Cooler Master Cosmos Dean "Kreij" Kortenhoven edition

[Dicfylac]

Greetings all,

Here starts the European Kreij case.

A while ago I had began this modded case witch is the Cooler Master K280, the idea was very simple, rotate the box by 90 degrees, make a tank in iron for watercooling and change the outside appearance closer to the Cosmos style, not copy paste but make an alternative Cosmos atx case ( all Cosmos cases are full and ultra towers).

I have delayed this presentation because I was waiting for the CM mod competition of this year.
(It seems it wont happen at least for the incoming times, and so is time to move on.)
It has began on the seventh day of this year and ends on 04-30-2015.
I´m on the race.

Also this project has been delayed by a couple of issues like had to make the same piece in several versions and still doesn´t fit into big picture, etc.

I have some hardware upgrades to make and I´ll post when I get that part.

I want to thank to @Norton for his advice by making a separate thread.

The following pictures.

The top turned to front with the cuts to 240mm radiator.

The tank made in proper place and position also being the core of structure.

I must say the tank didn´t went as I expected.

Here appears the outside frame made in pine wood.

The front shell to enclosure the 240mm rad and will take four 80mm fans to make a full tower appearance.

That´s all for now, during this week I´ll update to date with more changes,
Until then.

 

[revin]

AWESOMELY Fantastic !

 

[Vario]

Awesome I love the Cosmos-style cases and I like what you are doing with this design!

 

[xvi]

Looks like I'm subbing to ANOTHER build. Brace for epic, guys.

 

[manofthem]

Awesome build, beautiful way to honor Kreij! Can't wait for more!

 

[Norton]

Awesome build, beautiful way to honor Kreij! Can't wait for more!

+1 Great job so far!!!

 

[stinger608]

Wow, this is going to be very awesome indeed!!! And as @manofthem stated, "beautiful way to honor Kreij!" Couldn't of said it better!

 

[Dicfylac]

AWESOMELY Fantastic !

Awesome I love the Cosmos-style cases and I like what you are doing with this design!

Looks like I'm subbing to ANOTHER build. Brace for epic, guys.

Awesome build, beautiful way to honor Kreij! Can't wait for more!

+1 Great job so far!!!

Wow, this is going to be very awesome indeed!!! And as @manofthem stated, "beautiful way to honor Kreij!" Couldn't of said it better!

Thank you all for the kind words,

If something goes well I can blame you guys for the Kreij Memorial idea, a small cosmos of good willpower to honor and remember a great member that passed way here on TPU.
This was for me a great idea by transform an humble case into a nice good looking Cosmos style, I just couldn´t pass this away, must have to do it.
Also this is a statement for the Memorial of Kreij, with goodwill we can do more and better.

 

[GreiverBlade]

agreed with what everyone said!

this gonna be another masterwork from @ST.o.CH

long live Kreij memory! and FUCK CANCER!

 

[Dicfylac]

Hi everyone,

Update with some changes,
On last update the box was going in CM Stryker direction, wasn´t supposed to be like it and so in that time I did the side frame in acrylic moving from Stryker to Cosmos.
However I have a lot of work to do and backwards three months ago I was running out of ideas for this and decided to take a break.
After a few tries here is how it´s came out,

In the pictures the acrylic has a slightly curve in the straight zones, I´ll fix this by making an inter-medium frame to attach the out side frame with the main structure, possibly in mesh steel.

This is all for this year.
Next week I´ll take it over and something will sort out.

just to close this year I believe the best things that exists are the ground to stand on and oxygen to breed, the rest it´s the life.

Cheers.

 

[revin]

@ST.o.CH o
Wished I was close to you, could made this http://img.techpowerup.org/141229/update18.jpg
look from this[aprox 18 welds ea}.... https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd....31.0-8/468630_103142233169035_110166495_o.jpg
to this https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/338100_103145819835343_261562651_o.jpg
Note this was a solid weld https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd....1.0-8/467388_103145969835328_1433481435_o.jpg
All done with hand tools, none of it milled by machine. FYI it's a 1930's wooden speedboat trunion
I would have LOVED to make that welded metal assembly look as part of the case !
Still AWESOME work !!!!!

 

[Nordic]

Looks great, but that is going to be HEAVY with all that iron and filled with water.

 

[Dicfylac]

@ST.o.CH o
Wished I was close to you, could made this http://img.techpowerup.org/141229/update18.jpg
look from this[aprox 18 welds ea}.... https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd....31.0-8/468630_103142233169035_110166495_o.jpg
to this https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/338100_103145819835343_261562651_o.jpg
Note this was a solid weld https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd....1.0-8/467388_103145969835328_1433481435_o.jpg
All done with hand tools, none of it milled by machine. FYI it's a 1930's wooden speedboat trunion
I would have LOVED to make that welded metal assembly look as part of the case !
Still AWESOME work !!!!!

Those pictures are really awesome, if I can guess I would tell that´s tig and aluminium alloy ( thoughts ), also puts my work to a corner. Times to times I try to do some arc weld to not lose the hand.
Two years ago I was between jobs for almost a year because my profession ended ( for me, I was a carpenter of civil construction for about 18 years). In that time I had a vague and entered the welding course. When I was finishing the iron arc welding degree and then to certification I got admission on Lisbon Airport and ended up loading bags till now, don´t want it forever for myself, I believe I can do better. I´m trying to get better skills and move on to do things that I really, really like to do ( unique pc cases ).

