Mike Dulay

PHOTODUMP II

PHOTODUMP PART II

Photodump! IRON AND WOOD: PROJECT VERTICAL DIMENSIONS: L- 30CM W-22CM H-56CM (with handle bars) 52cm(without handle bars) MATERIALS: WOOD PALLET/PALOCHINA Hardware Specs Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Graphics Card: Gigabyte RX 6600 Eagle Motherboard: Gigabyte AM4 A520i ITX Ram: T-Force Xtreem 16gb (2x8GB) 3200mhz DDR4 Storage: T-Force Cardea Zero Z 340 Gen 3x4 SSD PSU: Cooler Master V750 SFX GOLD All in one cooler: Cooler Master Masterliquid ML360 Illusion with MF120 Halo Fans Others: Cooler Master Vertical Graphics Holder V1 Cooler Master ATX 24 Pin 90° adapter Cooler Master M.2 NVMe SSD Thermal Pad 3x Arctic Cooling 120mm thins fans (rear) Cable Hub Sleeved Cables for the PSU Li-Heat 400mm PCIE3 Riser Extension cables

....And here are the items made... they are not complete mods but I just wanted to share what was made with the left over wood from the project. Wood working skills still needs a lot of improvement.

Good day! As part of my build for the scratch mod category, I've included some "accessories". There some extra wood pallet left over from the build and I decided to use it. First I made a laser cut-out of the design I will be using as template in cutting and shaping the wood. Next, with the use of a router, I made a canal/channel in the wood... Next I shaped the wood using a bandsaw... ...with an angle grinder... ...and sandpaper... .... And now we have a cellphone holder/stand...(I know it's not a cm product but still Still using recycled wood, I made a keyboard wrist rest for the Cooler Master Ck350 Mechanical keyboard... Same procedure as above....cut, shape, sand.... Finally, add wood stain (mahogany) ...then wipe ...let dry... ...then spray with sanding sealant... The first accessory made was a headset holder for the Cooler Master MH752 Gaming Headset. It is made of wood and to attach it to any metal part of the case, a neodymium magnet was placed on the other side.

...And here it is folks!!! Presenting Iron and Wood: Project Vertical IRON AND WOOD: PROJECT VERTICAL DIMENSIONS: L- 30CM W-22CM H-56CM (with handle bars) 52cm(without handle bars) MATERIALS: WOOD PALLET/PALOCHINA ANGLE BAR ALUMINUM PLASTIC (3D Print) Thank you everyone for viewing my work. There is a lot of improvement to be done but the goals were met and I am very happy of the result. This is the first time I used recycled wood as the main material for the build. I was anxious at first because of my poor wood working skills but thanks to Mark Luken, Paul Perez and others, I was able to finish the project. I have gained new found respect for wood workers, furniture makers and the like, working with wood is not as easy as it seems and I have more to learn. Again, many thanks to you all. Good luck to us all in this competition.

Assembly time... Hardware Specs Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Graphics Card: Gigabyte RX 6600 Eagle Motherboard: Gigabyte AM4 A520i ITX Ram: T-Force Xtreem 16gb (2x8GB) 3200mhz DDR4 Storage: T-Force Cardea Zero Z 340 Gen 3x4 SSD PSU: Cooler Master V750 SFX GOLD All in one cooler: Cooler Master Masterliquid ML360 Illusion with MF120 Halo Fans Others: Cooler Master Vertical Graphics Holder V1 Cooler Master ATX 24 Pin 90° adapter Cooler Master M.2 NVMe SSD Thermal Pad 3x Arctic Cooling 120mm thins fans (rear) Cable Hub Sleeved Cables for the PSU Li-Heat 400mm PCIE3 Riser Extension cables Note: I used M5 allen screws for the rear fans. It just looks good on the fans.

It was a long, exhausting and dusty day but I was able to finish sanding and applying wood stain and sanding sealant! I choose a Mahogany wood stain to be able to bring out the wood grain from the wood. (Sorry to our wood working friends, real new to this and I just have a rudimentary skill in wood working and wood staining/painting.) *Made round feet for the base which is about an inch in height. After working on the wood, next were the metal parts..... .....Steel Mesh.... *Note: Due to the cold weather at night, I had a few painting issues. First, the nozzle easily got blocked by paint. Second, the flat clear top coat turned white so I had to soak the cans of spray paint and top coat in warm water.

Test fitting of the hardware before the sanding and application of wood stain.

I needed to do a test fit of the 360 AIO cooler. I was worried that I did not put enough space between the radiator mount and motherboard tray. If you've noticed, there is just the right amount of bend for the AIO hoses. I placed the fan on the hose side because when placed on the opposite side, the hose bends too much and the radiator would just not fit hence the placement of the fans.

Finished the rear support for the fans. I used wood instead of the angle bars because I needed to reduce the weight as the case itself is becoming too heave. Here it is with the font and rear panels installed. I used metals inserts and M3 allen screws to attach the fan/radiator mount for the rear part of the case. *Note: I could only do wood work/modding for a couple of hours a day because of work and I don't have a workshop so if you noticed I work all over the house lols. Most of the pictures were taken using my phone cam and again I apologize for the crappy pictures.

Next I used a sintra board to use on the Cooler Master vertical gpu mount to prop it up and will be using it as a template. *I had issues with the stock 200mm riser. It just didn't reach the motherboard PCIE slot. Even the new V2 version just did not reach. Fortunately, a fellow modder, John Patrick Wong, lend me his 400mm PCIE riser cable and will be seeing it in the next uploads.

Test fitting the motherboard with the stock cooler installed.

Next up the motherboard tray. The original plan was to use the same 5mm wooden planks for the motherboard tray but I decided against it because of the bending issues I experience earlier. Instead, I used angle bars. The angle bars proved to be the best choice because it provided stability and was sturdy enough that you can carry it using the top handles and shake it. Used wood inserts to attach the bottom and top angle bars to the base and roof of the case. Hand carry without worry! Next was the PSU mount. I got this for use on a my personal rig but looked good on the project. It is a 3D printed shroud for the NR200P. The file can be downloaded from the official Cooler Master website. Attached the mount to the motherboard tray using M3 screws and nuts.

A look at the case with 2 steel cabinet handles installed on top. Wooden inserts were used to attached the handles. I choose to use wooden inserts to attach the handles to keep with the goal of the case being modular. The placement of the handles was inspired from the carry handles tha can be found on the Cooler Master C700 Cosmos case.