The Thing 3D Printed Case

AVCaseMods · 12 Feb 2021 at 08:26

These are not the components for the final build. I think the hardest part for this build is finding GPU

Gunslinger · 12 Feb 2021 at 08:45

ah, that was one of the "not final parts" .... makes sense, and yeah, I can see that being difficult

AVCaseMods · 15 Feb 2021 at 08:41

I have almost all of the design changes done.

For the top and bottom i did make plates for holding the two parts together.

I did forget to do power button so its next on my list and i think then i am ready for printing the final case.

Gunslinger · 15 Feb 2021 at 09:34

oh i thought you'd hidden the power button away somewhere..... and lol, i didn't even think about joining the 2 halves (and keeping them) together! I think on a subconscious level I assumed you'd glue them

AVCaseMods · 16 Feb 2021 at 10:28

Alphacool is now sponsoring this build. Now i can do hardline for first time

AVCaseMods · 16 Feb 2021 at 10:29

Gunslinger said:
oh i thought you'd hidden the power button away somewhere..... and lol, i didn't even think about joining the 2 halves (and keeping them) together! I think on a subconscious level I assumed you'd glue them

I just forgot the power button

If i use only pla i would glue them together but i have read that petg is not that easy to glue.

OM3GA · 23 Feb 2021 at 13:45

Thats pretty cool. Will be a very unique case.

AVCaseMods · 24 Feb 2021 at 10:48

My workplace is closed for two weeks because of covid so i cant print the final case.

Package from Alphacool arrived now i can start to practice hardline bending.

Huge thanks to Alphacool for sponsoring this build

Dominic-Toretto · 24 Feb 2021 at 10:48

That looks ace OP! Love the colour scheme

Gunslinger · 24 Feb 2021 at 10:55

yeah that does look good, shame about the delay, i bet that's frustrating when ur so close

AVCaseMods · 25 Feb 2021 at 06:19

Squidward said:
That looks ace OP! Love the colour scheme

Thanks

Gunslinger said:
yeah that does look good, shame about the delay, i bet that's frustrating when ur so close

It is. But now i can fine tune the model and print it as soon as i can go back to work.

Gunslinger · 25 Feb 2021 at 11:05

also forgot to say, congrats on the sponsorship for it, did they reach out to you, or did you approach them ? either way, it's nice to see support coming from within the industry

AVCaseMods · 1 Mar 2021 at 09:22

Gunslinger said:
also forgot to say, congrats on the sponsorship for it, did they reach out to you, or did you approach them ? either way, it's nice to see support coming from within the industry

I did approach them. I have worked with Alphacool with my past projects.

Here is pictures of the parts from Alphacool

AVCaseMods · 3 Mar 2021 at 09:51

More changes to design.

Now i have powerbutton and made raiser cable cover.

Gunslinger · 4 Mar 2021 at 17:06

This build is ideal for those AlphaCool bits, they look like they'd be wasted in a case that couldn't showcase their looks, so much of hard tubing builds is about the look and design, you have to have them on view, your design takes that to a new level because there is no way to hide anything, and they are front and center

AVCaseMods · 8 Mar 2021 at 10:01

Gunslinger said:
This build is ideal for those AlphaCool bits, they look like they'd be wasted in a case that couldn't showcase their looks, so much of hard tubing builds is about the look and design, you have to have them on view, your design takes that to a new level because there is no way to hide anything, and they are front and center

Thanks

More delay for the final case. My work place is closed for three weeks so i cant go there and print this.

Here is pictures of the final design:

Be safe out there.
Hope for things to get better.

Gunslinger · 8 Mar 2021 at 11:37

I have a question.....

lets use the last image as my reference, that ventilated orange panel that I think is located behind the Graphics Card mounting area - what is it's purpose? and how did you determine the size, because obviously if it was a visual thing to showcase/frame the GPU as well as provide airflow to the back of it then it's size would be specific to the GPU used, or is it an air intake/exhaust for the center section where the PSU is ?

EDIT:
speaking of open plan cases, have you seen the one on Redditt, that's constructed from copper plumbing pipe, and uses the frame as the distribution network for the coolant and the electrical wiring?

DD_Crash · 28 Mar 2021 at 14:29

This is amazing. Well done

slim01 · 28 Mar 2021 at 18:19

That looks sweet!! Fairplay.

slim01 · 28 Mar 2021 at 18:20

How long does it take exactly to design something like this?