actually, UV reactive acrylic is nice at the side, perhaps u can make a design to make the crack look like a design also

just use a pen knife and etch it.

This post has been edited by AllnGap: Oct 7 2005, 11:24 PM

dude, i hijack ur thread for a while to show u my custom reservoir, to make u jealous a lil'

anyone interested pls pm me or message me at MSN : weeseng85@hotmail.com
















i think u have overlooked some maintainence issue on ur reservoir, your reservoir will indeed get dirty and i think u forgot to make a " door " so u have the chance to clean it

This post has been edited by AllnGap: Nov 14 2005, 09:18 PM

not that i want to hijack or what.
coz he told me in MSN that he's making a reservoir, and i told him that mine will look good also.....so i just want to show off to him.

well, u cant certainly benchmark them unless they are being modded the same way.

when it comes to case modding u need all these criteria :
* theme for the casing
* elecronics for the bling bling
* skills
* the right tools
* lots of planning
* knowledge on material (materials engineering)
* problem solving technique and troubleshooting
* cash

just a summary why i said this wasnt a good idea in MSN a few min ago....

1. The character display's screen is no longer protected. You'll be wiping the display area of the character display, which is really prone to scratches, just use a tissue paper and wipe then you'll see a lot of marks on it.

2. unlike bezel which is usually Alu plate, acrylic has got thickness and it's clear. Any irregularities on the edges, for example the square that you've cut which is not perfectly square (quite impossible to achieve by using dremel without touching up using files) will be seen clearly on the acrylic. The point is that it's hard to achieve smooth edges, it's either you use laser to cut it so that it melts along the way and stays shining, or you smear it with sand paper.

3. I'm not sure whether this will really happen or not, but judging from the picture, if you want to let the black plate to be locked by the square hole, you're gonna face some problems coz the thickness of the acrylic is not as thick as the black plate. IF you screw in this thing completely, you'll see that the black plate is bulging out of the acrylic. When you view this from the side, it's not nice at all.


I hope you dont get discouraged or what, i'm just telling you based on my experience because i've tried a lot of methods to make it look nice,
If i wasnt mistaken, i think i've gone through around 9 pieces of prototyping before getting the real thing done and say, " This will be the final acceptable product "

Never give up that easily, tell yourself that this is my creation, and therefore my creation will be perfect ! OK !!!

this casing should be named never-ending-casing-story.......

just joking bro....

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This post has been edited by AllnGap: Feb 6 2007, 11:01 PM

keep on trying dood.....i chop my casing using punch-drill also to make blowhole last time....

but the condition is that you must realize your mistakes and improve from there

This post has been edited by AllnGap: Feb 7 2007, 11:11 AM