Mod’n Roll 2012: The Theory of Everything.
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The optical drive bay is fantastic!
How does the mechanism work?
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One1ros ha scritto:
The optical drive bay is fantastic!How does the mechanism work?
Thanks man!
How it works, you will find out later.
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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.
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What a perfectionist!
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One1ros ha scritto:
What a perfectionist!tom1 ha scritto:
quoteThanks 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!
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That's awesome!
Moaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!!
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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!
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very cool the shield evga
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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.
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tom1 ha scritto:
very cool the shield evgaThanks 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!
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!
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You made so many things but you have to make so many other things yet! That's because this is a spectacular mod!
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veru homemade mod
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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 modVery 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.
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Oh man.. Spettacoloooooooo
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Nice lighting for the DVD drive! :n2mu:
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quote the dvd drive lightinings
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spectacular, a mod that I love
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Tex ha scritto:
Oh man.. SpettacolooooooooThanks 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!
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amazing i haven't words
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