for going up against the side panels to hold them in place well at the bottom, but was feeling very tired to drill the case & mount them inside the case as it all needs stripping down to the base so I'm having the day off and possibly tomorrow from the project, only got 3 to 4 hours sleep last night because of having to be up early for deliveries, hopefully no lack of sleep for tomorrow, got all the fans now and the ocz freeze thermal paste.

Still waiting for the countersunk rivets and some nutserts for the top panel, will hopefully have them by tomorrow.

I'm thinking of getting some nice draw handles and cutting them down a little to place near the bottom of the side panels so they can be pulled into place easier, that is only if I have any trouble getting them to slot in thou.
 
waynio said:
I'm thinking of getting some nice draw handles and cutting them down a little to place near the bottom of the side panels so they can be pulled into place easier, that is only if I have any trouble getting them to slot in thou.
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Just use a trusty old rubber mallet ;)
 
:D Couple more steps forward today and the countersunk rivets arrived, saving doing the rivets for the final build after it has been painted, I have everything now except the paint so no more waiting for deliveries yay :).

Got the bottom angle bars installed for holding the side panels up against the frame.
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Took all the mid panel bars off and filed them down a little because some of them were a smidge over the edge but took a little too much off but they work the same as before.
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Marked and drilled the motherboard back piece mounting holes, and cut with the dremel and filed the hole for the back piece and attached the tray.
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Thats all for today, more tomorrow :).
 
You might want to clean your heatsink.
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hehe I know, I'll post a pic of it after it has taken a quick blast from the air compressor, makes parts like brand new again :cool:.
I only put that old rig on the tray so it is 100% properly aligned for marking.
Thanks for feedback all :).
 
Hi all :)
I thought about making my own mesh now I'm using a drill press, this is a rough example on some scrap I did with a few different size drill bits, if I do try this I will mark the piece for a good guide.
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This is how close I can get to the pci slot area.
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I had to come up with an idea for using the reinforced cutting discs as the hole was too big for my mandrel so the discs were cutting ok but shortly after went flying off, here is my beta :).
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The dremel fix works great and was able to do the whole psu hole and there is still plenty left on the cutting disc :), only bad thing about the dremel in the summer is it heats up fast, when I did my last case in winter it could go all day and not get a bit warm, so I will have to come up with something to cool it down faster.
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My dad said he wanted to use the garage so I packed and cleaned up for the day, so More tomorrow.
 
waynio said:
http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq59/waynio_2008/mbinstalledc.jpg
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Looks like you have next project waiting there on background: Restoring that wooden cupboard, paint doesn't fit to it. ;)
You should really consider cleaning that Zalman...

waynio said:
I had to come up with an idea for using the reinforced cutting discs as the hole was too big for my mandrel so the discs were cutting ok but shortly after went flying off, here is my beta :).
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Good aluminium alloy eats unreinforced cutting disks at such space that reinforced ones are better to start with.
 
:D Well my dad did not use the garage so I thought why not get back at it :).

Here is roughly how the psu is going to be mounted.
You should really consider cleaning that Zalman...
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Got most of it off, was a lot more stubborn than I expected it to be :D.
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Well I went for it with trying my own mesh lol, the drill press was getting hot so had to have regular breaks from it so I would not damage it, these pics are spread out over quite a few hours, I used a 6.5mm dewalt drill bit, I think it turned out pretty good :).

I 1st marked the hole which the drill press could reach to and then made marks every 6mm down and across.
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On with the drilling :).
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I'll replace the final pic with a better one tomorrow when I have good day light, was getting dark when I finnished.
Possibly more tomorrow :).
 
chuck990 said:
why have you got 3 sticks or ram in there? :p
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lol I don't really know, it is possibly the 1st rig I put together myself or at least one of my very early builds, it is usb 1 not 2 so is a really old board hehe, but it is a complete system, I'm thinking of making a full pc with it for light stuff so I don't have to use my gaming rig all the time.
 
It was a gamble doing the mesh I know, but I have to say it looks damn good, so relieved :).

Tried using a hole saw I bought a while ago, I was had as it is for wood not metal, price for a good near 120mm metal cutting hole saw is close to £30 I paid £10 so my fault really.

So had to go back to my dremel for doing the fan hole, got about a 3rd of the way round and it was too hot to hold, so thought ok I will make a cooler for it right away with a couple of noisy high cfm fans and a bit of scrap aluminium, it works very nice :D, it takes a minute or less to get it nice and cool again, where if I just let it cool off by itself it takes up to an hour.
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And here are a couple of shots with the plastic pulled back a bit :).
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Only the edges need sanding so it is nice and smooth then the back panel is done and ready for painting or pollishing, Woohoo :).
 
chuck990 said:
so.. if i understand you properly your not puting your main rig in here? or your gaming rig?
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Of course I am, I would not make such a nice big case for those old parts :D, I plan on using this case for years to come :).

page 1, 5th post is what is going in this case when its done.

The old parts you see in it at the moment are just for marking up properly, was just saying I might make another case, as small as possible for the old parts for a low power rig, but thats another project altogether.
 
waynio said:
Of course I am, I would not make such a nice big case for those old parts :D, I plan on using this case for years to come :).

page 1, 5th post is what is going in this case when its done.
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phew, i thought youd breathed in metal smoke from all the drilling and gone crazy
 
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