Here's a quick mod I recently did. So here goes.


Masking the window panel for enlargement work. Already had a window but wanted bigger. Bigger is always better.






Double checking measurements.






Ready for cutting.





So where's the Rising Sun? Hehehe. Coming soon in next update.

This post has been edited by ianho: Apr 4 2006, 04:11 AM

i saw the rising on ur third photo.....ur the man....
third case mod in a month

Aiyaaaa. I forgot that pic got the sun there. I wanted to keep u all suspended wondering where the sun is n y the name is Rising Sun. Whahahaha.

eh...i see u already got ur workbench....hehehehe

hehe...no more suspend liao...now secret out.....
but im still kind of blur wif the whole rising sun thing.....
we'll be waiting for ur update...

walau uncle... u really very very very (x infinity) free... 3 mods in a row

Update.

Masking the right side panel in preparation for the Rising Sun.






Planning out n drawing the sun.



This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 24 2006, 01:30 PM

so...r u gonna paint the sun or dremel it and put some arcylic behind it...

N u thought no more suspense?
Wait for next update n u'll see the answer.

Looks Very Good Job.. Pro!!!

how much did that workbench cost you ?

Cheap cheap 70 bux oni. Black & Decker version of same thing is 300.

rising sun hah?nice name actually..cannot wait to see ur final result

Carrefour got selling workbench but don't know which type. The price around RM30-40.

Wah So cheap. Quickly go n buy man. Then we all sama sama mod mod mod. Actually this hobby is very affordable. Even my most expensive tool, the RTX+flex head is affordable at only 460bux.

The Rising Sun.....ur costumer from the country of rising sun???
japan i mean...so he wan is case to be called Rising Sun also...

my bet

Dremel
Acrylic piece
Red CCFL

Updates.

Back to the window.
wanted a big huge window. As big as I cud possibly cut. Right to the limits.
So here it is, the biggest window I've ever cut.






Acrylic for the window cut to approximate size of window. Rough cut. Still need to test fit n dremel+file down to exact size for window. Also marking the fan hole.






Cutting the 120mm fan hole.










More updates soonz.

This post has been edited by ianho: Mar 12 2006, 10:34 AM

my window also almost the same size with ur's!

Hahaha. Anyway if the window gonna be that huge, make sure u use thick acrylic to gif it back sum rigidity. If not the panel gonna be like a sotong especially if u mount a fan on it.
I used 2.5mm acrylic so it's nice n thick.

i used 3mm acrylic!!

ianho, i'm thinking to buy jigsaw like yours. Isn't good for cutting tophole and side panel?

It's all about the user's hands man. Like the saying goes "Dont blame the song, blame the singer".

my cuts r all done with rm50 Agoniama jigsaw but nice n steady oso wat. But I'm gonna upgrade to a B&D jigsaw with adjustable speed soonz so I can cut easier without having to on off on off to adjust blade speed. Go ahead n buy the jigsaw. It's OK 1. Cuts just as well only more difficult for the user to control speed.

This post has been edited by ianho: Mar 12 2006, 10:38 AM

hehe....nvr seen u in action...wif engraving...
maybe u can engrave the rising sun???

hehehe....spam ur topic...
nice job man... i waitting ur result

hehehe Pssst... I heard a couple of american troopers nearby cos they think they still in WW2 lolx.

Updatessssssss. Sry for such a long delay. Been really, really busy. Anyway, here goes.


After cutting everything n drilling the screw holes for the fan. Time to dremel the acrylic edges.




This is how the corner looks like b4 dremeling work.






This is the corner after dremeling.






Test fitting the fan to make sure the screw holes line up with the fan. Perfect. No need to file the holes. Luckily, if not hafta do more work n do sumore filing.





Test fitting the acrylic on the back of the window to make sure it fits perfectly. This is without the double sided tape.

OK, now that I'm sure everything fits nicely, time to peel of the brown paper so I can glue the acrylic to the panel.





