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Project: Beast III

snefan said:
yay 201st reply :D
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Hahaha you got the 202st reply.

BTW cool computer steven, i wish i were you.

How much did the computer cost so far and how much when it's finished, because all that stuff is expensive.
 
Stevennoland said:
That's all there is to it! Easy eh. Just a note for anyone who is a machinist: I single pointed all the threads on the fittings using a manual lathe. Not an easy task mind you.

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Stay tuned!

Steven
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Damn your lunch must be way longer than mine..... :D ....very nice work on the threads....especially turning to a shoulder
 
Riboild said:
Hey bro amazing work man, I was just wondering tho, how did you get into the machining business, i read that you learned all this stuff from your boss, tell me man, how did you do it!!! :p

Keep it up!!
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Thanks. I really like to work with my hands, so.... As far as learning everything from my boss, not true. He showed me the fundamentals and I expanded from there.

Steven
 
VolvoR said:
I love you.

That's some incredible workmanship. Whatever your boss is paying you to actually do your job, it's not enough. Your attention to detail is simply amazing. The creativity with the wheels (and the entire rig) is first rate. Your ability to see the complete system before you even have any parts is also first rate.

All that and a home theatre junkie...Me too. I build HT's for a living. I have the same PVR. Where abouts do you live? Just curious.

I have one gripe...You make the rest of us "modders" look bad. I now HATE my PC. And it's water cooled (well, or so I thought!), quiet, and light. But, it's not a "mod". Keep the updates coming.

PS...What hardware is going into this thing? SLI per chance?
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Yea, when I'm not building computers, I'm into my HT. I really can't upgrade much without spending a lot!

Arizona is my home.

Don't hate your PC, mod it!

Updates around the corner.

Steven
 
Project_Nightmare said:
Hahaha you got the 202st reply.

BTW cool computer steven, i wish i were you.

How much did the computer cost so far and how much when it's finished, because all that stuff is expensive.
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The case was about $300. The Konvect-O-Matic rads were $570. Material, may be a couple hundred. I'd say I have about a grand invested so far. Without my LCD included, the cost is going to be somewhere in the $6,000 to $7,000 range.

Steven
 
Project_Nightmare said:
Hahaha you got the 202st reply.

BTW cool computer steven, i wish i were you.

How much did the computer cost so far and how much when it's finished, because all that stuff is expensive.
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Hahaha you got the numbers wrong

he had the 202nd post. 201st reply (total posts - the OP) :p
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I love the wheels....simple amazing

/subscribe
 
I like how everything you are doing is still very clean and classy looking. Some cases it looks great to have 6 different colors of flashin lights. This one is not one of them. Its gonna sit there and look like the bad muthaf***a that it is.
 
GigantoR said:
I like how everything you are doing is still very clean and classy looking. Some cases it looks great to have 6 different colors of flashin lights. This one is not one of them. Its gonna sit there and look like the bad muthaf***a that it is.
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Thanks.

Steven
 
Here is a little snippet to wet your appetite. Since this 'beast' is going to weigh a lot, you need something to move it with. So, I'm making some handles.

Here is the aluminum stock for the risers. I ordered a 12 foot bar to get 40 inches of material. The cut charge for 4 pieces would have been more than the total cost of the bar (about $80). The stock came in at 1" x 3" x 12 feet. I cut four pieces a tad longer than 10 inches each
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I then squared up two pieces to .75" x 2.625" x 10" and two to half inch thick
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For the handles I used some 1.5" OD tubing with a 1" ID (thank good old McMaster)
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I cut four 12.5" lengths (the nickel is for scale)
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Inside each handle will be a piece of plexiglass 1" OD with 3/4" ID (this is to protect the CCFL from fingers, dust and whatever)
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Inside the plexi will be these red CCFL's
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The two 3/4" thick riseres will be for the front and back ends of the case. I'll be turning the handles down to fit into these 1.25" diameter holes
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The two half inch thick risers will be joined together for the center support. The 1/2 channels are for the wires for the four CCFL's
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Close-up's
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That is all I have done now. I know your all wondering how your going to see the red form the CCFL's if there inside the tubes? Have faith, you'll all know soon enough!

Stay tuned!

