Mod’n Roll 2012: The Theory of Everything.

[tom1]

curious idea the periodic table

[Angel OD]

tom1 ha scritto:

curious idea the periodic table

Thanks man!

I had some problems with the dvd-drive and that's now fixed! There was no button to eject!! :cheazz:

I took it upon myself to investigate further, and I spotted a small difference between my drive and one with the front bezel I found online.

With the bezel. It has 3 more lines than mine. Probably for the LED and the eject button.

Mine, as you see 3 less lanes on the small ribbon:

Decided to keep going, and I scraped a bit off of the plastic on the ribbon to expose the copper.

I tried on an old IDE slot in drive, and there you just had to short 2 wires, so why not try it?

=

Sorry for the video quality, my cellphone is NOT good at it!

Then I soldered a couple of wires on there:

No damn dvd drive is gonna keep me down! :lol:

Voila:

=

Now I just have to find a rifle and start shooting at the discs like clays when they fly out, or hunt for an old drive that has the small brushes that stops the disc from flying!

I'll go with the second choice, although the first would have been fun too! :lol:

[tom1]

very homemade resurrection

[One1ros]

Angel OD ha scritto:

I just love it!

[Angel OD]

tom1 ha scritto:

very homemade resurrection

Thanks man! I'm just happy I got it to work!

One1ros ha scritto:

I just love it!

I hope you love the new one better!

I do believe it is time for an update!

I finished the back of the case:

The little chair thingy does not look good anymore...

Mounted:

I also got around to fixing the periodic table. It was a NIGHTMARE! CamWorks crashed on me everytime I tried to fix it, and when it didn't it took 30-40 minutes to update the toolpaths... So it litterally took me hours of working around to do it. But it's done!

I put in a cigarette to give a hint of the size, it's 100x150mm:

That's it for now, but I'm on the job again guys!

[Angel OD]

I forgot one small thing in my update!

The inlet/oulet on the rads are 1/4" and my fittings are 1/8".

This does not work:

But add this little thing that I made when I had 15 minutes after work today:

And all is well:

That's it for now!

[tom1]

well done bro

[One1ros]

Y U no make self-constructed fits?

[Angel OD]

tom1 ha scritto:

well done bro

Thanks man! It means a lot to me that you guys like what I do!

Just a quick and small update. It may not look any different at all, but I finally got around to mounting the cover plate on the bottom and

the back. That sure did stiffen up the case a lot!

And I made sure the gfx will sit vertical:

Thank God I love modding, because I live in a 1 room appartment, and this is my workbench:

:lol: Gotta get the vaccuum cleaner out some time soon...

Now it's time to remove the drive bay, I just want to make sure the guys are done with all the electronics before I design the new piece

that goes there. It has to hold the dvd-drive, the DC motor and I have to find a good spot for the motion sensor.

That's it for now, catch you on the flipside!

[Angel OD]

One1ros ha scritto:

Y U no make self-constructed fits?

Well... I actually DID think about it! But with all the other work I have on this, and the fact that I got the fittings for 1 Euro a piece, I just didn't feel like it was worth it... I have a couple of ideas for fittings, but there's just so much other stuff I need to do...

1. I have to finish this build.

2. Then I have to make new waterblocks for my own stationary pc. I got some new stuff the other day:

Gonna go all black tops for the waterblocks, and try to make everything stealth, so you can't see the watercooling

3. Then I have to find a new motherboard for my CarPc and rebuild that with the watercooling.

4. Then I'm going to watercool my PS3....

Tell me when I should find the time to design and make fittings?

[One1ros]

Angel OD ha scritto:

This is insanely brilliant! :clapclap:

Angel OD ha scritto:

Tell me when I should find the time to design and make fittings?

Actually I was joking, that's already an insane mod and as you have already told us the cost is prohibitive.

[tom1]

not to play too

[Angel OD]

One1ros ha scritto:

This is insanely brilliant! :clapclap:

Actually I was joking, that's already an insane mod and as you have already told us the cost is prohibitive.

You may be joking, but I actually have fittings planned!

tom1 ha scritto:

not to play too

Small extra update:

Saturday night at Angels place! Lot's of coffee and 100k points on Metro on BF3. Then it's time for a bit of modding!