Done. Acrylic is glued to the panel. That's it for the window. All done. Now just hafta peel off the brown paper from the back n install the fan. Here's the window all done n ready.

woots woots... beatiful job dude. work of a pro.

hmmm juz wondering if u got so many coms casings for u to mod. i mean this is ur third this month rite? i cant imagine all the 3 mods on the same com...

nice update...but after waiting for so long was expecting more update..
i cant wait....

ianho, did u change the blade that come with the jigsaw to the better ones?

thinking off to buy a cheap jigsaw, but not sure about the blades....

Well, Ch3@psk8 n HL2 r my cases. Rising Sun belongs to Mr James Bond. Aiyoooooooo, I so susah payah write all the nice long story worklog for u all, but never read ar? All c pix oni?




Coming my friend, coming. No time to write loooong story lar.




Ya of course. If u use cheap blades the cuts r gonna look like a mad dog chewed on the panels. I use B&D n Bosch blades. I also throw away the blade after using it on 3 panels. More than that n it gets chewed up again.

Bro , mind to PM me where u got that work bench of yours? and wads the price like? looks like something i need badly.

U can buy that workbench from me. rm1000.
U can get it from Jaya Shopping complex.

This post has been edited by ianho: Mar 1 2006, 06:10 AM

Updatesssssssssssss.

Finally gonna get back to the Rising Sun. The interesting bit about the worklog. Hehehe. Unfortunately I only got 1 pic of the actual cutting of the sun.

Coz dremeling work involves a whole lotta aluminum oxide dust from the cutting discs n also the iron dust from the metal panel. It's a very, very smelly, dusty, messy n sticky job. Dremeling metal cuts is the worst thing about case mods. If u cut alu panels will b worse coz the alu dust is even worse. It's smelly too.

Then u oso get really sticky, sweaty n smelly coz u hafta wear the gas mask to stop from inhaling all that harmful dust. There's also the mandatory goggles for eye safety. So in the current HOT weather, it's not funny having to breathe tru the gas mask n also wearing the goggles which gets all steamed up. I've modified the goggles to allow more ventilation but still gets real steamy under the mask n goggles.

Coz of all the dust n stuff, I forgot to take more pics of the cutting process. Sry guys. My whole body was covered in that horrible dust. So I din wanna spoil my camera by holding it with my dusty hands. I managed to get this 1 pic coz I was taking a coffee break then.







Well, here's the Rising Sun after I finished cutting n filing. Phew! That was a whole lotta hard work. Lotsa satisfaction though. Feels so good looking at it coz it used to b a plain old panel. It's now a fully personalised panel.






This is a pic of the Rising Sun with the acrylic thats gonna be stuck behind it. Sry I was in such a big rush I even forgot to take pics of mounting the acrylic to the Rising Sun.






Here's a pic of the window n Rising Sun waiting for final details like fan, acrylic install n all.

Ladieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssss & gentlemen......................

May I present the final product. Project Rising Sun is now complete.

Pic of the humongous window.






Frontal view.






Side view.




Hope u guys enjoyed the worklog. Installing a water cooling system in it. So let's wait n c how it all looks like when it's done.



This post has been edited by ianho: Mar 12 2006, 10:55 AM

wa...nice job done...
even though was expecting more hehe.....
but nice just and salute to ianho again...

good modding there uncle ianho, ask Mr Bond to snap a few pics once his PC is up and running

woah...

nice job dude....

i'm still looking around for a dremel, couldnt find any in JB.

btw,

i was thinking of getting a jigsaw too....

easy to cut , acrylic and steel.

is there a special blade to cut the acrylic ?

the blade to cut arcylic can be found in hardware shops....they call it arcylic knife...
around RM10

wat colour ccfl u planning to add?

That's it???

No finished product...system installed....all out bling pimp pic?

Yes there's a jigsaw blade for cutting plastics. U hafta refer to the spec sheet that comes with teh blades.




I dont think he's askin bout the rm10 cutter. Bsides the rm10 cutter is only good for minor minor cuts. If using for the big items, ure hand can patah man.




The CCFL will b done later, it's gonna b red CCFL behind the sun.




All out bling pimp pic? I'm actually refurbishing the waterblock right now. So the rig's not finished yet.

