Project Stealthlow

[EniGmA1981]

I like option 4 for the feet, look a lot like the alloy suspension bushes I bought for my Audi

 

[waynio]

Feet option 1 or 2 look best imo. Not option 4 - looks too much like door knobs for a chest of drawers.

Yeah option 1 is a blatant copy of MNPCTech's feet which are awesome but I'd like to keep things original if poss but yeah it's difficult doing better than that design might even go all freestyle on them but I have 1 shot at getting them how I want them.

Btw, what's the bench drill lathe trick?

I'll show detailed pics when I get around to it but I'll explain a little, for each of the case feet I'll drill a hole all the way through the middle, then use a bolt that fits the hole perfect, then use nuts to get it in correct place, then put in drill press like a drill bit, make sure it's secure & spinning straight, then form it with a file or what not the trick is to do it very gentle else the drill could get knackered, not done this before but seen someone else do it ages ago & it stayed in my memory.

I like option 4 for the feet, look a lot like the alloy suspension bushes I bought for my Audi

they were fairly quick designs, think I'll ponder for a bit on which I go with .

 

[qbazdz]

He's just making a lathe from a bench drill and a file lol

Why you really want so disgusting feet? Will ruin the effect. I would keep to nice round ones with extra detail, line or sthing.

 

[waynio]

He's just making a lathe from a bench drill and a file lol

Why you really want so disgusting feet? Will ruin the effect. I would keep to nice round ones with extra detail, line or sthing.

Disgusting feet lol .

Designed another alternative, it's simple but neat but might save doing the feet until fully decided.

 

[qbazdz]

Better I still think one slot (bottom) will be better. But this is your case

 

[Greavesy]

Option 1 definately looks the best, to keep it orginal why not just throw in some personel detail ? (like one of the ingraved circles from option 4)

 

[EniGmA1981]

I like that last one...

Maybe one solid cylinder, but with just two narrow grooves cut into it? maybe hacksaw blade thick?

Could you mock up a design for that kind of idea? - I'm ***** with photoshop lol

 

[waynio]

Better I still think one slot (bottom) will be better. But this is your case

Tried that out & it does look better than the dual groove , also done a new one .

Option 1 definately looks the best, to keep it orginal why not just throw in some personel detail ? (like one of the ingraved circles from option 4)

Could do that .

Also just used my new jigsaw blades & wow they cut miles faster, got the new side panel cut & filed to size in about half an hour, was easier than cutting cardboard with scissors lol .

 

[waynio]

Sorry about all the feet talk lol but just designed another but with an inclusion of LED's.

This is the last concept for the feet, up next more actual progress .

 

[Greavesy]

The 3rd one in the row at the bottom looks pretty good

 

[waynio]

The 3rd one in the row at the bottom looks pretty good

Thanks Greavesy but after all the hype I doubt I'll be able to make my own without a lathe .

Ugh marked the feet very precisely to get the center & done the spot drills but when I was drilling with the 2.5mm bit it snapped & the bit that is in is unreachable & it's truly peeing in the wind to try drilling it out, so only got 3 feet now , soo I think I'll leave making my own case feet until I get a lathe which would be over a year away, I know the lines don't look right in my marking but they were just a rough guide of an inch, I used my digital calipers to mark the center, anyway the feet I'll forget about for now & get to work on the rest of it.

There is possibly some news on feet but I'll leave it for now .

So I turned my attention to cutting out the windows for the side panels, would have got all the jigsaw work done today but on the last 2 windows the blade kept falling out as soon as it touched the aluminium, it fell out about 40 times before it even got to cut 1mm, was driving me mad especially with it just being 2 small windows so called it a day lol .

 

[waynio]

Heres the news I left out earlier, I can't see how this could be against forum rules as it's purely a modding supply store .

The one & only Bill Owen of MNPCTech mod supply store & youtube tutorials living legend offered me sponsorship for some feet after me asking if it's ok if I make 1 of his designs so seems like diy feet weren't supposed to happen with this case at this point in time, this is hugely awesome news for me as I learnt a lot about modding from his tutorial videos & this would be my first sponsor, honestly can't think of a better sponsor for a first, I's a happy chappy .


http://modmenshow.com/

 

[qbazdz]

Grats! You must be doing a good job than well done!

 

[King Damager]

Nice sponsor, was about to offer condolences for the issues with the feet, but seems like we should be celebrating instead!

kd

 

[waynio]

Grats! You must be doing a good job than well done!

Thanks qbazdz .

Nice sponsor, was about to offer condolences for the issues with the feet, but seems like we should be celebrating instead!

kd

Thank kd yeah celebration time , I got a sudden depression when the drill bit snapped off & was unreachable but super Bill saved the day .

 

[waynio]

Got the rest of the windows cut out & mounted the side panels to the bottom corner bars today (they both still need to be filed smooth & to the guide lines) but on 1 side the helicoils aren't working as they should so before things get anodised I'll need to fix this by either drilling the helicoils out all the way through the corner bars & then putting longer helicoils in or drilling holes for m4 helicoils & bolts, the side panels are essential to function spot on, sure I could relocate them but then there will be un-needed holes & I don't want that similar thing happened with my first scratch build & won't let that happen again , I'll try longer helicoils first but I won't be able to buy them until next week.

 

[waynio]

Was up early so got started on filing the left side panel & wow was I seriously wrong about it being a half hour to an hour task started at 6:30 am had the filing done by 10:30 am, only had a 5 minute break, the satinising mops came the other day & thought I'd clean up the freshly filed panel with the coarse grit one & wow I really like it, possibly even enough to not get it anodised but thats my initial reaction to how good it looks anyway , also used the satinising mop on the curve bars.

Fixed the 2 iffy helicoils on the right side, managed to remove them & tap it again & put new ones in & it's good now .

Did what I planned on doing by doing the brush flow the same as the shape .

Currently taking a little break to post this update, then I'll watch a show then get back to doing the right panel, need a good hour break after all that filing.

So here is the coarse satinising mop on my drill & a scrap piece for testing.

Heres the another test piece after the brush.

Heres the left panel after all the filing.

After the satinising.

Closer look.

Back on the case with both curve bars brushed too.

Hopefully if I can stand it I'll get the other panel done today .

 

[gary996]

I like how its looking too. The brush has done a lovely job

 

[waynio]

I like how its looking too. The brush has done a lovely job

Thanks Gary .

OK don't know what driven me but I filed the other panel & brushed it so that must have been about 8 or 9 hours today filing so have sore finger tips lol, still needs a good bit of work like sanding the edges so they are perfectly smooth looking & need to get rid of some scratches which the alu already had when I received it but it's going well, also I thought I fixed the right side panels helicoils but no they are still iffy so best thing to do is remove the helicoils & use m4 helicoils & bolts, shame as the left sides helicoils are perfectly fine.

OK a bunch of pics of the finished pieces for today, couldn't help myself & took quite a few .

 

[Greavesy]

Case is looking great I really cant wait for the acylic to go in. I'm starting to get a little jelous of your ability to do this O:.