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Hi all got some progress after a busy Christmas. So as my previous post the painting didn’t go completely to plan so decided to send it off to be professionally painted.
Here are the photos I sent off for some quotes as you can see is not the best results even some of the items and the fully coloured parts are too dull. The beer can was just for a size compair
So before I sent the parts off, I made a few adjustments to the frame so that it could be sprayed as one piece without the need to mask off the plastic insides
There was also some various masking off on parts like this Aquacomputer res. Please excuse the water on the lenses.
So all boxed up and ready to go.
And Fingers cross the results are going to be really good! (EDIT! Stuff is painted and collecting it tomorrow!)
During the holidays Santa arrived aka DPD with an overclockers parcel. That contained some goodies! But some still to follow once I raise the funds needed!
The Cable Tidy
This part got a few tweaks from the original for example the spacing in-between the rings have a increased gap and after a suggestion from you guys to improve the method that the pipes join the rest of the cable tidy.
So this is you guessed it made of aluminium and brass. I got myself a small bolt cutter to make this a little easier.
With the 50mm diameter aluminium pipe with 2mm wall I cut it down the lots of 25mm section then cleaned them up on the milling machine.
Next add a few holes so I can fix them together.
Then after a bit of cleaning up they look really good.
Ok to sort the chain I cut it up into 5 links each and then used pliers to fit them back together.
So here is how the first section turned out.
Now just a quick test out the pipes and cables fit, all is good even the chunky DVI threads through with a little space all round.
Later on...
The larger ring is designed to hold the main pipe intake hopefully with some boiling water I can get theses pipes to sit nicely and retain their shape. If not I can use a elbow join connector.
Far later on... The remaining links I will add once the main case is assembled so I can better judge the amount of links needed.
While the panels are away being pained time to do a little electronics this is the controller for the Blue LEDS contained within the side panels the larger board is made for the fixed panel. And then the smaller one will be on the other side with connectors so it can be easily disconnected if needed.
Much more to come follow stay tuned.
Hi all got some progress after a busy Christmas. So as my previous post the painting didn’t go completely to plan so decided to send it off to be professionally painted.
Here are the photos I sent off for some quotes as you can see is not the best results even some of the items and the fully coloured parts are too dull. The beer can was just for a size compair
So before I sent the parts off, I made a few adjustments to the frame so that it could be sprayed as one piece without the need to mask off the plastic insides
There was also some various masking off on parts like this Aquacomputer res. Please excuse the water on the lenses.
So all boxed up and ready to go.
And Fingers cross the results are going to be really good! (EDIT! Stuff is painted and collecting it tomorrow!
)During the holidays Santa arrived aka DPD with an overclockers parcel. That contained some goodies! But some still to follow once I raise the funds needed!
The Cable Tidy
This part got a few tweaks from the original for example the spacing in-between the rings have a increased gap and after a suggestion from you guys to improve the method that the pipes join the rest of the cable tidy.
So this is you guessed it made of aluminium and brass. I got myself a small bolt cutter to make this a little easier.
With the 50mm diameter aluminium pipe with 2mm wall I cut it down the lots of 25mm section then cleaned them up on the milling machine.
Next add a few holes so I can fix them together.
Then after a bit of cleaning up they look really good.
Ok to sort the chain I cut it up into 5 links each and then used pliers to fit them back together.
So here is how the first section turned out.
Now just a quick test out the pipes and cables fit, all is good even the chunky DVI threads through with a little space all round.
Later on...
The larger ring is designed to hold the main pipe intake hopefully with some boiling water I can get theses pipes to sit nicely and retain their shape. If not I can use a elbow join connector.
Far later on... The remaining links I will add once the main case is assembled so I can better judge the amount of links needed.
While the panels are away being pained time to do a little electronics this is the controller for the Blue LEDS contained within the side panels the larger board is made for the fixed panel. And then the smaller one will be on the other side with connectors so it can be easily disconnected if needed.
Much more to come follow stay tuned.
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Really looking forward to seeing it in its finished state
