sorry for the delay in updates but work and home life have been crazy these last few daws but i managed to get a few things done and a few bits and pieces rocked up to my doorstep
first of all i have made my internal paneling i just cut some strips of sheoak into 600*90*10mm and some jarrrah into 600*60*10mm and just clamped them all together with a bit of glue at this thickness just a face 2 face glue join is strong enough to hold forever and if i tried to break the join the timber would end up snapping rather than the join
here it is in clamps
the clamps are set at 2 under and 1 over to stop the timber from warping while in the clamps
and here is a finished product with my framing material for the 2 sides of the case i am going to use a Kreg joint with dowells instead of screws to fix these together and hopefully if all goes well by the end of the weekend this will be done. The shorter pieces are for the uprights and the longer ones are for the front to back these were machined up using a panel saw and a thicknesser to make them all the same.
Now this is the base that i have put all my marking out onto i just need to square it up on the saw and rout the edges unsure to go for an OGEE finish or just a Bullnose edge just yet, also need to rout the air holes for the PSU intake.
and here are a few bits that have come in to help with the build pretty self explanitory Radiator and Fan controller im going to put a sheoak slice on the front of the fan controller to give it a timber look and i will be using it to mount my slim optical drive on top of it if i can find an old laptop around. Fans im using for the build are Coolermaster silent 120mm. Just wondering if they are not worth it or will they hold up to the job of a radiator.
FANS
And srry fuginator but im going to sort of steal an idea off you i saw your amazing steampunk build and what you did to your motherboard and i decided that i could do something very similar with mine being an ASUS Sabertooth Z77 i will be taking the thermal armour off and veneering it with some offcuts i had laying about at work i just hope i dont stuff it up too much
also being a long weekend i hope i can get something nice done to show you guys that i am working on it