Mod’n Roll 2012: The Theory of Everything.

Angel OD

Progress time.

I got started on the top for the dvd-drive. Lexan part setup in the mill:

Lexan done, and I also milled the piece I had left over from cutting out the top of the case:

Put together:

Test fit in the case:

Top in:

Now that could have been a lot worse!

The position of the dvd-drive:

With the top:

Now I have to get everything put together, it should be somewhat easy now that I have all the parts.

Until next time!

One1ros

The optical drive bay is fantastic!

How does the mechanism work?

Angel OD

One1ros ha scritto:

The optical drive bay is fantastic!
How does the mechanism work?

Thanks man!

How it works, you will find out later.

Angel OD

Damn... Things always take more time than you imagine them, don't they?

I was hoping to get a lot further today than I did, but there are only so many hours in a day!

Here's what I got for you:

I had to mill a small channel in the lexan top to make room for the slimline adapter for the dvd:

I also found a hinge that worked great, with almost no play. I know it's brass, but it'll be painted white. Mounted on the lexan top:

Milled a piece of aluminum that I glued onto the back of the dvd drive, to mount on the hinge:

Spent 15 minutes removing the damn label on top of the drive:

In my happiness of everything going great, I completely forgot one important thing: When the top pivots around the hinge it moves up AND back at the same time. At this point I had glued the drive to the white top, and since there was no way I was trying to take it off, I had to figure out somehow to remove 0.5 mm off of the back edge:

It worked perfectly, but the height of the drive is a bit off. It sticks out around 0.7 mm. Gonna get that fixed tomorrow.

Here you see the back. No way around the 0.6-0.7 mm gap:

In the up position:

That's it for today. I should get the last small querks fixed tomorrow, and then get started on the part that holds the mechanical part that will lift the drive.

One1ros

What a perfectionist!

tom1

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Angel OD

One1ros ha scritto:

What a perfectionist!

tom1 ha scritto:

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Thanks guys! I try my best!

I mounted the dvd drive in the case. It still needs a little bit of tweaking, a couple of 10th's of milimeters filed off here and there. But this is how it looks from the inside:

Then I went on to making a bracket to keep the motherboard tray in place as well to mount the mechanical parts that moves the drive. I pulled the drive bay, and gonna replace with a piece of 3mm aluminum:

This will also allow (fingers crossed) room for the reservoirs...

Onto the waterblock for the gfx. I have decided to re use on of my 9800 gtx+ cards for this build. I admit there's not a lot of OOMPH in it anymore, but it's quite enough for my gf right now. Also I would need to make a new waterblock if I bought a new card, since I can't get myself to use a factory waterblock!

It was made for my old G5 case, so I had to do a bit to get it nice for this build.

There was some galvanic corrosion in it, so I decided to go with a white top instead of a see through.

But here goes:

Removed the black paint from the evga logo, and did it in white:

Then I had to do something about the CYC inscription. Decided to make a small white plate with "Theory of Everything" written in it. I made it dirty so you could see it, but once I cleaned it you can't hardly see it.

White top and plate mounted:

My biggest concern was the PCI-E riser. It looks like crap and I decided to make a piece that hides the worst. It's not really beautiful, but it sure beats looking at the cable and print:

Mounted on the riser:

From the back:

On the card:

And with the block on:

Not too bad for a couple of looong nights at the workshop.

I'll be back soon with more!

One1ros

That's awesome!

Moaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!!

Angel OD

One1ros ha scritto:

That's awesome!
Moaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!!

Relax, I'm working as fast as I can! :lol:

Small update, a little here and a little there!

First I mounted the gfx to see how it looked:

Good enough for me!

Then I got going on a bracket for the mechanics for the dvd drive:

Switches mounted:

Goes somewhere around here:

Then a small "DAMN" moment... There will not be enough room for the reservoirs, so I had to cut 30mm's off of them... Gonna look a bit beefy, but I think it's gonna work out.

Tomorrow is a national holiday, so I'm going to work!

I don't have that much time though, as my gf gave me a gift certificate for a body flight in a wind tunnel, so I'm cashing in on that tomorrow as well!

C ya soon!

tom1

very cool the shield evga

One1ros

Nice gears! But the metallic rack that lifts the DVD drive is automatically activated when the button is pressed?

Anyway, the reservoir still remains awesome.

Angel OD

tom1 ha scritto:

very cool the shield evga

Thanks a lot!

One1ros ha scritto:

Nice gears! But the metallic rack that lifts the DVD drive is automatically activated when the button is pressed?
Anyway, the reservoir still remains awesome.

Button? I don't need any button to activate that! :coolsmiley: You'll find out soon!

Thanks for the kind words!

Small update again. As I have the day off, I went to the workshop and got a couple of things done.

First I had to shorten the rods that holds the reservoir together, and of course this happened...

And then THIS actually happened!

It's sooooo damn rare I get those out, and normally I won't even bother spending time on trying. But since the tap wasn't old/worn I had a small hope, and It worked!

The res:

And it will be mounted around here:

I also finished up the bracket that holds the opening mechanism:

Next up is... Hell I don't know! There's just so much still to do, so I'll get my butt out to do the bodyflight and take the rest of the day off. I think I'll try to compile a list of what is left to do, and take it from the top!

One1ros

You made so many things but you have to make so many other things yet! That's because this is a spectacular mod!

tom1

veru homemade mod

Angel OD

One1ros ha scritto:

You made so many things but you have to make so many other things yet! That's because this is a spectacular mod!

Thanks a lot! It's all about finishing it up nicely!

tom1 ha scritto:

veru homemade mod

Very small update.

Like I said, there's a milion little things to do now, so I'm just gonna snap a couple of pics here and there.

Mounted some lights on the sides of the dvd drive mount:

Painted the PSU:

And Mounted the pumps:

Should have some more things done tomorrow.

Tex

Oh man.. Spettacoloooooooo

One1ros

Nice lighting for the DVD drive! :n2mu:

tom1

quote the dvd drive lightinings

Corsaronero333

spectacular, a mod that I love

Angel OD

Tex ha scritto:

Oh man.. Spettacoloooooooo

Thanks man!

One1ros ha scritto:

Nice lighting for the DVD drive! :n2mu:

Thanks a lot! I was not sure if it would be good, but as soon as I turned it on I knew it was the right decission!

So I decided to do a small swap in motherboards on the build. This is my old board that I had in my pc until 2 months ago. This is only for

show and pics. This must be done by saturday next week, and since my gf's in the middle of exams I have a sneaky suspicion I might be single if I start pulling the hardware from her computer right now! :lol:

While installing the cpu cooler, I hit a small problem. I was quite aware that this was a posibility, and it's no real hinder. I'll just take it to the workshop and mill of a little.

I finally got the PSU coverplate painted white:

I meassured out where the holes for the pump inlets/outlets, and drilled them today. It's not easy to see, but they sit perfectly! :thumb:

Since I'm not sure if I'll use all 4 holes, or only 2, I made a couple of plugs to close up the holes, just in case

That's it for now. I was hoping to get further tomorrow, but I'm going out with the family and then the European Soccer Championship starts. Hopefully Sunday will bring more progress!