Worklog - Project: Grunge Honey

[Alexander215]

I applied bondo to the bezel and started sanding it. It's still quite rough so I will have to repeat the process a couple times to build the layers and contours I want.

[PeripheralxMvmnt]

Looks like a neat mod so far. You said its based off of a tattoo you have? can we see the tat? And is that a server chassis? It looks HUGE.


Good work so far dude!

[Alexander215]

Looks like a neat mod so far. You said its based off of a tattoo you have? can we see the tat? And is that a server chassis? It looks HUGE.


Good work so far dude!

Heres a pic of the tattoo I mentioned, I have 5 tattoo's in total. I got it shortly before I began business college, just to mark that I was entering the work force and becoming a "worker bee" but also to remind myself I was not a drone. The case is a Full tower, it is larger than a midtower which is what most home pc's are, in fact its almost three feet tall I wanted it big because I like to have a lot of space on the inside so that I can actually get my hands in there.

[Alexander215]

I'm using #8-32 X 3" Robertson pan head bolts to secure all my fans, why Robertson? (square head) because it was invented by a Canadian.
The reason I am using 3 inch bolts is because instead of a single fan per mount, I am double stacking them. You can see in the next couple of pictures two of the front 120mm's stacked with a single one mounted  below it. I'm waiting for another 120mm and 140mm fan to come in. Making in total:
4 X 120mm fans in front
1 X 80mm fan in the rear
2 X 140mm fan in rear

[Alexander215]

Ran into trouble. Apparently the switches I have are all SPST on/off switches. I can't use these to turn ON my computer, just to turn on other components such as fans. Apparently I need to look for DPST or momentary switches.

Unfortunately The Source doesn't carry DPST momentary toggle switches and I haven't the faintest idea where I can get them locally. Thankfully I figure its still going to be at least another 5 weeks before I get this case finished. If any of you sly guys know where I can get one cheap, or have one laying around contact me 

[PeripheralxMvmnt]

I'm using #8-32 X 3" Robertson pan head bolts to secure all my fans, why Robertson? (square head) because it was invented by a Canadian.
The reason I am using 3 inch bolts is because instead of a single fan per mount, I am double stacking them. You can see in the next couple of pictures two of the front 120mm's stacked with a single one mounted  below it. I'm waiting for another 120mm and 140mm fan to come in. Making in total:
4 X 120mm fans in front
1 X 80mm fan in the rear
2 X 140mm fan in rear

good lord its going to sound like a jet taking off! haha

[Alexander215]

I'm using #8-32 X 3" Robertson pan head bolts to secure all my fans, why Robertson? (square head) because it was invented by a Canadian.
The reason I am using 3 inch bolts is because instead of a single fan per mount, I am double stacking them. You can see in the next couple of pictures two of the front 120mm's stacked with a single one mounted  below it. I'm waiting for another 120mm and 140mm fan to come in. Making in total:
4 X 120mm fans in front
1 X 80mm fan in the rear
2 X 140mm fan in rear

good lord its going to sound like a jet taking off! haha

Haha pretty much! I am using rubber grommets between the fans, bolts and the case, so it should cut down a fair bit of the noise. None of my fans are over 33db, but stacking them the way I am I have no idea what its going to sound like.

[Alexander215]

Filled in the pits, sanded, primed and painted!

I am thinking about painting the interior of the intakes black, and lining it with hexagonal mesh. I am not sure yet.

Ignore the fact that the chair has been destroyed, one of its legs is broken anyway.

[Alexander215]

I found a sleeving kit I bought almost two years buried under junk, so I:

Sleeved my fan cables

Made a custom switch cable for a dual CCFL kit (yellow) I also had laying around.

[Alexander215]

I took the little metal clip springs from the case and sprayed them with Duplicolors Metallic Flake, third picture you can seen them put back in place.

A kind gentleman by name of Horst sent me a DPDT momentary switch, junk to him, gold to me! I polished it up with some silver cleaner.


I also bought beer for the weekend

[Alexander215]

I still haven't figured out how I am going to make the paint finish "grunge" I'd like to give it a weathered look but I'm not sure how to go about it.

[PeripheralxMvmnt]

sandpaper?

[Alexander215]

sandpaper?

That's a great idea! It should give it a kind of distressed finished. I'll experiment later today

[Alexander215]

Well I took a shot and rough sanded everything that was yellow, I think it came out pretty bangin'

I was going to originally stencil big black hexagons around the intake holes, but it looked terrible. I'm not that artistic, so go figure eh. I ended up painstakingly peeling it off while it was still somewhat gooey with my finger nail, so if you look close around the top intake you can see its outline. I painted the interior black, and spritzed around the edge, I think it came out tight.

And I took hexagon mesh and replaced some of the 5.25" bay covers, gives it a little bit of an industrial edge, I'm going to secure it with 3M double sided tape.

[PigPen]

That is looking pretty sweet