This post has been edited by ianho: Mar 12 2006, 11:04 AM

and i score a bingo!!!

Lol, my hand itchy already to mod my Atrix 5000 but don't have time and not so many tool for mod. ianho, how many pieces disc cutter u using for make a rising sun?

How many? I lost count man. A whole lot. That's y during dremeling I didnt take pictures coz dust everywhere. Gogogo, mod ure Atrix man. But dont copy my design yah. Copyrighted.

This post has been edited by ianho: Mar 2 2006, 02:52 AM

wa..got copyrighted from the jabatan somemore ar....scary
if we copy ur case...can kena tangkap...

erm...

then i think i shud get the RM 50 giant Jigsaw.

hehe....

but still i want a dremel though....

you can cut/design small things.... hehe... very halus ....

For a panel like the Rising Sun, u can still use just a jigsaw but it's a lot more difficult. Yes the Dremel rox n it's really essential for all hobbyists. BUT remember this 1 very important fact that most ppl dont tell u. It consumes cutting discs like nobody's biz. N that costs a bomb. So use the dremel if u want the very best quality in ure cuts, but it's expensive.

Here's sum updates on Rising Sun. Really trying to complete the rig now. It's still air cooled n no bling bling stuff at the moment. The water cooling set comprises a monster 120mmX3 radiator, n a DangerDen water block. Meanwhile the old skool DangerDen water block needed some refurbishment.


Here's how the block looked like when I got it. I was like OMG! What happened to this block? Terribly corroded. Haf a look at the block b4 refurbishment n lapping.











This is after I refurbished n lapped it.











Now that the block is all nice n shiny n ready to be installed. Let's hope we can c the complete rig soon. The rig will be complete in about a week's time.

This post has been edited by ianho: Mar 12 2006, 11:06 AM

wa....the water block...is revived...
is like u put some biohazard liquid to it....

nice job in lapping.....btw how long did it took to lap until this result?

wow.. so shiny.. wonder hong long it will take to get result like taht...

dun lie ianho i know that u went to buy a new one.

UNBELIEVABLE omg how the hell u did that la!!????

How u lapping it? Totally big different before and after.Good job dude.

What you use to lap ar...so clean...some high grit polishing compound?

Well, it was a full day's worth of work. Just need a lot of patience to do it. A lot of dremeling n hand rubbing, rubbing, rubbing, sanding, sanding, sanding. Any1 of u oso can do lar. Just need time n patience. Wanted to take pix of the process too but like the cutting of the sun, it was really messy. My hands were full of sand grit, polishing compound n all. Dowanna ruin my camera by touching it with all that nasty stuff on my hands.

having a dremel is easy, if u can get the polishing tool for the dremel, then it's real fast to make it look new again

that waterblock polishing job is really a piece of work man....

uncle, how u refurbish and lap the water block? I mean what type of chemical u use?

Yeah I haf the full B&D polishing kit. It's a really nice kit. Makes life a lot easier. But the actual lapping of the heatsink base..............
That's the labour intensive bit.



I use a chemical known as Human Blood Sweat n Tears.

mind to tell me where to get that work bence of urs ...i need one for my modding as well in the future ....

B&D is more quality lar obviusly...i had 1...rm2XX forgot how much i bought it and more heavier than others but if ur are not cutting anything heavier than a piece of acrylic then its not worth it.

where to get the work bench men ???

need it sooon

Many HW shops haf it. Mine was from Jaya Supermarket.

I even saw it at carrefour when i go during promo. Now dunno got stock or not. Jus go to any big hardware shop.

thanks for the detail

going to get it soon and by end of the semester start mod the case again ...

this time aim for better cable management although currently is quite ok but aih...perfection mah

ianho, if want to making side window, jigsaw can do it isn't? Scared got gigi at side panel.

just get the right saw for the job, remember for fine work, u must at least have 3 teeth on the cross section of the material

All Worklogs bumped to the top for easy reference by all.

Ianho anymore updates?

All finished or active worklogs bumped to avoid deletion.