BloodMoon

[DaveW]

The worklog is looking really cool. Nice tutorials and clear images, and a interesting writting style. I'd say you're a candidate for the Featured Section, but I need to wait for Rankenphile to come back. Keep up the good work though.

EDIT: Made a mistake about the Ratings thing...need to look into that.

-Dave

[Dgephri]

thanks! There will be tons coming in the following weeks...only 26 days or so to PDXLAN.

[Dgephri]

did some more menial work last night, settup up my wire guides (had to order 4 more packages this morning):

And then I put my DVD drive in to locate the stealth panel for the face:

And got to work on the detail shape of the toggle opening:

I almost went Hex shaped to match the nuts on the Toggles, but that would have proven a little hard to make an perfect as I would like.

I will shape all 4 square, then get my Micrometer out to check trueness.

[Dgephri]

FYI, no more updates! Not until the LAN anyway.

At PDXLAN, I will post up the final assembly pictures, but there are some touches in the final assembly that I don't want to reveal until the Contest...

[b4i7]

good luck at the lan! cant wait to see it finished...

where did you get your wire guides?

[Dgephri]

autozone and GI Joes both carry them:
Autozone, plug wire professional series:
Plug Wire Guides-Chrome

[b4i7]

hmm...never noticed them..thx...ill need to pick some up for my mod

[Dgephri]

np, thanks for watching the log. More will come in about 3 weeks.

[Dgephri]

Now that I think about it, I am just going to tease you with short summarized text updates only!

Wednesday night: soldered on fan leads, tested out run lengths, picked up more wire guide, prepped for sleeving.

Thurdsday night: sleeving fans, shrink tubing, fitting sleeved wires into guides, picked up a bunch of goodies at NWCA (tee hee, you ain't seen a G15 like I am going to make!), and deciding final paths on all power lines. Photos taken in progress, but alas, you won't see those for 3 more weeks...

second G-15 disassembled- kind of surprised I remembered well enough, took about 10 minutes
Red LEDs soldered in, but 5k MCDs reds on order anyway
something special for the LCD tested and works!
something special for the USB cable tested and works!
something special for the exterior in the works
paint in process--2-3 days for color coat and curing
reassembly round about Wednesday

[Dgephri]

Saturday-Sunday-Monday:
Not a lot of work done, taking a Holiday from my modding...sort of--

Painted deck of G-15 (ooh, shiny!)
G-15 cable mod-done, only need some clear shrink tubing
G-15 lighting mod-seems like it will fit, tonight is dremel work to cut the holes
G-15 display mod-failed! trying change out the ribbon cable (straight vs. angled) didn't work. Kind of expected, but I wasted a free display so I'm not too sad.
G-15 LCD red film trick used on existing LCD--done.
Case is polished (2000grit) cleaned (tack cloth and microfiber) and masked (mobo mounts, PCI edges, tray mounts, etc.) and ready for paint.
What paint you ask? (rubbing hands in evil glee)