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Any updates squire?
Project: Plasma Cannon
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Hi guys this is just a short post this time as I haven't quite finished the barrel electronics yet. and didn't want to upload only half the images. so here is a few to keep you entertained in the mean time.
A lot of the wiring is going in now though some of this is still a little messy I hope to have it fully tidied up once the motherboard is in there.
Finally Fixed on the side brass plates.
I was a bit unsure on how to finish the coating on the barrel as I didn't want it polished like the body of the case but still a metallic feel. so I spray painted it.
And a quick test fit of the barrel end.
Its starting to really come together now
Cheers guys lot more to follow very soon.
Hi guys this is just a short post this time as I haven't quite finished the barrel electronics yet. and didn't want to upload only half the images. so here is a few to keep you entertained in the mean time.
A lot of the wiring is going in now though some of this is still a little messy I hope to have it fully tidied up once the motherboard is in there.
Finally Fixed on the side brass plates.
I was a bit unsure on how to finish the coating on the barrel as I didn't want it polished like the body of the case but still a metallic feel. so I spray painted it.
And a quick test fit of the barrel end.
Its starting to really come together now
Cheers guys lot more to follow very soon.
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yep the trigger switch is allready in there im just finishing off the barrel electronics then I will be linking the two together 
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Crazy, bonkers, absolutely brilliant!
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This gnna be a masterpiece when finished I've subbed
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Mental! Very few projects these days go all out on a grand scale, it is for the most part just a sea of braided cables and some careful colour coding, nothing wrong with that of course but it is nice to see someone doing something truly original as a case build and a scratch case build at that.
Kudos my man!
Any one else just want to pick it up and run around shouting 'vvvvvvvv BOOM, vvv BOOM VVVVVVVVV BOOM!'
Kudos my man!
Any one else just want to pick it up and run around shouting 'vvvvvvvv BOOM, vvv BOOM VVVVVVVVV BOOM!'
Soldato
I am sure given the quality of the build that its definitely not possible to pick that up solo with all the parts it it but yes I want to do just that
Yeah, I can imagine trying, followed by a trip to A&E with a busted spine...
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To start a few little bits to sort out. mainly to prevent condensation on the chilled water blocks I have decided to wrap the whole thing in rubber though this is a little ugly this water block will be hidden from view.
So thanks to a mate at work he kindly cut me some rubber using a water jet cutter those who are unfamiliar with water jet cutters there are plenty of you tube videos out there. Great little machines able to cut through almost anything without leaving burn marks unlike a laser.
I also fixed in a temp sensor for the TEC controller and some cheep water fittings
Next little thing to sort was the rear Lighting this was a set of 3 Tr-colour LEDs that were fixed into a old basic led enclosure. The LEDs are controlled by the aqua computer aquero controller but have not desided what will affect the LED's CPU usage maby well plenty of time to decide.
As you can see there is not much room at all in this little case.
There was no way I was getting all the cables out of that hole so increased the size using a 5mm End Mill.
Very carefully I soldered on the cables (sorry for the dodgy coloured cables at this stage there so much wire gone in to the project I am running out of cable! and had to resort to other colours)
First cable in place
Then all 3 in there may of slightly over judged the hole required ;p This will now sit onto of the PSU facing backwards shining through the rear fan and laser cut logo. (see it in the video below)
The Barrel Electronics
I was so close on not doing this stage of electronics as I'm so far beyond my deadline but I am glad I did as it has come out really well.
Firstly fixed the black mesh to the inside of the barrel
Then Lined them with Some Black Rubber to give the impression of depth and to give a place to fix the blue LEDs
Wired up the last of the Blue LEDS and ran out of the thin red wire so resorted to the remaining yellow.
These LEDs slot into place around the Edges of the Barrel Griped in place by the rubber.
The White Flash gun LEDs were Removed from a flash gun Ring and rewired onto strips on PCB and held in place by larger sheets of rubber with waterjet cut holes.
These were then stuck inside the case with a backing on them to prevent short circuits.
The Flash gun controller had a little bit of rewiring (4 cables on the left were to the barrel LEDS, red and black on the righer were to PSU Power Line, and the Purple/Green to the Aqua computer Controller relay) This controlelr was then hidden underneath the Hard Drive Bay
Originally I was going to have all 12 slots filled with LEDS but I have run out of room so only 8 of the 12 Have LEDs in. Theses Lights are shown here on minimum power setting with almost dead batteries as it was very tricky to photo
I added a Extension onto the Front LED controller so the Blue Barrel LEds will be controlled By the same circuit as the Fan LEDS
So that's the side barrel LEDs done but time to finish off the front LED's. I was messing around with all kind of ideas on how to place the LEDs , behind the fans, around the edge of the fans but decided in the centre front of the fans was best. so came up with some PCB Designs here s so test films to check that they fitted before
So got a piece of Copper Clad PCB board (have not get a photo of it so here is a generic Google image). Then rarther then messing around with loads of etching chemicals. I had then CNC milled just taking off the top 0.2mm of copper.
