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update :D

ok finally i have started work on this again, pics to be uploaded in the next week or 2 when i think enough can be shown

this project has not stopped i have just had to take on some extra work from home which is consuming my time atm

ok i have been getting some serious work done on the front panel today during my lunch break, i grabbed a block of timber that i had precut last week in anticipation and got stuck into making the resivoir stands/ holders. There is still a load of work to be done on these things and im trying to...

the grain comes about from a disease in the tree that effects the growth of the timber making it come out with all these patterns if you google images of Timber Burl or any timber that you like with the word BURL after it you will see what i mean. I just love it :)

ok got a heap of work done to the front panel yesterday and today, yesterday i just glued up the panel and left it for 24 hours, today however i sanded it back all nice and flat cut it to size and proceeded to undercoat it 3 times sanding it back with 320 grit paper in between each undercoat...

srry for the lack of updates but the next installment is here I received my slot load drive bay holder from PC Case gear the other day its a silverstone one and have tested it and it works perfectly and it will also hold 4 SSD's so my drive bays are now all sorted. Well today I started...

got a great email today my friend finished customising my resivoirs :rockout: at a total material cost of $7.00 AUD

And also made a few more cutouts on the mainboard plate for power access to the back of the CPU and for the sata cables. this was done by a jigsaw so i need to neaten them up with a router and a 3mm roundover bit so there are no sharp edges

well progress sofar on mainboard most of the side layers have been done now just a few internal ones to be done and them main covering sheet should be done by next week then more work on front panel when slot bay holder arrives which should be this week cheers

well be all and end all the first glue i used did not hold at all so i got some epoxy glue (araldite) it has a high temp threshold so i should be good this takes time to do and i dont have enough hobby clamps but veneering the mobo tray is happening the main veneer im using is BEECH and ill have...

:toast: to fuginator who gave me this idea i just used a straight edge and a veneer knife to cut a few thin strips of my veneer had to give the mobo a slight sand with 120grit paper to give it a good key and clamp like buggery with lots of excess glue only doing a small bit...

well happy as hell today then really dissapointed in my bad research :banghead: got my PSU and corsair white cables in the mail then upon having a look at the cabling to see what needed to be sleeved i realised that the PSU has the GFX card power comming from the box without being a separate...

today i got to mucking about with the internal framework a bit at work and my first real mock up of what the case will look like i am happy with most of it but some things im not here she is

well hardstuff you may like this one then since its a public holiday today i got to spend some good time working on it today first of all i used a framing strap my kreg jig drilled all the framing holes then glued them together with a few dowells and then left them for a few hours...