Project: Honeycomb

[billygoat333]

awesome work so far!!

[Fuganater]

Got my 3rd sponsor today!

Lamptron will be sending me one of the FC5v2 Fan Controllers and two 2xUV Cold Cathode kits.

[SXRguyinMA]

congrats!

[Fuganater]

So MNPCTECH saw it fit to sponsor my build with a few things.

A box! Yay for me!

OH you wanna see whats inside the box?

Beer Bottle Opener

And no the keyfob was not included... I made it myself.

A sheet of Honeycomb and Round Hole modders mesh.

Billet Machined Aluminum Case Feet

Blow Hole 120mm Fan Kit (Will be used on Project: Green Light)

A big thanks again to Bill at MNPCTECH for supporting my mod!

[Fuganater]

I never posted anything about how I plan on keeping the case together except for the threaded screws but that has changed so here it is for all that are curious. I bought everything from mcmaster.com.

6-32 x 2 3/4" screws are used to secure the acrylic that hides the cables on the HDD side.

6-32 x 1 1/4" secure the motherboard to the center 1/2" piece of acrylic.

6-32 acorn nuts are used to secure both of the above screws. Keeps the look very clean.

I ordered some 8-32 x 1 1/2" screws to be used with these 8-32 nuts to secure the fans to the acrylic.

8-40 x 1/2" screws are replacing the below 6-32 x 3/8"threaded screws. I wanted all the screws to be the same type. Black socket head cap screws.

These 10-32 x 3/8" screws will be used to secure all of the exterior pieces of acrylic to the aluminum frame. They are much bigger than the rest because I want to make them easier to take out and they need to be noticeable.

These aluminum unthreaded spaces are 1/4" OD, 1 1/2" length for a #8 screw. They worked great for the 6-32 screws because there was acrylic on each side of the spacer so I didn't need to worry about the head size of the screws.

[Fuganater]

Just got confirmation that EK will be sponsoring my mod. Their new Nickle blocks come out tomorrow and I will have some of the first ones

They will be providing:

1x EK-CoolStream RAD XTC (420)
1x EK-Supreme HF
1x EK-RAM Dominator-Nicke
2x EK-DCP 4.0 (12V DC Pump)
2x EK-Multioption RES X2 – 250 Basic
20x EK-PSC Fitting 10mm – G1/4 Black
8x EK-PSC Adapter 45 G1/4 Black

Big thanks out to Gregor at EK!

[TheMainMan]

Congrats! That's a pretty good haul!

[Fuganater]

Still waiting for the Bitspower and EK gear to arrive.

I've started cutting the back panel.

I'm now filing it then I'll cut the fan holes. Lots of work but not much to show. More to come.

Cheers till next time.

[Fuganater]

So the hole saw is not working out. Nor is the drill press. It does not have the RPMs to cut the plexi with the hole saw.

Here it is all setup to be cut.

Then disaster happened. The arbor bit for the hole saw some how... snapped?

It wasn't cheap but yet it wasn't an expensive one. $15 Irwin brand which is a well known hardware brand.

So when the drill press stopped mid cut it torqued the whole panel and snapped a piece of it.

Its the back of the case so I am going to see if I can repair it. If I can great, if not, I have to order a new piece and spend another 20 hours working on it.

Cheers till next time.

[msmrx57]

That sucks bigtime. If you can't fix it and need to make a new panel might I suggest using the hole saw first. Then it wouldn't have a thin spot like that to break.