As you can see this PCB material is kind of ugly so needed a respray
For each circuit I fitted the ramianing flash LEDs and some Blue LEDS to give a more blue tint to the flash. (unfortantly ran out of LEDS so going to have to get some more)
A quick test I promise you now I haven't added any image effects to this photo
Last bit for the barrel another Tri-Colour LED in the HDD Water-cooling bays.
Slowly but surely Managed to fit on the Barrel Cover onto the case and bolt it into place
Enjoy one of the last Lighting Tests
Thanks Guys Cya soon
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Hello Again
To start a few little bits to sort out. mainly to prevent condensation on the chilled water blocks I have decided to wrap the whole thing in rubber though this is a little ugly this water block will be hidden from view.
So thanks to a mate at work he kindly cut me some rubber using a water jet cutter those who are unfamiliar with water jet cutters there are plenty of you tube videos out there. Great little machines able to cut through almost anything without leaving burn marks unlike a laser.
I also fixed in a temp sensor for the TEC controller and some cheep water fittings
Next little thing to sort was the rear Lighting this was a set of 3 Tr-colour LEDs that were fixed into a old basic led enclosure. The LEDs are controlled by the aqua computer aquero controller but have not desided what will affect the LED's CPU usage maby well plenty of time to decide.
As you can see there is not much room at all in this little case.
There was no way I was getting all the cables out of that hole so increased the size using a 5mm End Mill.
Very carefully I soldered on the cables (sorry for the dodgy coloured cables at this stage there so much wire gone in to the project I am running out of cable! and had to resort to other colours)
First cable in place
Then all 3 in there may of slightly over judged the hole required ;p This will now sit onto of the PSU facing backwards shining through the rear fan and laser cut logo. (see it in the video below)
The Barrel Electronics
I was so close on not doing this stage of electronics as I'm so far beyond my deadline but I am glad I did as it has come out really well.
Firstly fixed the black mesh to the inside of the barrel
Then Lined them with Some Black Rubber to give the impression of depth and to give a place to fix the blue LEDs
Wired up the last of the Blue LEDS and ran out of the thin red wire so resorted to the remaining yellow.
These LEDs slot into place around the Edges of the Barrel Griped in place by the rubber.
The White Flash gun LEDs were Removed from a flash gun Ring and rewired onto strips on PCB and held in place by larger sheets of rubber with waterjet cut holes.
These were then stuck inside the case with a backing on them to prevent short circuits.
The Flash gun controller had a little bit of rewiring (4 cables on the left were to the barrel LEDS, red and black on the righer were to PSU Power Line, and the Purple/Green to the Aqua computer Controller relay) This controlelr was then hidden underneath the Hard Drive Bay
Originally I was going to have all 12 slots filled with LEDS but I have run out of room so only 8 of the 12 Have LEDs in. Theses Lights are shown here on minimum power setting with almost dead batteries as it was very tricky to photo
I added a Extension onto the Front LED controller so the Blue Barrel LEds will be controlled By the same circuit as the Fan LEDS
So that's the side barrel LEDs done but time to finish off the front LED's. I was messing around with all kind of ideas on how to place the LEDs , behind the fans, around the edge of the fans but decided in the centre front of the fans was best. so came up with some PCB Designs here s so test films to check that they fitted before
So got a piece of Copper Clad PCB board (have not get a photo of it so here is a generic Google image). Then rarther then messing around with loads of etching chemicals. I had then CNC milled just taking off the top 0.2mm of copper.
As you can see this PCB material is kind of ugly so needed a respray
For each circuit I fitted the ramianing flash LEDs and some Blue LEDS to give a more blue tint to the flash. (unfortantly ran out of LEDS so going to have to get some more)
A quick test I promise you now I haven't added any image effects to this photo
Last bit for the barrel another Tri-Colour LED in the HDD Water-cooling bays.
Slowly but surely Managed to fit on the Barrel Cover onto the case and bolt it into place
Enjoy one of the last Lighting Tests
Thanks Guys Cya soon
I don't even know how this is possible, but in every update this thing just keeps getting better and better. I simply don't know how you have the patience to continue working on it, I can only assume you have another PC you can use/game on while building this one up. I know this word is overused but this thing is simply AWESOME. Those lights on the barrel are superb, I can only imagine what this is going to look like once it's fully complete.
