Mod’n Roll 2012: The Theory of Everything.

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!

tom1

amazing i haven't words

Angel OD

tom1 ha scritto:

amazing i haven't words

Thanks a lot! But please find some words, I like them! :lol:

Uh Uh Uh! I forgot to show you another small detail!

This is the motion sensor. With a drill I made today. The shape of these drills are perfect for thin metal, since they keep centered and cut so you don't have to worry about the drill getting pulled through the sheet metal when it penetrates the back.

Mounted:

THAT should be it for today, but you never know! :lol:

tom1

was no better than a button like this?

One1ros

A motion sensor? That's brilliant!

But I don't see the connection to the dvd drive...

ciberjack

great job man! it lok's gorgeous!

Angel OD

tom1 ha scritto:

was no better than a button like this?

Seriously? You think a button is cooler than a motion sensor? :uglystupid2:

One1ros ha scritto:

A motion sensor? That's brilliant!
But I don't see the connection to the dvd drive...

In that case I'll just explain it to you!

When you swipe your hand over the motion sensor, the drive comes up and spits the dvd out.

Then you put in a new dvd ( or not) and swipe over the motion sensor again, then the drive goes down.

ciberjack ha scritto:

great job man! it lok's gorgeous!

Thanks a lot man!

I had to finish up the wiring for the dvd drive pcb. Had to steal 3.3v, 5v, 12v and ground from the PSU.

I made a small insition in the wires from the PSU and soldered the wires on:

Also got a couple of other wires done, and re-attached the plugs for the fans on the radioators. Now I just need to mount the PCB in the case. It will be placed somewhere around here:

I still have quite a bit of work to do, but I don't feel stressed as I'm sure I will wrap this build up for next saturday. (If the software guys have time during the week, fingers crossed)

Catch you guys soon!

Alarico

amaizing, simply amaizing.

Very nice work.

Angel OD

Alarico ha scritto:

amaizing, simply amaizing.
Very nice work.

Thank you very much! I really try to make my mods so people will like them!

tom1

Angel OD ha scritto:

Thank you very much! I really try to make my mods so people will like them!

good

Angel OD

Just a small update:

I mounted the cpu block today. I put it in the lathe and took 1mm off of the bottom. It fits perfectly.

But one thing that did not suit me was the tubing I bought. It's 10/8 mm so only 1mm wall thickness and that's not useable at all. It almost collapses with the bend radius you see on the picture. So I just ordered some Tygon with a wall thickness of 1/16". I think that will do the trick.

Then I FINALLY got started on the main window in the front/side of the case. I don't know why but it seems like I had made it a huge problem in my head and just pushed it in front of me for a while... It took 45 minutes... :lol: Tomorrow I should finish it and get a window done.

The gooey stuff is just glue leftover from the insulation. That will be wiped away.

Besides that, it seems the guys have time to do finish up the software for the dvd drive on thursday, so I keep my fingers crossed!

One1ros

Are you going to make a plexiglass window with some cool design on it?

tom1

i hope

Angel OD

One1ros ha scritto:

Are you going to make a plexiglass window with some cool design on it?

Nope. I want the window to be clean so it doesn't take focus from the inside. Sorry!

tom1 ha scritto:

i hope

That goes for you too, sorry!

Dammit!

I guess things have been moving along without too many problems lately so something had to give...

I made the window for the side today, and that went easy peasy:

Filed to R3 in the corners:

And this is where s**t hit the fan. I wanted to remove all the left over glue on the inside from the soundproofing. A couple of drops of the stuff I used went around the corners, and attacked the paint on the front! :muro:

Don't think this will buff out, so I'll have to cover up the rad grill and shoot a layer of white tomorrow. Just what I didn't need since the whole thing must be done saturday...

Well, s**t happens! C ya soon!

One1ros

Angel OD ha scritto:

Nope. I want the window to be clean so it doesn't take focus from the inside. Sorry!

Fair enough, this mod is also spectacular in the inside.

tom1

shame about the paint

ciberjack

nice finnish!

Angel OD

One1ros ha scritto:

Fair enough, this mod is also spectacular in the inside.

Thanks a lot!

tom1 ha scritto:

shame about the paint

Yeah... Kind of sucks! But I decided to try to save it, and I'm actually quite happy for the result. I have to be done saturday, so I don't have time to paint it.

ciberjack ha scritto:

nice finnish!

Thanks man!

Small update:

Used some 1200 grit wet sand paper to see if I could rescue the paint. Then some cutting compound.

I have to say that it's good enough. I'd love to go for great, but with the time left this is fine.:

Got the res mounted finally:

That's it for now. I'm hoping the tubing shows up friday as promised. If not I'll make do with what I got for now for the photoshoot.

C ya soon guys! :thumb:

tom1

come on , time is so end

Angel OD

Reality just bites!

I just came back from the workshop, it's now 9:30 pm. We spent the last 3 hours playing with the software for the drive mechanism, and everything works.

Except for the damn thing that the motor is just not powerfull enough. So I have realized that this idea is not going to work in this configuration.

This means that I will be done with the pc saturday, but not the drive mechanism.

We're going to go with a servo solution instead. That also eliminates the switches and give a cleaner look. it just sucks though...

But on the upside, I did some work on the case as well, and figured out how the tubing is going to be:

That's the story right now. I'll be back with some pictures of the build saturday. C ya guys then.