Project Ethos & Cube - Desk Awesomeness

SavellM · 13 May 2013 at 10:12

Sorry there hasnt been much of an update.
Life has been hectic!

But here is a small one from last night.

Sanding down the side, getting rid of the filler

Stained the Drive bay cover

Doing mounts for PSU

It actually hold the PSU in really well!

How it will look with the other PSU once I get it

Side is stained, but you can see the join unfortunately.
In person it doesn't look so bad

Screwed down the mounts for Mobo tray

With the tray

Then we had another issue to take care of, my Chair...
I needed to remove the arms, as they were not allowing the chair to slide under the desk fully.
So one would think it would be simple as removing a screw or bold.
But no... This one had an double lock mechanism.
So after some sweat and frustration the head got stripped.

Next thing... Drill it out, as I was over it!

Phew it came off!

After that it was finish fitting the middle rad

Had to counter sink the screws again

All fitted nicely

SavellM · 13 May 2013 at 10:17

After that we made some little risers for the Res so that they stay above the pumps

Then back to finishing off the staining

After the stain is dry its varnishing time

Even the little risers get the treatment

Last thing we did was to fit the handles for the draws:
Measuring out

All done

That's it for now...
Hopefully do a bit more here and there.

DiCe! · 13 May 2013 at 10:20

MOAR!

dirtychinchilla · 13 May 2013 at 13:06

Looks great dude, I can't wait to see the finished product.

SavellM · 13 May 2013 at 17:03

I cant wait either

Shawy · 13 May 2013 at 18:04

The wood's turned out great, looking forward to seeing more components in there.

CraftyMrRyan · 13 May 2013 at 19:40

This build looks awesome.. Wish I had the skill/knowledge to do the same!!
Very jealous.

R-evans · 13 May 2013 at 19:43

I want this.

JCX50 · 14 May 2013 at 10:56

Amazing finish on the wood, really loving it

SavellM · 14 May 2013 at 12:25

Thanks guys

Im going to try and lay the 3M Carbon this week.

SavellM · 16 May 2013 at 10:38

Found a bit of time the other night.
Decided I would try laying the Vinyl...
Oh man it was a lot harder than I thought it would be.

Took about 3 and a half hours.

Prep, removing everything form the desk and making space

Rad mounts removed

Sanded down the desk, not much but just so its silky smooth

Put the vinyl over the desk just to make 100% sure its large enough

Did a quick cut out of the corner, thinking I can then just push it up and cut it closer after

Didn't go like I had imagined

Figured out another solution, make a template

Cutting out the vinyl... (In hindsight I should have made a template for the whole desk!)

Fits much better now

Laying it out

Going over the little back part

Not too bad, but unfortunately the wood had a cut mark, which shows in the photo.
It doesn't show in real life unless you look really hard

Carrying on, and going down

Finishing off the bottom section

Cut out for the middle Rad

With Rad cover fitted

And the mess that is perfection!

Next step is to run some black silicon around the edges to make it look finished around the edges, and to fix a few of my balls ups!

That's all for now

NoustieChris · 16 May 2013 at 11:05

Top notch work on this SavellM.

Looking forward to the finished product

neil_g · 16 May 2013 at 12:26

hmm, loved the thread until the carbon vinyl.. im not sold on that, would've preferred a wood finish on the inside

SavellM · 16 May 2013 at 12:57

Ye some love it some hate it

Its hard to please everyone

But you are just looking at it without anything on it.
It will look better once the trays are back and everything else is done...

Jeps · 16 May 2013 at 13:53

Looking good. The carbon fibre looks a bit much at the moment but I think once you get the hardware mounted in there it will break it up a bit and look really nice.

Looking forward to seeing more

SavellM · 16 May 2013 at 14:55

Ye I hope so too..
My thoughts were, well lets try it... If it doesn't look good, I can always peel it off.

Kaktus69 · 16 May 2013 at 21:30

SavellM said:
Ye I hope so too..
My thoughts were, well lets try it... If it doesn't look good, I can always peel it off.

I personally like the carbon and as you said you can always peel it off if you don't like it.

Either way, EPIC build

Anox · 17 May 2013 at 18:46

nice build man! Cant wait for the finished product.

russell664 · 17 May 2013 at 19:07

Great build mate, I wish I had the craftsmanship what you have. Love it!

neil_g · 18 May 2013 at 10:07

SavellM said:
Ye some love it some hate it
Its hard to please everyone

But you are just looking at it without anything on it.
It will look better once the trays are back and everything else is done...

I shall try and reserve judgement

Amazing work by the way :cool: