Project: Plasma Cannon
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Thanks Guys for all your suport.
I have been lacking behind on the updates sorry guys! I have 100+ photos to upload but got a few stages that are half way done and I want to get them finished before I upload.
Im sure it wont be long
I have been lacking behind on the updates sorry guys! I have 100+ photos to upload but got a few stages that are half way done and I want to get them finished before I upload.
Im sure it wont be long
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that is so awsome! how much has it set you back?
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Keep on it, doing fab
Build Post 24
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Hi all
This post is going to be a bit of a jumble of progress reports unfortunately not all are finished. Ok then let's start at on the removable side panel. Shortly after I had finished the first panel and upload the images a friend of mine noticed that the colour of the LEDs on the side panel were different to the barrel, despite being from the same set the colour is noticeably different. So all they work on the side panel needed to be replaced with the exact same LEDs. This was even more of a pain as they were different sized LEDs 5mm - 3mm.
[image of difrent colour leds] ** Image wasent that good will get a new one tomorow**
As you can see from this shot the 3mm bezels protrude above the panel so all 24 had to be milled down flush.
Sometime later all LEDs fitted
Then I replaced the LEDs in the other panel.
A cable to link the two sides together
Then a quick test of both panels.
Next job was connecting up the wires in the upper panel so from these switches the barrel and side panel LEDs can be controlled, 2 sets of 2 for mode and speed.
After that I need a cable linking the switches to the LED controllers.
After that even more cables to do this in this case the hard drive sata power cables. The case can hold 8 drives but have left 2 spaces empty to allow better airflow.
Step by step got each power connector in place. I hope having all 6 drives on the same connector isn't going to be too much current I can always split them into 2 sets.
Here is the power fitted and also the internal Top LEDs in a strip just simple white LEDS.
This is just going to be a simple connection directly into the aqua computer multiswitch.
Onto some more cabling this one is the power lead for the blue ray drive, card reader and an extra External power socket. Only the front part of this is braded as that is the only visible area.
This small area below the PSU has got a huge amount of items going into it.
USB3 Data cable
USB Card Reader cable
2x Sata Data cable
Power for Blue ray
Power for Card Reader
External Power
2x PC power Switches with LED Power indicator
2x Reset Switches
2x HDD access LEDS
Blue ray Eject cable
Trigger Switch cable
2x Water cooling Temp Sensor cables (in/out)
And...
4x Water cooling bulkheads
2x water-cooling temp sensor housing
2x right angle connects
4x Barb Fittings
2x tubing (apx 100mm long each)
PHEW!
This is part of the cables for the power switches and reset switches
And the other reset switch this one is a pain as I have lost one of the. Screws for holding the cables in place so it had to be soldered.
This is a extra fitting for external power just incase I do any future upgrades
And some cables need to have black electrical tape to prevent the original colour shining through the braiding.
Time to get in the first of the water cooling fittings. I wanted to get theses big chunky items in before I ran out of room.
Using boiling water to soften the pipe to make it easier to fit onto the barbs. You can just about see the pipe.
Checking the connections as you can see here the jubilee clip is shorting out the reset switch. That was soon fixed.
Next was the mark up all the contacts as it's tricky to keep track of them. Next time these are used they should be put in the asus motherboard.
That's it all the stuff is in there with not much room to spare.
And all you see from the outside is theses 6 cables. When I get a chance I will test theses water cooling parts before I seal up this area by fixing the PSU in place. because its such a pain to get too if they spring a leek. Hopefully that will never happen as they all have new seals and have PETF thread tape.
The PSU isn't going to be bolted in place it's going to have a friction fit by fitting the sides with a thin rubber. This should also reduce any vibrating cause by the PSU.
I wanted to check out the spacing for the cables now there in place so back on with the mother board tray but first I needed to replace the brass spacers with something more substantial due to all extra weight add due to the waterblocks.
Much better feels a lot more stable.
It's really starting to come together now Still lots of fiddly work to do though.
