AlumaxX

i like the old school approach....proves to be much better looking mods.....good job
 
I use a heatgun to bend the acrylic.

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On the right side of the piece of acrylic you see a thing I made from some MDF. It is to be able to bend the material more precise. It has a corner that is a bit curved, this makes it easier to bend the material more precise.

The area from the switches will be modded too. I mean this area.

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I will use some material that normally is used to blind windows. It will take care of the problem behind the aluminium covers. Now you can see throuh the transparant acrylic and see all the cables and the switches.

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OMG WOW, JUST WOW
This is amazing on so many levels!
Your attention to detail is 100%
I am following this forever.
 
Before I can polish the aluminium I will have to sand it all.

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and all the parts sanded up to grid 1200

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Most parts for the lighting are in now. Just have to wait for the LEDs.

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I found some nice LEDholders

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These will fit perfectly into my mod. Chromed holders with a small lens.

The first resistors mounted onto the board. This will be the backside.

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and the front

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I will have to make something to guide all the wires. I made a last-minute change in my coolingplans. Though the airflow behind the aluminium cover, over the mainboard, is quite strong I didn't want to risk the mosfets to get overheated. It is situated in the lower right corner. When I found this cooler for the mosfets I just had to figure out a way to use this.

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I needed some fittings with a 90 degree bend, because the mosfets are just behind the radiator in the back. Very little room there.

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I found these blue fittings.

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Nice mate !! Make sure you hide those blue fittings though since your general colour coding is green.
 
The mosfetcooler and the fittings won't be visible at all, because it's is just behind the radiator and the aluminium cover. I will not let an ugly blue fitting ruin my mod.

Problems with the delivery of the LEDS. They were send to me 2 weeks ago, but seem to be lost :mad: I will have to wait another week or two before the new ones will be send to me. Because of this I had time to think about the window. I came up with a simple design that fits in the theme of the case. A rough sketch it

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I bought the LEDholders in an electronics shop ( in the Netherlands )
Here you can see what they sell, but this information is only interesting for you if you live in Holland I'm afraid.
 
Thanks for the reply. I wish there was a place in the US to get these. Let me rephrase that, I wish I could be able to find some in the US. Googleing for it comes up with this kind:
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which can be bought in packs of two at RadioShack for $1.39, but they don't have the cool lens. Ah well, the search goes on...
 
The LEDS have arrived.

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Had to wait for about four weeks, the shipment was lost :mad: Started working on the LEDS today. Man what a lot of LEDS. 37 LEDS under the grill and about 30 LEDS in the case itself. Untill now I used 10 meter of wire. Every LED has its own resistor. Next update I will post some pictures of the LEDS with the wires and some pictures from the polished aluminium parts. I have to put on my sunglasses when I look at the aluminium :p
 
Thuleman said:
Thanks for the reply. I wish there was a place in the US to get these. Let me rephrase that, I wish I could be able to find some in the US. Googleing for it comes up with this kind:
rs_ledholder.jpg

which can be bought in packs of two at RadioShack for $1.39, but they don't have the cool lens. Ah well, the search goes on...
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Try MountainMods . They have them in red, green and blue.
 
I'm halfway with soldering the wires to the resistors.

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I got a great offer from a Dutch webshop, they offered to make some custom made appliques for free. I only have to send them some vector graphics and they will make them for me. This logo

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(the grey background will be transparant)

will come over here on the chromed FMJ house

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Another applique I need is for the front of the case. Because I made an aluminium-acrylic front, the symbols from the Aquero are not there anymore. With a applique I can put symbols with the buttons again.
 
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All 61 resistors are attached to a wire. I'm ready for the next step, cutting the acrylic that will be place over the printboard with some spacers. Every wire will go through seperate drilled hole, this to avoid the wires touching each other and ofcourse it will tidy up. I used six different colours of wire. This way it is easier for me to differentiate the four seperate groups of LEDS ( every group on its own switch)
 
Holy cow that is a lot of wires!
Keep it up though, good job, can't wait to see the LEDs light up! ;)
 
All the aluminium is polished now. Just before the final installation I will clean it and give it a transparant paint coating.

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and the mirror effect.

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FYI I believe the saw he had a picture of is called a Coping Saw. With skill those things outdo a dremel. VERY nice case by the way.
 
Best mod ever. Perfect cuts, Perfection in everything, detail, ergonomic, stylish. I want to see the final product with 100 Hi res pictures of EVERYTHING!
 
wow. if i tried something w/ that many wires, i'd probably get em so tangled i'd throw it out. great work!
 
very nice sofar love your attention to detail and the whole case just looks great will look forward to seeing the turnout *subscribed*
 
Very nice work. This is comparable to TribalOverkill's mod Blackout. Great aluminum and acrylic work.
 
holy crap man :eek: .....very nice thought out work....i love it....keep it up ;)
 
Thanks for all your comments.
Today I started installinng teh LEDholders. The first ones are in now.

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I think these LEDholders just fit in great with the overall style of the mod.

The LEDS that will light up the LCD cover

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and the LEDS between the two PSU's

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and two LEDS under the pumphousing

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and two more on the side of the PSU's

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I didn't want the fans to be visible so I had to cover them with some aluminium. First I made a wooden block that is just as big as a 120mm. fan

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I bend a piece of aluminium around it.

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A testfit on around the fan.

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Just bent the ends outside to be able to mount it with a bolt.

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I drilled two holes in these ends for the bolts.
 
Thanks guys.
This is what it looks like now.

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I will have to polish the aluminium one more time an after that I will give it a layer of clear lacquer.
 
Looks amazing, that's a lot of hard work and impressive self-fabrication skills on your part. Why the choice of green UV acrylic?
 
The acrylic backplate for the PSU's is finished now. It's not possible anymore to see through the plate and look behind the aluminium cover anymore.

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Those two small openings in the lower right side are for the pumpcables.
 
Are you cutting the acrylic by hand? Like... without the aid of stationary machinery? If you are, I gotta bow down and say wow. I've never been able to cut a straight line in Acrylic without the use of a table saw. I hope you can get some great shots of this when it's finished. Pay to have it photographed. Very nice work. :eek:
 
AlumaxX said:
The acrylic backplate for the PSU's is finished now. It's not possible anymore to see through the plate and look behind the aluminium cover anymore.

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Those two small openings in the lower right side are for the pumpcables.
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thats frosted by hand? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: how?
 
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