Keep up the outstanding work buddy, The best build on here for sure.
Keep up the outstanding work buddy, The best build on here for sure.
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amazing work, can't wait to see the final thing. Love the music in the vid btw!
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Almost there guys home stretch now. stating to get the pc electronics in now so started off by drilling and mounting the Main SSD drive. and also tied down up the cabled behind the motherboard tray.
I had to do a little modification to the motherboard water block as this fin is too close I cannot get the cap onto the monsoon fitting so it had to be removed. Taking care I didn't get any waste info the motherboard.
Simple attachment of the CPU Water block
Fitted the motherboard into the case if all goes well this will be the motherboards final resting place, also test fitted the GPU.
next a more interesting task finishing off the GPU. Earlier I showed you the custom back plate but the logo and text isnt very clear so tried to come up with a better way of making it clearer.
First attempt to fill the logo with a silver colour paint
But it was a failed attempt the other side came out very patchy.
Attempt number two, masked off one side of the plate and used some silver spray paint on the other and the results were much better nice clear well defined logo.
Time to strip down the GTX Titan.
I attached this very nice Aquacomputer GTX Titan water block and my modified EK back plate.
There are 5 bolts around the GPU and I dint want to get in the way of the logo so I countersunk the holes and then used some slightly shorter blots to account for the height difference.
Next was the fit the plastic top cover I'm really please on how it turned out. Sadly I would have liked 2 GTX titans but my funds have run out so that's a project for another time.
Fitted some more 90 degree fittings to the Pump.
After a bit of work I managed to tidy up the back of the case with some cable ties.
Fitted the side res and the adjoining pipes.
I/O connectors fitted
Nervously I started to fill up the system, not the easiest thing to do considering the pump is above the res so I had to turn the case so it was resting on its barrel. So the pump could start pushing the water around the system. for this test I'm using monsoon ultra pure later on I will drain and use something a little more interesting in colour.
While I was leek testing the system i allso keyed in some of the details needed to customise the Aqua controller
Added some more suitable wireless arials that fit snugly into the case.
Fixed on the rear casing and fan grill, that grill really suits the case.
after 2 days of leek testing
Moment of truth... Its alive! muhahaha
Booted up and holding steady in the bios. and after a short time got my raid array sorted and windows installed.
Only a few things left to do. Get the ram block back from being electro plated , replace the cover for the blueray drive. and get the stand coated.
The next post will probably be in the photo studio where I can get some real photos and videos!
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Almost there guys home stretch now. stating to get the pc electronics in now so started off by drilling and mounting the Main SSD drive. and also tied down up the cabled behind the motherboard tray.
I had to do a little modification to the motherboard water block as this fin is too close I cannot get the cap onto the monsoon fitting so it had to be removed. Taking care I didn't get any waste info the motherboard.
Simple attachment of the CPU Water block
Fitted the motherboard into the case if all goes well this will be the motherboards final resting place, also test fitted the GPU.
next a more interesting task finishing off the GPU. Earlier I showed you the custom back plate but the logo and text isnt very clear so tried to come up with a better way of making it clearer.
First attempt to fill the logo with a silver colour paint
But it was a failed attempt the other side came out very patchy.
Attempt number two, masked off one side of the plate and used some silver spray paint on the other and the results were much better nice clear well defined logo.
Time to strip down the GTX Titan.
I attached this very nice Aquacomputer GTX Titan water block and my modified EK back plate.
There are 5 bolts around the GPU and I dint want to get in the way of the logo so I countersunk the holes and then used some slightly shorter blots to account for the height difference.
Next was the fit the plastic top cover I'm really please on how it turned out. Sadly I would have liked 2 GTX titans but my funds have run out so that's a project for another time.
Fitted some more 90 degree fittings to the Pump.
After a bit of work I managed to tidy up the back of the case with some cable ties.
Fitted the side res and the adjoining pipes.
I/O connectors fitted
Nervously I started to fill up the system, not the easiest thing to do considering the pump is above the res so I had to turn the case so it was resting on its barrel. So the pump could start pushing the water around the system. for this test I'm using monsoon ultra pure later on I will drain and use something a little more interesting in colour.
While I was leek testing the system i allso keyed in some of the details needed to customise the Aqua controller
Added some more suitable wireless arials that fit snugly into the case.
Fixed on the rear casing and fan grill, that grill really suits the case.
after 2 days of leek testing
Moment of truth... Its alive! muhahaha
Booted up and holding steady in the bios. and after a short time got my raid array sorted and windows installed.
Only a few things left to do. Get the ram block back from being electro plated , replace the cover for the blueray drive. and get the stand coated.
The next post will probably be in the photo studio where I can get some real photos and videos!