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@formula409 - Thank you sir ;) - Been busy learning, good to be back posting. @Jesse B - Lets hope there will be no-more bangs. Haha. Thanks a lot. @mannyman - Actually I openly give away the plans for this case to anyone who has requested it. I ask only to see credit where it's due. I would...

SO it turns out making large aerogel monoliths is an incredible challenge in engineering, patience, and chemistry. I can make little beads and small pieces all day long... I'd even go so far as to say I have the 'gel' making process down to an art. BUT, Manufacturing the large chunks I envision...

@Jesse B - Thanks a lot, again. The factory is in Burlington, Ontario. I've been asked quite a bit about it, so I've uploaded some images of the surface of the panels. It's very hard to capture... but the 'woodgrain' effect you see on pieces labeled "current" is still very much visible...

@formula409 - Thanks for the query. I know exactly where the aerogel will end up... but that's a surprise. The aerogel I'll be making is a Hydrophobic Subcritically-Dried Silica Aerogel. @Power5 - Thank you for the suggestion, I agree totally... that would have been much cooler. @Crosshair -...

A quick search shows that it takes about 8550Psi to stop a 50cal slug... so I'd imagine it wouldn't have much trouble passing though these panels (jeeze that's a lot of force!) However the panels we're processed @ ~30,000psi during manufacturing... what that actually means when compared to a...

Made them, only I did it in a carbon fiber factory, during their holiday down-time,

*I forgot to add the result: RESULT - Each of the 6panels used to construct Helios contains 718,800,000 individual 42" long fibers - each approximately 1/50,000th the width of a human hair and each with a strength of about 48,000 kN·m·kg−1 (High carbon steel is rated about 154...

I've been asked some questions regarding the struggles in creating the panels used to construct Helios... so here is goes. I will elaborate with a photo walkthrough when I can find the opportunity in the next few weeks. Material Composition: Base Materials: - Carbon - Nickel - Lithium -...

@formula409 - Thanks a lot man, much appreciated. @Jesse B - :) Thank you for your support. Whats next? I hear you asking. 1) Resurfacing the panels - this will be done by squeezing each piece for a few seconds at ~200,000lbs in a press heated to ~400degress. The pieces will be pressed...

I've been diligently plugging away. I decided to trade in the project log for a big bang at the end. Many issues arose when fabricating the 8mm thick panels - there was a great numbers of unsuccessful trials before arriving at the solution seen in the images below. A total of 64 layers were...

That's all I have to share for today. I'll have the revised model as well as some renderings to show you all next week. As well, next week, I'll share some pictures of the manufacturing process behind the composite panels. Perhaps even some shots of them being CNC cut to spec. *j

I've been working with an engineer, and friend of mine named John Dalton, who has graciously offered up some time to throw together a 3D mock-up. He sent me off the first revision of his model today. There are couple of minor errors, due to my vague explanations: -In this model the motherboard...

INITIAL CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION: Using Adobe's Illustrator I created a couple rough perspective drawings, so that I could get a better idea of the concept in my head: -At this point the plan was to construct the case in Aluminum. REVISION 1.0: REVISION 2.0: After talking with the community...

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Concept, Design and Planning First Stage 3D Mockups

HELIOS, the Titan god of the sun. Tireless is he who is like the deathless gods. As he rides his chariot, he shines upon men, and piercingly he gazes with his eyes from his golden helmet. Bright rays beam dazzlingly from him, and his bright locks streaming from the temples of his head...

The plan as it stands is to get some fine stainless steel mesh and mold it into the shape of the cutouts on the panels. This will stop most of the dust. Then I'm going to procure some very porous (90%) ceramic foam filters made the exact side and shape needed to be placed behind the SS mesh, to...

Thank you all very much for the suggestions - I've got a lot to digest and read-up on, you've all given me some great ideas on how to proceed here. It's going to take quite a bit of experimenting to get the desired look and performance, but I believe I have a winner: The great modder who goes...

Money is no object... I should have also stated that. This thing is going to be a very pricey beast, and I'm not going to cheap out in the final touches And aesthetics are the utmost priority.

Greetings from Amsterdam fellow enthusiasts! It's 5:45am here and it's way to early for a debaucherous day of bars and brothels, so I'm taking some time to get some work done. I'm looking for a material to use as a dust filter, which will also work as a sort-of blackout. As some of you...