Steven
 
Nice work, I wish I had a machine shop around where I live, and lots of money to afford to get the parts made.

Thanks for some of the help with my question about the lian li wheels. I don't think I can get away by having one set of wheels to my mod, I might have to get 2 sets to make it work. Along with working on the contained watercooling draining system in my rig.

I'll keep watching your mod.
 
Ah, good thinking on the handles, big fat aluminum tubes will be comfy and yet structuraly stiff...

Here is an idea for the wheels that might look slick:
Someone had mentioned grooving the wheels... why not toss the stock rubber treads and use 3/16" thick O-rings for treads? you could put like 5 to 8 half-round groves in each wheel, and pop some butyl o-rings on there for treads. Might look better then the stock flat rubber, although the flat tread is probably more functional.

-Dr.K
 
holy fucking shit $5000-$7000 how do you get your wife to let you spend that much on this stuff. Thats more then I made all summer working as a cable guy. But I'm a 21 college student and its not hard to impress me with money.

you are one lucky and I bet hard working man

Kudos to you
 
Scorpionjwp said:
Nice work, I wish I had a machine shop around where I live, and lots of money to afford to get the parts made.

Thanks for some of the help with my question about the lian li wheels. I don't think I can get away by having one set of wheels to my mod, I might have to get 2 sets to make it work. Along with working on the contained watercooling draining system in my rig.

I'll keep watching your mod.
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Thanks and no prob. Good luck.

Steven
 
Dr.Khron said:
Ah, good thinking on the handles, big fat aluminum tubes will be comfy and yet structuraly stiff...

Here is an idea for the wheels that might look slick:
Someone had mentioned grooving the wheels... why not toss the stock rubber treads and use 3/16" thick O-rings for treads? you could put like 5 to 8 half-round groves in each wheel, and pop some butyl o-rings on there for treads. Might look better then the stock flat rubber, although the flat tread is probably more functional.

-Dr.K
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That thought had occured to me, but there is not a lot of room from the OD of the wheels to the the six 7/16" through holes (may be .050"). The wheels took long enough to make, and I really don't want to eff with them anymore. Thanks though.

Steven
 
andrew911tt said:
holy fucking shit $5000-$7000 how do you get your wife to let you spend that much on this stuff. Thats more then I made all summer working as a cable guy. But I'm a 21 college student and its not hard to impress me with money.

you are one lucky and I bet hard working man

Kudos to you
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Hard working is right! Lucky? May be. I still haven't won the Powerball lottery!

Steven
 
Here is a little update on the handles. I wasn't content to leave them plain, so I came up with this idea. There is going to be a word spelled out on there. Bonus points to anyone who can tell me what the word is.

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More progress on the way.

Stay tuned!

Steven
 
Got a bit more done. I hope to be done tomorrow.

Yea, it does look like 13EAST, but use your imagination
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Stay tuned!

Steven
 
I was under the impression that it was meant to be |3east, since it it Beast 3, so you make the B a Line + 3, so make clear that this is rev 3. I guess I think too much.
 
Yeah, you can't really cut out the B. That wouldn't work out too well.
 
I worked my ass off this afternoon to get to this piont. Enjoy!

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I only see BEAST, but then I'm the one who designed it. Opinions as to make it less vauge? No, I'm not re-doing it.

Side note: just in case anyone cares, this word 'BEAST' was machined on a manual milling machine. I first drilled all the holes (three sizes ranging from 3/16" to 1/4" to 9/32"). I then had to insert a 3/16" gage pin into the milling machine and using a square align that pin to either a 1/4" pin or 9/32" pin. Once aligned and cinched down, I used a 1/8" two flute end mill (3/4" inch length of cut) to rough and finish one edge of each segment for each letter. I had to repeat this process for the other edge. This process took 35 switchings of alternating between pins and end mill (I broke the first end mill a quarter way thru, the second end mill was brand new and finished the slots). In retrospect, I will never attempt this again. It's just too much work!

Steven
 
Stevennoland said:
Hard working is right! Lucky? May be. I still haven't won the Powerball lottery!

Steven
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you have a wife that will let you send that much I think that is very lucky
my wife won't let me send $5 with oout filling out paper work first
 
That is most amazing and for now on, I will be replacing the word amazing by Steve.
Keep it up coming.
 
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