Looks great, but that is going to be HEAVY with all that iron and filled with water.

You can bet, for around eight to ten liters tank capacity and almost ten to fourteen kg increase.
I want to achieve less decibels in the end, the lesser the better.

 

[Devon68]

I want to achieve less decibels in the end, the lesser the better.

Wont the front 80mm fans make lots of noise anyway?

 

[Dicfylac]

Wont the front 80mm fans make lots of noise anyway?

Not that noisier, I´ll take four Artic Cooling 80mm and one dedicated fan controller,
I have already four AC 92mm for exhaust in my ST.o.CH FACTOR_I snow white

Spoiler

and I can tell those fans make more noise from rear than front, which means IMO they move more air per decibel than the opposite. By add a fan controller I´ll be able to decrease voltages and turn it off if needed. I´m studying what controller I´ll use.

 

[Devon68]

Well then you have very good fans. I had 3 of these fans that I really liked
http://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/arctic-f8-pwm-pst.html

 

[revin]

@ST.o.CH It's actually all machined from Stainless billets !! The base from 1/2, the riser from other 1/2 of 1.380 in S.S. plate. Then the big shaft tube from a 4" foot long billet.
The small cooling/lube tube was just some stock SS tubing.
The welder(s) has 30+ years of Certs for Aerospace, National Defense contractors so it was a cakewalk for them.
Aprox 70 FEET of welds on that part BTW there was only 1 pinhole, .012x..008 WOW !!
They were stumped when it was done, because none of the machinist could figure out how to set it up for so many angles {Time vs. Cost}
They had called me the "Million Dollar Man" since I had to do stuff the 1/2 million dollar machines cant do !

This is the rudder, this was Cast Stainless Steel : https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd....1.0-8/621803_103156006500991_1671049343_o.jpg
https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net...=31233dd85c36beb8ffdabbeb26af89fd&oe=5522300E
https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/324859_103159169834008_91132728_o.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd...._=1429356092_6618ff55253d3606c032897327ba191e

 

[Dicfylac]

@ST.o.CH It's actually all machined from Stainless billets !! The base from 1/2, the riser from other 1/2 of 1.380 in S.S. plate. Then the big shaft tube from a 4" foot long billet.
The small cooling/lube tube was just some stock SS tubing.
The welder(s) has 30+ years of Certs for Aerospace, National Defense contractors so it was a cakewalk for them.
Aprox 70 FEET of welds on that part BTW there was only 1 pinhole, .012x..008 WOW !!
They were stumped when it was done, because none of the machinist could figure out how to set it up for so many angles {Time vs. Cost}
They had called me the "Million Dollar Man" since I had to do stuff the 1/2 million dollar machines cant do !

This is the rudder, this was Cast Stainless Steel : https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd....1.0-8/621803_103156006500991_1671049343_o.jpg
https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net...=31233dd85c36beb8ffdabbeb26af89fd&oe=5522300E
https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/324859_103159169834008_91132728_o.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd...._=1429356092_6618ff55253d3606c032897327ba191e

IMO "One Million Dollar Man" tells about the skills and not the money, this is priceless and not replaceable by no machine.
There was once time long ago I wondered myself how many sketches and models of motorcycle ( for example) had to be made to complete all variations and styles so that there were no more different models to be designed and if it was possible to invent such a machine to perform this task.
In that time I was very curios to know the answer. Now I know that when the day comes that the number Pi ( circle constant ( 3,14159... till no one knows)) is sequenced in its entirety I will know that the number of models will not be infinite, and will also be the day that we, as mankind, will be overtaken by machines.
I'm not going to meet this day, that is so good, thanks to God.

 

[Ahhzz]

looking so sharp, SToCH!!

 

[mATrIxLord]

awesome build.... subed to see more pics!!!

 

[Dicfylac]

looking so sharp, SToCH!!

awesome build.... subed to see more pics!!!

Thank you guys .

Ongoing with the project.

 

[Dicfylac]

Greetings,
Time for another update,
I have been working on the front and managed to make the beginning of the middle frame made in mesh steel,
Also the small change of top made in pine wood.
The following photos.

Small detail of lower section.

The looks of mesh sheet worked and in proper place.

Started to work the rear plate, made the holes using the same mesh steel on top of an aluminium sheet and a 2 mm drill, the steps:
Beginning.

Making the whole holes.

The back before sanding.

After sanding.

Detailed view.

More work to do until finish and issues to solve, one at the time.

Thank you for watching, until then.

 

[peche]

kickass rig

 

[Dicfylac]

Greetings,

Weekly update:

This week I worked on mid frame and completed the upper side.
The rear is actually a reused plate, it has some extra holes which I´ll throw some ideas later.
In the bottom I have continued the use of acrylic.
For the outside I made some sketches and, if possible, I would like to have your help on this one, the second draw is already one vote, my one...

The following pictures of performed work.

The rear with the extra holes, not good for this project, I must say.

The draws I made in order of time.
First.

Second and my favorite one.

Third.

The fourth with a traditional modded door.

Any help with the sketches is very welcome and appreciated.

Until then.

 

[Devon68]

I like the simplicity of "The fourth with a traditional modded door." It looks most like a Cosmos case.