There were some very small scrathes on the back of the case. North, South, East, West, Up, Down, Left, Right.. Don't know what to call it

anymore, but the pics will show!

This is what I used for my bike back in the day, and there is no doubt it's the best stuff ever! It was made for boats, but it's just a dream

to work with! Unfortunately they don't make it anymore, not sure if it's a health issue, or if the new product is better but it sure kicks

butt!

To keep rambling, I can tell you that the manufacturer Hempel actually have a lot of cooperation with the Technical University of

Denmark, and I did a lot of work on those projects when I was an apprentice!

Rivets mounted:

With 12v on the DNA:

And a quick shot from the back:

THAT should be it for now! :lol:

C ya soon!

[One1ros]

Is that an insulating panel?

[Dot_Kappa]

Oh Man, I fall in love with the I/O plate

[tom1]

news

[Angel OD]

One1ros ha scritto:

Is that an insulating panel?

I'm not sure I understand what you mean?

Dot_Kappa ha scritto:

Oh Man, I fall in love with the I/O plate

Thank you very much!

tom1 ha scritto:

news

You can't rush awesomeness!

(And you can't fix stupid either! )

Small update.

I've been busy elsewhere, and haven't had the opportunity to get any real progress.

The guy who's doing most of the electronics have less than a month left to finish his ph.d. thesis so he's been pretty caught up in that.

Although I tried to reason with him he still thinks that's more important than this!? (joke, he actually asked if he needed to finish it up, or if it could wait a month. I decided to cut him some slac )

It's almost done though, here's what we got so far:

The scematics:

The print:

And the whole damn thing:

Apparently there was a bit of work in it... So much work for such a little detail! :lol:

But I havn't been lazy at all!

Since I knew I would not finish this in time for my gf's birthday, I had to think of something else. I recalled she talked about always wishing for an R/C car when she was a kid, but never got one.

Now I'm no stranger to that type of thing, and I decided to pull my stuff out of the basement and build her one of my old parts. I have one rolling car, and 3 others for parts. It's the cheapo HBX cars, but they are quite good for starting up (She said that if she didn't get the pc, the gift could not cost more than $1) Even with all the parts I had, I still went a little over budget, but don't tell her! :lol:

After painting, but before fixing around the windows:

Bling bling:

She frikkin loves that thing! The perfect gift from the perfect boyfriend! :naughty:

That's it for now. I was hoping to get further the next couple of days, but we need to clear out the entire workshop to have the floors redone.

So it's be a week or 2... Have faith my friends, it will get done! Now the deadline is June 20th (ish) can't remember the exact date of her last exam.

[Angel OD]

Yet another small update.

I've had a 1/4" tap and a guide in my jacket-pocket for ages, and decided it was time! :lol:

The thread in the rads were a bit dirty, so I couldn't get the inserts in.

I filled the radiators with demineralized water (yeah, we have it on tap at work :rock: ) To make sure that the dirt could be rinsed out by putting the rad upside down.

Teflon tape on the inserts. The rule of thumb I learned was to give it 7 turns. It may seem like a lot, but it never fails.

Inserted:

Next thing is to mount these 4 fittings on the pumps. I'm not 100% sure, but I think I'll cut the plastic inlets/oulets and make an M8x0,5 fine thread. It seems like the best idea with regards to the thickness of the plastic and diameter of the fittings.

Also I need to make an angle bracket for the 2 pumps. Hopefully I'll get these things done soon!

[tom1]

hohoho , two pumps

[Angel OD]

tom1 ha scritto:

hohoho , two pumps

Yup!

I got a good deal on those pumps, so unfortunately it means that I'm not going to be making my own this time...

2 pumps are neccesary for 2 reasons:

1. I really want both red and blue liquid in the system.

2. The waterblock I made for the CPU is really bad for flow, so I'm not sure there would be enough pressure to do both CPU, NB and GFX.

But there is no doubt that it's an expensive sollution. I now have 2 of those pumps for that pc, and 2 more for my own setup. That's like 400 Euro worth of pumps in my appartment! :lol: