Looking good, mate
Thanks Neodymium I attempted for part 3 of 5 today of the 10mm stuff but my patience has gone walkies with the fretsaw blades lol so I'm going to mod a couple of the band saw blades so they can cut curves better, they eat though the 10mm alu nicely so should get quite a bit done tomorrow.
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Figured it would only take a couple of minutes to mod a band saw blade by grinding it so went & done it & tested it & it works awesome.
Took a few seconds to get from the start hole to be just inside the line for the cutting & can easily do the curves I need it to while eating though it nicely.
And since I'm not 100% happy with the front chunky piece for the HTPC because of a tiny error while getting used to the 10mm alu I will continue to do the whole project & make notes of any bits I botch so I can make another order to re do any bad parts so it all stays to plan.
I looked on ebay for 10mm alu plate & it is far more expensive than the place I buy from, to get a replacement piece from the shop it would be £3 on ebay it would be £21 for double what I need so if I wait until I have all panels & bars ready to fix together then I won't waste money on postage unnecessarily.
my 1st scratch case made july 2008 (finding my feet)
Air Cube prototype (fin jan 2009) (still finding my feet)
Air Cube v2 now with added cpc stack (fin aug 2010) (getting better)
Project Stealthlow (fin sep 2011) (much improvement)
Lean and Green - modular dual PC scratch build - Paused
Midlag Crisis
my 1st scratch case made july 2008 (finding my feet)
Air Cube prototype (fin jan 2009) (still finding my feet)
Air Cube v2 now with added cpc stack (fin aug 2010) (getting better)
Project Stealthlow (fin sep 2011) (much improvement)
Lean and Green - modular dual PC scratch build - Paused
Midlag Crisis
OMG 10mm ALU!!!
Lol Took some getting used to cutting it well but got there.
It had a very successful diet there weighs loads less now.
Just got the stand design printed & cut ready for sticking to the last of the 2 10mm plates & I'll be using the adhesive spray so should be a quick task.
my 1st scratch case made july 2008 (finding my feet)
Air Cube prototype (fin jan 2009) (still finding my feet)
Air Cube v2 now with added cpc stack (fin aug 2010) (getting better)
Project Stealthlow (fin sep 2011) (much improvement)
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Midlag Crisis
Looking great!
Seriously impressive work.
I've scrollsawed a fair share of materials, but 1cm alu would probably kill mine.
Thanks Aldersan.
Thanks Wordbiker yeah I wasn't sure if it would do it well myself to be honest & the whole project could have been a no go but took the risk, if I'd have stayed with the thin fretsaw blades I'd be doing these 10mm pieces still a week from now I expect & would have needed a 2 week break from the boredom lol, my scroll saw wasn't doing a true perfect up & down cut out of the box so looked around for other users & they said take the motor off & spin it round a little & re fix it on, fixed it for me.
I measure marked in sketchup so I could fit the stands design on 4 a-4 sheets then drew aligning crosses with circles (2 for each joining edge), used layout to make a 4 page pdf, printed, then used a ruler & razor to cut where needed, then joined together as spot on as humanly possible & tacked together with a tiny piece of cello tape & tacked all pieces together & then completed any gaps that missed cello tape to aid in none tear application, then took the masked up panel & design to the garage, gave the work piece a good spray with the adhesive & stuck the design on it, ready for cutting.
These are 4 a-4 prints cut to size with a ruler & razor.
Joined together carefully with cello tape.
Stuck on the masking tape covered alu plate ready for drilling & cutting.
Quite a process & botched the first one so needed to print another 4 but much easier & more precise than manual marking which takes a heck of a long time for me & the glue spray is a much better method than pritt stick.
I did consider using a CAD printing company to upload the designs to so they could print them onto bigger sheets of paper but thought I'd give joing a-4 sheets together to learn a new trick.
This process is a bit time consuming with it being new to me so I'll do the cutting tomorrow & attempt to get these last 2 10mm plates done.
my 1st scratch case made july 2008 (finding my feet)
Air Cube prototype (fin jan 2009) (still finding my feet)
Air Cube v2 now with added cpc stack (fin aug 2010) (getting better)
Project Stealthlow (fin sep 2011) (much improvement)
Lean and Green - modular dual PC scratch build - Paused
Midlag Crisis