Project: TJ180

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 03 Jul 2007, 23:08

inf3ct10n wrote:hmm, what does a grill like that cost to make? coz im in need of one of those for my Triple Airplex Evo

For a dual 120MM one it's about R30.

Skidd wrote:LOL Wik I think you should go into some production there

AC Wik1d

Haha no, the laser place will kick my bottom

Samaya wrote:Ja the Blue looks better but only cause its brighter... lol. Anyway, that rad grill is going to look awesome. Can't wait to see the the end product of that!

True, but I just wanted to show you that it isn't UV Reactive Plexi

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:We were at the laser place today. That grille DOES look awesome, but it's a bit too big

Wik will update for you guys

Yeah, it does look great, but it doesn't fit perfectly, but I do have a solution

DoOb wrote:
DAE_JA_VOO wrote: That grille DOES look awesome, but it's a bit too big
Measure TWICE Cut once

It's not that easy, you have to work with 0.XX millimeters. Not a millimeters.

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Hey he can just remake it, no big deal

Yeah, but I don't feel like it

Anyways

Updates FTW. Unless they suck, like this one.

So me and Ettienne went to the Laser Place today, to test cut the mobo panel and radgrill.

And here's what was made

The Motherboard Panel

I have to make the text wider, there's barely a hole in there

The snazzy radgrill

On my AC Ryan Radgrill, now here's the problem, as the thing became wider the plexi moved more out of place from the original, so at the last few strikethroughs you can see that the plexi isn't exactly underneath the rad grill. But that's no problem, I'm just going to cut a black radgrill, and use that in the place of the AC Ryan one.

Then my motherboard

Then the plexi ontop of the board.

Now there's a LOT of measurement problems. I felt so crap after I test fitted it, it sucked guys

you have got no idea.

The PCI slot is too low
The top corner thing is too high
The PCI and GFX cards have a little PCB piece at the left side of the board and that pushed into the plexi
The northbridge block holes were too small
The ATX and 8 Pin wasn't positioned properly
The SATA Port hole has to move left

I'm going to have to lower the plexi even more, so the following changes has to be added:

Bigger holes for the ramslots must be made so that both slots are open
The CPU block hole has to change from a rounded square to an oval
I have to make holes for the high capacitors and mosfet coolers in the top right corner of the board.

So yeah, that completely sucked guys, but yeah, I have to make this panel, somehow

Cheers guys, enjoy your evenings.

Druggs · Post by **Druggs** » 03 Jul 2007, 23:11

good luck hope it turn out right on your next try

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 03 Jul 2007, 23:25

Hey dude, it's trial and error. I can't even remember how many updates like this one i had to make for Epiphany. That update that just sucks and makes you lose motivation. Dont worry dude, try again, and trust me, once you get that cover RIGHT, you'll see how it was worth it

inf3ct10n · Post by **inf3ct10n** » 03 Jul 2007, 23:27

So wik... you feel like making me a blue perspex radgrill for my Triple Airplex Evo?

ill pay for ur skillz hehe

Skidd · Post by **Skidd** » 03 Jul 2007, 23:34

Nice work there wik. dont worry too much about the teething problems man. I had them too I just didnt show it LOL

and Im sure I have many more to come, but chin up and try again. Atleast you didnt spend hours and hours on that piece of plexi only to found it out its not 100%

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 04 Jul 2007, 09:43

Druggs wrote:good luck hope it turn out right on your next try

I hope so too, haha! Thanks buddy

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Hey dude, it's trial and error. I can't even remember how many updates like this one i had to make for Epiphany. That update that just sucks and makes you lose motivation. Dont worry dude, try again, and trust me, once you get that cover RIGHT, you'll see how it was worth it

It's not like I really have a choice

I have to get it right. It's gonna be hard though

inf3ct10n wrote:So wik... you feel like making me a blue perspex radgrill for my Triple Airplex Evo? ill pay for ur skillz hehe

Sure, drop me a PM and then we can discuss

Skidd wrote:Nice work there wik. dont worry too much about the teething problems man. I had them too I just didnt show it LOL

and Im sure I have many more to come, but chin up and try again. Atleast you didnt spend hours and hours on that piece of plexi only to found it out its not 100%

Yeah, I didn't spend a great amount of time on it, but it's just that it's going to be REALLY hard to get it perfect. But thanks for the motivation dude

Domino_PhoeniX · Post by **Domino_PhoeniX** » 04 Jul 2007, 12:23

im just gonna buy the mriior one me thinks

Post by **Monty** » 04 Jul 2007, 12:33

Wik, the pictures are not working...

DoOb · Post by **DoOb** » 04 Jul 2007, 12:40

Monty wrote:Wik, the pictures are not working...

Same, im not seeing anything, some thing u need to see them.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 04 Jul 2007, 14:13

Monty wrote:Wik, the pictures are not working...

Yeah, I realised that it's not working, I have to re-host them

Post by **Anthro** » 04 Jul 2007, 14:16

Oh noes.. sorry guys.. it seems that the image host i reccomended has goned DOWN..
Sadnes..
Wik register a account at fsphost.com
then you can use firefox + fireftp to upload to there..
.. there is 250mb online space available

ecthelion · Post by **ecthelion** » 04 Jul 2007, 14:54

oh i thought it was only me that couldnt see the pics

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 04 Jul 2007, 15:26

Hey Anthro, Pushbutton will be back up on Friday.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 04 Jul 2007, 19:36

Okay, fixed most of the images now

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 04 Jul 2007, 22:41

*cough* Photobucket *cough*

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 04 Jul 2007, 22:43

*cough* no *cough*

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 04 Jul 2007, 22:52

Do you 2 need a glass of water?

PFS · Post by **PFS** » 05 Jul 2007, 10:41

Do you 2 need a glass of water?

LOL!!! good one. The exreem life of a modder. all the plexi dust and flying dremel disc of death. Well, every sport has it's injuries.

PFS*

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 05 Jul 2007, 10:53

LOL

Come one wik, dont be a girl. Just accept that photobucket owns.

Samaya · Post by **Samaya** » 05 Jul 2007, 18:15

Ja Photobucket is da shizz...

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 05 Jul 2007, 20:46

Nope sorry guys, My Data Bus is cooler

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 25 Jul 2007, 23:03

Wow guys, long time no update, but there was some work done

I also decided on a new mobo cover, that will be explained a bit later

So here's my radgrilles

Test fitting them to see what effect they will make

I sanded the edges of the grill on the left, and the one on the right is just as it would be straight from the lasercutter. Left looks so much better. I used my while LED fans to test it out, and saw it's making too much light.

Decided to use some LED's instead

Here's my green grill

oh noes, here's two

No problem though

Here's the black grille

Then I lasered the top panel for the case, sadly blue plexi, but I can fix that

For some obscure reason the laser did some cutting on the outside of the hole :\ Won't be a problem though

Then all the goodies fitted to one another, rad at the bottom

And then in darkness (Looks MUCH better in real life

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That's it for now, need to find some longer allen cap screws, and fit the fans with the raddie. Then I need to get 6 Super Bright While LED's which I will mount under the grilles, will show you guys how that works a bit later, camera's batteries are dead. Need to go buy some new ones.

The Blue panel will get some carbon vinyl applied. If anyone was wondering

Next step, starting my new mobo cover.

Cheers guys, sleepy time

inf3ct10n · Post by **inf3ct10n** » 25 Jul 2007, 23:12

looking great man... p.s

i know uve been busy but u still havnt come back to me on a grill for my Triple Airplex Evo, wot u think?

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 26 Jul 2007, 00:16

Looks great Bertus

When i saw that blue plexi i was like

But now i see you're gonna put carbon film on it, so that'll be better

Off-The-Chart · Post by **Off-The-Chart** » 26 Jul 2007, 06:24

yeah the blue plexi almost put me in a semi comatose state, and then I saw you were gonna add the carbon... :sigh:

looking good... like the green and the black combo...