Alexander Hede Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Hey guys. FINAL SHOTS Case alone in the dark My name is Alexander and I am from Finland. Not a long time computer modder but have always fixed and made stuff for myself. Thought I would enter this year in this awesome contest. I was first gonna go with the scratch case competition but after finding this case on a Finnish website I changed my mind. I didn't want to mod a normal case, so when I found this i knew this was the way to go. The plan: - To make a stylish test bench - Needs to be somewhat practical, after all its still a test bench - Water-cooled - Some new ideas i haven't seen before (not gonna tell you before i see if it works ) This arrived today, very excited... The build quality is great, such a shame its gonna get cut to pieces Couldn't help myself, had to mount a motherboard on it so i could check the size It's not the motherboard that will be in the final build... This is one of the sketches I'm working on, keep in mind that its probably around 30% done. Still missing A LOT but i got far enough that i know what motherboard to buy. (which should arrive tomorrow) Hope you liked it! Ps. Anyone know how not to show attachments? A bit weird with first pictures and then attachments that are the same size A lot are old stuff from a previous build and some stuff are new PARTS: Coolermaster test bench Intel 3570K Asus Maximus GENE-V Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB 1600MHz 128gb OCZ Vertez 2 SSD Corsair AX850 PSU 2 X Gainward GTX570 2 x Lamptron FC5 V2 4 x Schyte Gentle Typhoon A lot of leds Watercooling: 2 x EK-FC5X0 GTX GW Backplate - Black 2 x EK-RES X3 150 2 x EK-DDC X-TOP CSQ - Acetal 2 x EK-CoolStream RAD XT (240) 1 x EK-MOSFET ASUS M5G - Acetal + Nickel 1 x EK Supremacy cpu block 1 x EK Dual parallell sli block 2 x laing ddc pumps A lot of EK fittings Mayhem's Aurora tharsis red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozensnail Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Hi Alexander, The test bench mod sounds different; may I ask whether you intend to modify the test bench chassis away from its stock form? Understand that you want to keep your idea’s under wraps at the moment, but it would be very nice to see the test bench itself modded in some kind of way, then it would truly set it apart from the rest out there:-) Noted some of your photos have not appeared, hope you can rectify these so we can all see what’s going on. Subbed to this mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwicked Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Looking really nice. What program did you ose for that sketch, if i may ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hede Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 Hi Alexander, The test bench mod sounds different; may I ask whether you intend to modify the test bench chassis away from its stock form? Understand that you want to keep your idea’s under wraps at the moment, but it would be very nice to see the test bench itself modded in some kind of way, then it would truly set it apart from the rest out there:-) Noted some of your photos have not appeared, hope you can rectify these so we can all see what’s going on. Subbed to this mod Hello, yes the test bench will be modded and i will extend it and make a few other mods to it, i can see all the pictures, also tried on 3g and still could see them so not sure where the problems are. Can others see them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hede Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 Looking really nice. What program did you ose for that sketch, if i may ask? Cheers! of course! I'm using a copy of solidworks 2008 Would want 2012 but can't afford it Ace_finland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hede Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 Finally got a design i was happy with. A lot has changed and i probably have spent 100hrs on the design and making things fit (3D) before starting to fabricate. So this is the design I'm gonna stick with for now unless i change my mind for a 100th time Its not the latest version but rendering takes too long so this will have to do. It won't be as glossy as the picture and if i have time I will make some custom gpu backplates and do something to the new Dominator platinum memory i have just gotten. Also started fabricating the radiator boxes today. Started with some kinda straight pieces of 1mm metal sheet. Decided on 1mm thickness to add some stability and still easy to fabricate The machine Bent a small test piece to figure out the radius and the measurement, also to get all the angles right. Made four pieces so i can mess up two, easier to make extra now than going back to make two new ones Quick test fit to see how its gonna look Also the parts that arrived Hope you like it and please comment, more comming soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozensnail Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 that design does look very cool, it will be great to see it come together in due course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hede Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 Thanks! Due meaning only a few weeks left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hede Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Back after a lot of hrs in the garage and at the workshop at work. Not much of an update when it's full of fail but thought i would share anyways. Plan A Cut a template of the size i wanted Mark the piece to be cut Working with my best friend (angle grinder) After a lot of filing. After this i realised cutting the next 3 slots in the metal will make it very thin and will flex and bend a lot. And the plan is to powder coat it after i'm done with it so i can't use any filler. so over to... Plan B Decided to get all the cuts before bending. Don't mind the tolerances, just forgot to adjust the digits Make a "table" for the mill at work. Used doubble sided sticky tape between the table and the metal sheets to prevent the pieces to vibrate during milling. Fastened the sheets with screws in as many places as possible, i did not want the sheet to move during milling. Let the milling begin. Still a Manual mill so need to be very focused More fasteners used as it progressed. Almost done, still need to deburr all the edges and as you can see in the red circle i made a bit of a mess. I had just finished that slot and turned the mill off without turning off the feed. So when i turned the mill on it went like a bat out of.... Words can not describe the feeling when that happened. I had spent 6 hrs milling just to do a simple mistake. Anyways, gonna weld it back and see if i can file it down. Wouldn't be a problem if i could use filler. More updates coming tuesday-wednesday if i get the metal bent into shape. Ace_finland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hede Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 Back again welded and grinded down the mess i did the other day Got the sheets bent today but now i don't know if i should go with the circular mesh or the hexx mesh. The hexx mesh is made out of 1mm aluminum and the circular mesh is made out of steel sheet which would make the whole construction a lot more stable. What do you think? Circular or hexx??? Thanks for dropping in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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