An amazingly awesome cat named Josh sent me an email with no text, just an attachment in the form of an EPS file. Whoever you are - THANK YOU SO MUCH. In the interest of saving anyone else from this headache I've uploaded the *.eps file to my server and now offer it up to the community as a...

Does anyone know where I can get a vector drawing of an entire ATX backplate? Something like this - but just a simple line drawing with measurements? I'd prefer not to have to dig one of my rigs out of storage just to measure the backplate - I haven't yet moved my stuff into my new...

@Adidas4275 - That sounds very cool, the outdoor kitchen that is... I didn't know people did that. Thanks for commenting. @flak-spammer - You're correct, and I'm located in Vancouver which is fairly close to the border. I maintain a PO box in the US - very handy.

@Wiregeek - Haha, I lol'd a bit there. I'll do my very best to uphold the standard. Thank you. ;) @0055 - At my core I am a very strict swiss modernist, and that dictates perfect 90degree fabrication and straight lines. But I agree there are lots of ways to approach the slats that could have...

Thanks mate

The high-grade composite panels required for construction of this project are being manufactured this week! The panels in question are 16mm thick and composed of an astonishing 52layers. (The details of manufacturing will be released with the update... there's some CRAZY science and pressure...

The above wasn't my first attempt at fabricating this design in this method. First I made a smaller iteration - 30%, whereas the above prototype is 40% scale - however lack of experience in working with the Framing board and attempts to glue the thing together lead to a failure. As you'll see...

Greetings, ;) There's been a small change of plans... I'm having some custom super high-tech 0.25"thick carbon fiber panels made for this project, as opposed to the titanium as planned. I may still make one from Ti because the idea excites me, but the short term will not see that happening...

Courtesy of one "Derek Goode", an employee of HP (now likely a former employee, lol) - whose name [and the email address] is on one of the leaked slides. I've uploaded the presentations and files to jesselang.ca for all to enjoy. www.jesselang.ca/public/ConfidentialWindows8Roadmap.rar MD5...

@matrix563 - I can't make any guarantees.... 7 x 450W = 3150W @EndersShadow - Thanks a lot man, hopefully everything goes to plan. ;) @formula409 - Thank you very much, it'll be a fun project. Construction will only take a couple day and will be going down sometime between July 5th and 15th...

Thanks again for the kind words and the keen support! I am located in Vancouver, currently in the Coal Harbour area but moving to a funky loft in Gastown in August. If anyone want's to grab a coffee or a meal and shoot the proverbial shit I'd love to meet some fellow modders. - throw me an...

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I've scratched my head at this dilemma all day now... and here's what I've done for the modder's everywhere: <--click for details I've put a creative commons licence on the design You are free: to Share &#8212; to copy, distribute and transmit the work to Remix &#8212; to adapt the work...

A user by the name of NFC over on the XS forums presented a very interesting point to me this afternoon. I think it would be a good opportunity to share the concern, and express my beliefs and intentions. ====== NFC put this concern before me: ====== Here's my response: You present an...

It looks like this update a few days ago also didn't post for some reason: ====== A really quick mock-up to make some of the details and the airflow more apparent.

Something weird is going on with this Forum. It keeps deleting my update posts. This is the third time I've posted this here. @OlIv0rIolI - Hey mate, thanks for the comments. The window is not an option as that is where all the air vents out f the case - I'm not concerned about noise...

Please take note - THERE ARE NO WINDOWS.... THE CASE HAS A 13" SQUARE PUNCHED RIGHT THOUGH THE MIDDLE; A GIANT OPEN HOLE WITH A MOBO FLOATING IN THE MIDDLE. There is a actually a box with a PSU inside above the bottom fan, it receives it's air from the front and back and pushes it out the...

I'm thinking laser-cut for most of the work and machine a nice bevel and the partial slits after Greetings one and all! I present, for your viewing pleasure, revision 2.0 of project Helios As per the suggestions of the community, this revision, although almost identical to the original is...

I'd like to invite everyone who is interested to follow me on my Facebook page. Of course I will still be updating on the forums, and on my website, however the JLI Facebook page will be the best source for up-to the minute updates on my projects (new and old), exclusive info, and prize...