The RAM Water block
After all that work on the cables I needed a break so decided to do some other work to the computer internals. In this part it was the RAM water block. Started off with an EK water block but the design doesn't really fit this case. Looking back I should have just made one from scratch. But anyway here we go.
Started off by removing the top
Looking forward to taking those horrible circles off with the mill.
After a few seconds all the circles are gone Yay!
Under all that swarf a nice smooth top but still has some visible machine marks
Needs a bit more work those machine marks are far too visible.
A quick clean up to get rid of the marks with some 2000 grit aluminium oxide paper.
Looking good but not there yet.
Also took the time to polish up the copper base as well.
Using some peek polishing compound I buffed up the plastic as much as I could.
What do you think guys? nice and clear (well apart from a few drops of water
)
I tried replacing the black Bolts but I don't think this is a advantages especially with the black gasket visible. the silver bolt tops are slightly bigger and protrude over the plastic. was worth seeing how they looked but will I will stick with the black bolts.
The next stage is to find someone who will brass plate the base block. so it fits in with the cases colour scheme. I have sent off for a few quotes but have yet to receive a reply.
The GPU Backplate
Hope you enjoy this guys I really did. A slight addition to the design as there is little custom parts on the motherboard.
So started off with 2 XSPC Back plates I picked theses as there nice and flat , have all the holes I need and on the other side they have the exact spacing needed to cool the chips on the back of the graphics card.
A small scratch on a non visible areas just to confirm what its bade of and yep it's a high grade aluminium.
Now to remove the coating. at first this was looking promising but after I removed the soft outer It became really hard to remove. So time to take out the power tools. (unfortunately theses plates are too big to go into my milling machine.
Slowly managed to get all the coating off
[images of sanded plate] ** Image wasent that good will get a new one tomorow**
Next thing is to get the back plates CNC Milled (thanks Paul and Simon from work for getting them milled).
A few drill holes to bolt the plate to the GPU the rest will be under the plastic cover.
The inside of the barrel has now got a narrow hole mesh attached . Cut from a 500mm square sheet.
One Last teaser for this post thats all i will say. I'm going to save the stand till next post as it still needs more work.
Hope you enjoyed this post. The next one won't be too far away.
Sponsored by
Hi all
This post is going to be a bit of a jumble of progress reports unfortunately not all are finished. Ok then let's start at on the removable side panel. Shortly after I had finished the first panel and upload the images a friend of mine noticed that the colour of the LEDs on the side panel were different to the barrel, despite being from the same set the colour is noticeably different. So all they work on the side panel needed to be replaced with the exact same LEDs. This was even more of a pain as they were different sized LEDs 5mm - 3mm.
[image of difrent colour leds] ** Image wasent that good will get a new one tomorow**
As you can see from this shot the 3mm bezels protrude above the panel so all 24 had to be milled down flush.
Sometime later all LEDs fitted
Then I replaced the LEDs in the other panel.
A cable to link the two sides together
Then a quick test of both panels.
Next job was connecting up the wires in the upper panel so from these switches the barrel and side panel LEDs can be controlled, 2 sets of 2 for mode and speed.
After that I need a cable linking the switches to the LED controllers.
After that even more cables to do this in this case the hard drive sata power cables. The case can hold 8 drives but have left 2 spaces empty to allow better airflow.
Step by step got each power connector in place. I hope having all 6 drives on the same connector isn't going to be too much current I can always split them into 2 sets.
Here is the power fitted and also the internal Top LEDs in a strip just simple white LEDS.
This is just going to be a simple connection directly into the aqua computer multiswitch.
Onto some more cabling this one is the power lead for the blue ray drive, card reader and an extra External power socket. Only the front part of this is braded as that is the only visible area.
This small area below the PSU has got a huge amount of items going into it.
USB3 Data cable
USB Card Reader cable
2x Sata Data cable
Power for Blue ray
Power for Card Reader
External Power
2x PC power Switches with LED Power indicator
2x Reset Switches
2x HDD access LEDS
Blue ray Eject cable
Trigger Switch cable
2x Water cooling Temp Sensor cables (in/out)
And...
