Project: Endorphin (Update! 23/01)

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Post by Vampyre_2099 »

My vote is for doobs idea. The plastic steel.

Or just hit it out with a hammer, its good for stress relief... Thats what my doctor says anyway
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Post by DAE_JA_VOO »

No the hammer trick won't work. When alu is pressed out like that it stretches, and smacking it back in is just gonna ruin everything. That one's not an option.
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Post by Vampyre_2099 »

but it could still be fun though, I'll bring the hammer :lol:

I'd go with sanding the indented surface as to provide more grip, then apply plastic steel and let it set, then sand
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Post by Samaya »

DAE_JA_VOO wrote: Well, i can test them all :P

I still have the rest of the word "HUTTLE" :P So i can test it there.
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Post by Vampyre_2099 »

I'm the same, I still have front panels for my cases from about 4 years ago. Yes I strategically horde items for later use, same as when programs are free, and then the companies turn to the dark side and start charging, I still use the older version as its free :oops:
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Post by Monty »

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Dae, that ali section still shows through the mesh. Wouldn't it look better to cut it off?
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Post by DAE_JA_VOO »

Hi Monty

Yeah, i'll probably still cut that away ;)

UPDATE!!!

Sheesh guys, it's been ages since an update. I'm sorry about that. It's been due to a handful of things. December was nuts because of holidays and so on, and as soon as i was back from all the holidays, we started some crazy home improvements and i had nowhere to mod. Once the home improvements weren't interfering with my modding room anymore, i decided to do some modding room upgrades. Before:

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After:

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I'm still busy though :P

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Anyway, once THAT was out of the way (only last week), i was finally able to start modding again. So, here's the update!

I realised that the HDD would get pretty warm in the upper compartment of the case, so i decided to give it some ventilation. Top panel masked up:

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Rough cut:

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All done!

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Then i needed to cut a piece of plexi to go over that for detail, so got a piece of plexi:

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Nice red plexi:

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Masked up and measured:

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Cut out:

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Then i measured the hole for the flow meter:

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Hole made!

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I still need to soften the edges though...

Anyway, the hole for the HDD was then measured out:

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And cut:

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Test fitting... fits perfectly!

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Then i measured how i wanted to cut it out:

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Done!

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Test fitting:

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So far so good. The next step is to make a border for the HDD hole, and put some mesh in there. It's gonna look VERY good, i'm sure.

I also made a little keyring for myself:

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That's it. Sorry i've taken so long!

If you're gonna comment, please also let me know what you think of the photos now, if you don't mind. Part of the reason why i put all the white plexi in this room was for photos. Thanks guys!

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Post by Samaya »

It looks great. How did you do the name tag? (I should pay more attention to details in my mods lol)

Next time you take pictures try not to get the reflection of the neon in the pic. Otherwise they look good.
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Post by DAE_JA_VOO »

Thanks for the advice :)

I had the text of the tag laser etched, and i cut it out by hand :)
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Post by I34z1k »

Lighting is the prob. Maybe looking at getting a bright light and diffusing it? Otherwise great :)
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Post by Monty »

Dae, are you putting keyrings into production?? :P
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