[Scratch Build] - The Next Level FINISHED

[tnecniv102]

wow.. nice craftsmanship! nice details too..

i wish i have those equipment's too..

[Paslis]

Thanks man.

[Paslis]

Time to move on.

I have received the oak i have orderd so i can continue with the inside of the desk.

But first i have to finish the reservoirs.I painted the spacers with bootslak.

Now its time to make the feet for the reservoirs.For this i cut 2 pieces of stainless steel.

Then i took some stainless steel and made 6 axles.

The idea was to use only 1 axle per feet but i decided to use 3 axles so i had to drill a few more holes.Then i welded 2 axles on the feet.

Then i welded the 2 other axles on the reservoirs..

All parts together.

The reservoirs will be mounted on the mobotray with the 3 holes on the picture below.

The end result.

On to the next job.

I have bought a aquaero 5 that im gonna use inside the desk.

First i made an housing for the aquaero from stainless steel.

I totaly forgot to make a picture from the sanding.Then i made the hole for the housing in de backpanel of the desk.

Finally i could start to work with the oak i received earlier.Time to make an oak backpanel.

Now thats finisht its time to mount the I/O plate back in the desk.

Then i mounted the backpanel en de housing for the aquaero.

Time to make some more wood details and again i forgot to make pictures im getting old i guess.

This is how it looks at this point.I have to say the housing for the aquaero looks kinda big so i think im gonna make a new one.

Time to make the new housing for the aquaero.Again i used 2mm stainless steel.

The housing is made out of 6 parts.

First i spotwelded,welded and finisht the housing

Then i made 2 plates for mounting the housing.

Welded the plates.

The old housing.

The new housing.

In my opinion the housing looks mucg better now and im satisfied with the endresult.

Because Aqua Computer has no backplates for my blocks i made a few backplates myself.

The backplates are made of 2mm stainless steel.

Because the blocks have a brused stainless steel plate i want to brush the backplates also.

I used some sanding paper and some scotch brite for this.

The result.

Because brushed stainless steel easily stains i painted it with varnish.

Ready to paint.

The end result.

More to come.

[oldman]

First time I see your project. I don't know what I like more, your project or your equipment or having your work skills. Probably, all of the above.

[Paslis]

Thanks a lot oldman.

[Paslis]

Time to mod again.First i re made the rad covers.

Then i took a piece of oak and cut it in pieces.

From the pieces i made triangles.

Now thats finisht its time to fit the rad covers.

Time to put the triangles in place.I have 2 options to mount them on the rad covers.

Option 1.

Option 2.

I like both options so maby i can make a chioce with the top on.

I go for option 1.

On to the next job.

Because of some design change i have to remake the cover for the four fans in the front.I could make a new one but i choose to customize the old one.

First i cutt the cover to the right lenght.

Then i cutt a piece of 2mm aluminium.

Spotwelded the piece on the cover.

Because the cover is 800 mm long its not wise to weld it in 1 time because you end up with a banana.So i welded the cover with small steps.

Some sanding and the cover is done.

Test fitt.

To get acces to the aquaero i had to cutt out a piece from the backplate.

Thats finisht to.A few days back i have received my fittings and im not using tube but im gonna use stainless steel 10mm pipe.

The fittings.

The pipe.

I also did a leak test and its all good. .

On to the next job.

To get acces to de back of the desk i need to remove the top cover and then the backcover so i made some changes.

First i measure the piece that has to go.

The some cutting and finishing.

Test fitting and now i only have to remove the top to get acces to the back section.

Then it was time to make the connections i need for the keyboard,mouse and psu.I had some things laying around and they were perfect for this project.

Drilled some holes and did some sanding and used M3 thread for mounting.

Then i cutt 2 pieces of aluminium and drilled some holes and tapped M3 thread in them.

Time to fitt.

I still need a few more connections but i first have to place a order to get them.

I bought black cable and black connectors and im already making custom cables.Im not going to use sleeve and leave the cables the way they look now.

More to come.

[Paslis]

The last couple of weeks i was drilling holes and sanding a lot of parts.So not much material to do an update but still it was a lot of work

Here is one of the things i did.

Everything is mounted now and the only thing i need to mount is the top.

Last saturday i made the psu cover.

First i bend the piece then weld it en at last some finishing.

Then i drilled the holes in the frame and tapped them with m4 thread.

The psu cover mounted on the frame and the psu mounted on the cover.

Some jigsaw action.

Test fit.

Then i draw a grill and cut it with the lasercutter.

Drilled the mounting holes in the cover and tapped them with m3 thread and after that i mounted the grill.This is how it looks at this point.

I need some other controls.

The controls for the columns are mounted underneath the desk and the chance you would damage it was big so i contect Linak and ask them for other controls.

The new controls.

First i drilled the holes.

Then i cut a piece of 3mm alu and drilled the holes for the cables.

Then i welded the plate and testfit the controls.

Then i made the mounting brackets for mounting the oak top.

First i made all the parts i need and then i drilled,tapped,welded,finisht and then mount them inside the desk.

After that i made a hole in the backcover and mounted the connector.The desk only needs 1 powercord the rest will be inside.

Like i said this is just a glimpse of what i did past 3 days and to be honest everytime i thought of taking a picture i was to late.The plan was to bring all parts to the coater tomorrow and i can tell you i made it the parts are ready to go.

All parts together.

Ready to go.

The parts are back.I unpacked some parts a made a few pictures.

Time to putt the desk together.This time i lett the pictures speak for themself.

I also painted the parts that needed to be painted.

The frontgrill.

Some brushing.

Painted it with varnish.

Then i sanded the oak and painted it with bootslak.

More to come.

[Paslis]

First i attached the frame to the backside along with the controlbox and the psu.I also mounted the oak backpanel and the new controls for the columns.

The columns were not used fror some time so i did a little test and made a small movie while testing.

Then i mounted the cpu block on the motherboard.

Mounted the reservoirs and the motherboard on the mobotray.

Then i start bending the pipes for the first loop.

The loop is finisht at this point so then i mounted the gpu block and the backplate.

Placed the gpu on the mobo.

Next thing to do is instal the second gpu block and backplate and start bending the pipes for the second loop.

First i mounted the waterblock,backplate and the twincoonect on the gpu.After that i finisht bending the second loop.

I also put on the oak top on the desk just for the looks and it even looks better then i expect.

The pictures speak for themselfs so have fun watching.

More to come.

[flix29]

I love it.

[pcjunkie209]

Pure craftsmanship!! Keep it up.