4x Water cooling bulkheads
2x water-cooling temp sensor housing
2x right angle connects
4x Barb Fittings
2x tubing (apx 100mm long each)
PHEW!
This is part of the cables for the power switches and reset switches
And the other reset switch this one is a pain as I have lost one of the. Screws for holding the cables in place so it had to be soldered.
This is a extra fitting for external power just incase I do any future upgrades
And some cables need to have black electrical tape to prevent the original colour shining through the braiding.
Time to get in the first of the water cooling fittings. I wanted to get theses big chunky items in before I ran out of room.
Using boiling water to soften the pipe to make it easier to fit onto the barbs. You can just about see the pipe.
Checking the connections as you can see here the jubilee clip is shorting out the reset switch. That was soon fixed.
Next was the mark up all the contacts as it's tricky to keep track of them. Next time these are used they should be put in the asus motherboard.
That's it all the stuff is in there with not much room to spare.
And all you see from the outside is theses 6 cables. When I get a chance I will test theses water cooling parts before I seal up this area by fixing the PSU in place. because its such a pain to get too if they spring a leek. Hopefully that will never happen as they all have new seals and have PETF thread tape.
The PSU isn't going to be bolted in place it's going to have a friction fit by fitting the sides with a thin rubber. This should also reduce any vibrating cause by the PSU.
I wanted to check out the spacing for the cables now there in place so back on with the mother board tray but first I needed to replace the brass spacers with something more substantial due to all extra weight add due to the waterblocks.
Much better feels a lot more stable.
It's really starting to come together now Still lots of fiddly work to do though.
The RAM Water block
After all that work on the cables I needed a break so decided to do some other work to the computer internals. In this part it was the RAM water block. Started off with an EK water block but the design doesn't really fit this case. Looking back I should have just made one from scratch. But anyway here we go.
Started off by removing the top
Looking forward to taking those horrible circles off with the mill.
After a few seconds all the circles are gone Yay!
Under all that swarf a nice smooth top but still has some visible machine marks
Needs a bit more work those machine marks are far too visible.
A quick clean up to get rid of the marks with some 2000 grit aluminium oxide paper.
Looking good but not there yet.
Also took the time to polish up the copper base as well.
Using some peek polishing compound I buffed up the plastic as much as I could.
What do you think guys? nice and clear (well apart from a few drops of water
)
I tried replacing the black Bolts but I don't think this is a advantages especially with the black gasket visible. the silver bolt tops are slightly bigger and protrude over the plastic. was worth seeing how they looked but will I will stick with the black bolts.
The next stage is to find someone who will brass plate the base block. so it fits in with the cases colour scheme. I have sent off for a few quotes but have yet to receive a reply.
The GPU Backplate
Hope you enjoy this guys I really did. A slight addition to the design as there is little custom parts on the motherboard.
So started off with 2 XSPC Back plates I picked theses as there nice and flat , have all the holes I need and on the other side they have the exact spacing needed to cool the chips on the back of the graphics card.
A small scratch on a non visible areas just to confirm what its bade of and yep it's a high grade aluminium.
Now to remove the coating. at first this was looking promising but after I removed the soft outer It became really hard to remove. So time to take out the power tools. (unfortunately theses plates are too big to go into my milling machine.
Slowly managed to get all the coating off
[images of sanded plate] ** Image wasent that good will get a new one tomorow**
Next thing is to get the back plates CNC Milled (thanks Paul and Simon from work for getting them milled).
A few drill holes to bolt the plate to the GPU the rest will be under the plastic cover.
The inside of the barrel has now got a narrow hole mesh attached . Cut from a 500mm square sheet.
One Last teaser for this post thats all i will say. I'm going to save the stand till next post as it still needs more work.
Hope you enjoyed this post. The next one won't be too far away.
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Soldato
This is quite a piece of craftsmanship. Stunning! Really love what you've done with the RAM waterblock, that looks much better now
Soldato
This is epic !
Hi all just recived good news Monsoon is now sponsoring this project YAY!
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