Project: Watery

AJ_

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This project is going to be based around acrylic, and lots of it.

The basic plan is too have the PC parts (inc. water-cooling stuff) in a solid case measuring 320 x 320 x 400 (mm) and then around that box I intend to have a resevior covering both side panels and the front panel. This will be made using 10mm acrylic cut to 45* then cemented together.. The Motherboard will be mounted flat on the top (like a MM Horizon or something). More details >here<

Anyway, I decided to make a start today.. The Radiator will be mounted on the bottom so its gonna need some air flow, so I set about making some legs today. The front of the case will have a 'skirt' so these needed to be quite long. They are made from offcuts of 1" Aluminium...

I started with a pilot hole...



Then drilled out with a 4.3mm hole so it can be tapped to M5. I'm using paraffin as my cutting compound because I was told to..




Then tapped to an M5 thread


(Also, I'm gonna need a decent name...)
 


All four tapped up...



My machine of choice...





(they were orignally going to be 'ribbed' but the machine wasn't being helpful, so I went for 'smooth!')
And, the finished articles....




(they still need to be fully polished...)

I also can't believe it took me 2 or 3 hours just to do them... :rolleyes:

AJ¬

Next update will be a CAD one...
 
Oooh, this could be an interesting thread to watch.

As one of my many random ideas for case modding I wanted to do a case a bit like this with a waterfall effect. I'd have a small pool at the top with the water flowing down the front to a res at the bottom. Probably totally impractical, but I've never let that stop me coming up with stupid ideas!

PK!
 
Awww, what a cute little lathe (Im a CNC programmer/setter myself). Are they cheap? I could do with a hobby CNC machine.

It sounds good so far . . . Hope you have a milling machine too, for those hard-to-file parts. A lot more precise than a pistol drill too.
 
i think we should make a rule to post all of the thread at once instead a log, i cant wait to see the final thing! :p
 
1st Side Panel (Right w. rad Grill)

Here are some pics of the first side panel.



It will eventually be sand-blasted but I can't ATM due to my arm. Its made of 3mm Acrylic and measures 290mm x 290mm x 3mm and was cut on a Laser-Cutter.






I'm hoping to do the base panel, top panel, mobo panel and some other stuff tommorow aswell :D

AJ¬
 
AJ_ said:
1st Side Panel (Right w. rad Grill)

Here are some pics of the first side panel.

It will eventually be sand-blasted but I can't ATM due to my arm. Its made of 3mm Acrylic and measures 290mm x 290mm x 3mm and was cut on a Laser-Cutter.

I'm hoping to do the base panel, top panel, mobo panel and some other stuff tommorow aswell :D

AJ¬
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Your arm is made of acrylic . . . ? :p

Nice going, looks good, especially as you seem to have access to all the top tools.
 
Update!

I spent a good 4-5 hours designing and then cutting these panels out..

They are the Top, Front (still needs etches), Bottom and rear panels. The notches in the front and rear panels are for the motherboard panel, and I havn't made a hole at the back for the I/O ports yet because I don't have an mATX I/O shield to hand at the mo!

They all fit together using a series of male a female teeth as it were... Here are some of them flat together...




A close up of how the teeth fit together.. They are 10mm long and 5mm deep (i'm using 5mm acrylic for these)




The rear panel. I still need to mill the hole for a DVD drive, but I'm still deciding between brands and sizes. The rear PSU port should take basically any PSU (fingers crossed! :dremel:)



And how it basically looks now..




I did do some more work, but unfortunately I also ran out of battery in my camera :sigh:
More progress tommorrow! :thumb:

AJ¬
 
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