Project 'EVIE' - Steampunk 1886 Build

They did take care of such things as they were expensive and also their livelihood but the oil tended to be darker that current engine oil and held in little reservoirs - how convenient for the theme!

Googled a picture for you. It's more like Golden Syrup in colour.

Also, lovely work with the airbrush.


Old steam engine (oil cups) (9886469876) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], by James Petts from London, England (Old steam engine (oil cups)), from Wikimedia Commons
 
Those oilers are fantastic and would fit great on the front of the case where my steam pressure gauge is going to sit. I was struggling to make it look right and this is just the job!

Really like your suggestions on the oil coloured coolant - so I will make some changes there I think.

Thank you for your support and suggestions - this 'oiler' addition will be spot on along with a coolant colour change.

Just purchased one of these on eBay which I think will do nicely :-)



 
A Little Radiator Time

This update is around the two radiators in the build. There is a 360 in the top and a 280 in the front. Both are Black Ice SR2 radiators from Harware Labs and both had to have a little modding treatment (along with their fans) before they could go in the case.

Before that though, does anyone else have to deal with these issues :D



The 280 SR2 awaiting its fans (blanking plugs will be changed):





The 360 SR2 built and waiting to go into the case this weekend (again blanking plugs will be changed):





Copper screw thread covers for the fans:



The grills that will protect the open fin surfaces of each of the radiators:



The Laing D5 pump is also finished and will ultimately rise up out of the basement shroud:



ATB - Steve.
 
Last edited:
Quantum-192 said:
Before that though, does anyone else have to deal with these issues :D
Click to expand...

Yep. What you need is to find the perfect cat-sized box. One of the shallower ones from Amazon is, apparently, perfect. Had to reinforce the sides with duct tape as they started tearing at the corners when used as a really uncomfortable-looking pillow. What do you mean you don't want those wires chased?! :confused:

Rads are looking good. Coming together nicely.
 
I've been away from the forums a bit too long and I come back and see this! Stunning work so far, I love steam punk and you are doing it so well.
This could set the bar that others have to reach, I'm sure of it.....my words can't do justice...subbed
 
Project Log - Update 4

Time for an update on Project Evie as its now starting to come together - even though a couple of unforseen problems chucked me a curve ball this week.

First off is the case feet (or rails is probably better). On the Corsair 780T the feet/rails and lower middle panel form one unit and this was ripe for taking what would be the copper loop, outside of the case and then back inside.

12/10mm copper pipe will be used for the entire loop and I had to find a way of connecting to the side rail cooper pipe from the pipes in the basement of the case. In fact, once the alignment was sorted out the rest was reletively easy as G1/4 12/10mm fittings could be connected.

Then it was just down to spraying the side feet/rails and lower panel in the Oil Rubbed Bronze colour; polishing and airbrushing the side pipes; and then assembly onto the case frame.

Only the window side pipe forms part of the loop but it was some out of the box thinking.....or out of the case thinking :D















My first problem this week arose when I was fitting the reservoir and reservoir cradle into the case. With all the brass in the cradle it was quite heavy and was flexing/pulling the motherboard tray forwards by a few degree's. Not much, but you could see the reservoir was leaning forwards.

I solved this issue by creating a copper supporting column that rises out of the basement to take the weight of the reservoir and cradle. It now sits upright as intended.



The second problem arose when starting to fit the fill port pipe which runs from the top front of the case to the top of the reservoir. When in place the back of the fillport could be seen through the window along with areas where I had cut away the 5.25in bays. A quick panel was put together to blank this area off from sight whilst providing a bit of visual interest.



With the removal of the IO Panel LEDs etc I had lost the HDD Activity Indicator. I had always planned to have a steam pressure gauge on the build but this now moved inside next to the pump and an LED was fitted into the back which is driven by the HDD motherboard pin header. The gauge flickers nicely.

The gauge has come from an old antique I found in a junk shop. I stripped it down and redesigned the gauge face with my own custom 'steam' graphics and couldn't give up the opportunity to ramp the steam into the red.....hey, Evie is running with two overclocked EVGA 980ti GPU's :p





To close this update I have now fitted both the top 360 and front 280 radiator/fan assemblies into the case......and finally, my second cat has gotten in on the action now and is seen here making a bed out of some freshly painted/finished case panels....total nightmare!







All the best - Steve
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom