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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Friday's mount tube work
I needed a stable and rigid platform for mounting the slide rails. This will be holding two radiators full of water and supporting the travel along the rails. I don't want flexing or twisting.
My answer: 1.75" aluminum square tubing.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
waiting a bit, but getting ready to hit it hard this weekend
I cut up enough of my anodized aluminum angle material that I ran out.
I did the cutting at a Buddy's place but he uses the Mitre saw for work, so I am waiting to borrow it over the holiday weekend.
I also need to purchase the 1.75" square tubing to set up the Radiators for mounting, and then move on to tubing movement.
I MIGHT have a motherboard sponsor, but it's still very tentative. I will surely report and promote that as soon as it's solid, but until then I won't reveal any more.
This is clearly not a "enter competition, gather attention" type mod, but I have longed to make movable Radiators in several forms (pivot, tilt, rotate, etc.) and this is shaping up to be a very elegant (IMO) solution and it will fit in a tiny, portable pacakge.
The benefit will be that they stow INSIDE the case and lock away during transport or power down. When in operation they will be vented completely outside the case while the tubing stays inside. 2X140mm Radiators should cool a 2600K and full power GPU quite nicely!
If/when the Z68 mITXs arrive, I think they provide the compact and powerful solution many of us have been waiting a loooong time for. :)
Watch over the holiday: lots of cutting, mounting, and little vids will be coming.
I did the cutting at a Buddy's place but he uses the Mitre saw for work, so I am waiting to borrow it over the holiday weekend.
I also need to purchase the 1.75" square tubing to set up the Radiators for mounting, and then move on to tubing movement.
I MIGHT have a motherboard sponsor, but it's still very tentative. I will surely report and promote that as soon as it's solid, but until then I won't reveal any more.
This is clearly not a "enter competition, gather attention" type mod, but I have longed to make movable Radiators in several forms (pivot, tilt, rotate, etc.) and this is shaping up to be a very elegant (IMO) solution and it will fit in a tiny, portable pacakge.
The benefit will be that they stow INSIDE the case and lock away during transport or power down. When in operation they will be vented completely outside the case while the tubing stays inside. 2X140mm Radiators should cool a 2600K and full power GPU quite nicely!
If/when the Z68 mITXs arrive, I think they provide the compact and powerful solution many of us have been waiting a loooong time for. :)
Watch over the holiday: lots of cutting, mounting, and little vids will be coming.
Monday, May 23, 2011
PSU mounting nearly done...more mitres
First the psu has to come apart so while I drill and rivet it won't accumulate metal particles in the electronics. Then positioning the mitred angle pieces to hold it in place. It turns out I can put 4 out of the six total pieces and still get it in the opening.
The last shot is the one side of the radiator slide out hole...more on that come wednesday.
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
Mitre work on saturday chop saw to cut my drawer slide in half
I take one 20" ball bearing drawer slide and cut it down to two 6" with the stops trapped in between so each one can slide 3" and they are tied together in the middle layer. The result is a 6" package that can extend to about 11.75".
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Test run with an ugly stealth panel
Yes the edges will be finished...I just had to see it close in the proper fashion.
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