Project Stealthlow
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Bulmers Pear and Vimto. Nice.
Project coming along nicely Waynio.
Those side panels look very thick. Must be hard work filing them down by hand.
I must admit you must be very dedicated to venture outside the house on a day like today. I just spent an hour chopping some wood in my Mum's garage and I was so glad to get indoors afterwards.
Project coming along nicely Waynio.
Those side panels look very thick. Must be hard work filing them down by hand.
I must admit you must be very dedicated to venture outside the house on a day like today. I just spent an hour chopping some wood in my Mum's garage and I was so glad to get indoors afterwards.
Thanks DiggsyThis is really taking shape now. Great work, and great updates too. Can't wait to see the finished product
, was thinking I was on a roll of nothing going wrong lol 
, pretty big hiccup on this update 
. Yeah my dad likes em, not tried them myself, project was coming along nicely 
.Theres been times where I took my fleece off with all the filing, even broke a sweat lol had steam coming off me
, can get chilly though.Here we go with what started off really well & when packing up for the day I put the panel on again to take a few pics &
.Whoops or flipadeedoodar or colourful language flowing
, the curves are different to the sketchup model, I knew this but some how forgot I was going semi freestyle with the curve related bits & just using the sketchup as a reference, well here's what went wrong, I drew the window cutout I wanted to do which was correct, but I added the borders seperating the top & bottom wrong so the 2nd level will be seen through the bottom windows, already weighed up the cost for another big 3mm sheet & a word similar to sheet springs to mind mostly because I had it near half done before I tried it out on the case , damnit chin up & just order the sheet. Gutted because if I held off on putting all the holes in for the jigsaw I'd have been ok, shame but sheet happens 
.No worrys, I'll just have to order a new sheet & at least I can quickly shape it back to the needed form, but damn it was starting to look cool
.Here it was in progress & when I put the panel on loose I seen it & insta face palmed lol.
OK until I put the jigsaw start holes without checking the panel, what a crapper.
Something good has come from it though, I can handle the jigsaw a heck of a lot better now
.So pretty major hiccup but I'll get it fixed asap, just a shame but I can get to work on the connector pieces while waiting for the new panel & just use the failed panel as a template.
Soldato
How far you away from powder coating?
Don't know, depends if things go smoothly & I'm going for anodising
.These are the things that come to mind & are the basics, might be some more bits i'm missing.
Structure supports to add
get the fluffed up side panel re made & complete the other
Motherboard mounts to add
pci/io piece to make
fan mounts
cable holes
LED sockets
vents
optical stealth
sleeving with custom length wires
make a psu wire stash cover
curve the acrylic piece & have it ready to install
cut the window acrylic pieces to precise size
dismantle & engrave codes on all pieces so I know how it goes back together again lol
get rid of all scuffs scratches
give it all a satin brushed finish
get the parts with helicoils in masked ready for anodising, then get them anodised, put together & smile & post pics of it in action
.Yeah could be anything from a month to 3 years lol, depends what life throws at me
. Thanks alex .Okey dokey I extended the length of the upper windows by properly measuring & marking & shortened the length of the lower windows, these should be spot on how I want them now, I'm using this faulty piece as a crash test panel so I get it totally spot on & will make doing the other 2 quite easy, anyway got the rest of the cutouts done today, only spent about an hour today, tomorrow I'll cut all the lower windows out & get all the the windows filed down to exact pattern then I could make 1 of the panels & wait for the sheet to come & with me posting these pics I'll cut back on pictures of the same process when I'm doing it for the finished pieces .
This picture shows clearly where I mucked up :facepalm:.
Nearly all of the aluminium looks quite a mess by now but I'll be cleaning it all up & then doing a brush on it all so don't think it will be this rough looking when complete.
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This picture shows clearly where I mucked up :facepalm:.
Nearly all of the aluminium looks quite a mess by now but I'll be cleaning it all up & then doing a brush on it all so don't think it will be this rough looking when complete
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Amazed at the effort thats gone into this Waynio. I'm not sold on the window(s) though as they don't look symetrical. The thin bars don't seem to follow the others.
Other than that its starting to take shape nicely and credit to you for having the balls to make your own case!
Other than that its starting to take shape nicely and credit to you for having the balls to make your own case!
Thanks w3bbo
, yeah I suppose I should explain the window pattern .Firstly it's not finished yet taken straight after the jigsaw work, still needs filing.
The pattern is just the other side panels outline, I moved it 45mm to the left & 45mm down, then 10mm to left & 10mm down over & over until it met the other side, it's how I did it in sketchup & same in reality which is why all the lines are slightly different but it's correct
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looks sick buddie
keep up the good work!!
keep up the good work!!
Soldato
This really is starting to look like a fully fledged case!
So impressed with how this is coming along!
kd
So impressed with how this is coming along!
kd
Yes
I'll be using the black MDPC sleeving but I also have a load of black molex wire so I can do exact needed custom length cables, want to add super neat cable management on both sides so it'll look cool from every angle, well that's the plan , never had a proper full on go at sleeving but I'll practice until I have it sussed to a good level before I start for real .
Associate
I think he was just showing how the panel fits into both sides
I think he was just showing how the panel fits into both sides
LOL you must have been typing while I was sending
.But there was that too
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Associate
Dunno.. but what's the point of showing off how neat your cables look like
..and being picky I can't resist to mention that the curvature of the windows doesn't match the curve of the case as you progress to the back/bottom
Keep up the good work! can't wait to see it with hardware inside now
..and being picky I can't resist to mention that the curvature of the windows doesn't match the curve of the case as you progress to the back/bottom
Keep up the good work! can't wait to see it with hardware inside now
Dunno.. but what's the point of showing off how neat your cables look like
..and being picky I can't resist to mention that the curvature of the windows doesn't match the curve of the case as you progress to the back/bottom
Keep up the good work! can't wait to see it with hardware inside now
Hmm what's the point, well I looked at some of the best examples of awesome cable work on MDPC & thought why go to all that effort making it look badass & not show it off when the case is closed
.Also the curves are 100% spot on, I used the side panel as a drawing guide & marked where it needs to be placed on a big sheet of foam board moving it 45mm to the side & 45mm down & same but 10mm for the thin bars it was a PITA to mark it & align it & mark the curves correctly took a solid hour, did it wrong so did it again so spent 2 solid hours getting it right, already mentioned this but I'll make a picture update dedicated to that aspect so I don't have to hear it's wrong or wonky lol
.Thanks qbazdz neither can I mate & still as excited about doing this case as before I started
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