Project: Water Cooling Turbine

[SgtM]

+rep right back at ya for such a cool mod. I can't take the credit for the LED thing though. Froop suggested it to me on my mod..
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...t=5940&page=20

[The boy 4rm oz]

That looks incredible. Great work.

[|NQ|Squelsh]

Wow, becomes cooler and cooler, even without any cooling liquid in it
On the pic the white holes look like if they would glow on the black paint. I am curious on the finished paint job.
The diffuse light from the LEDs looks perfect now. I think it is even "more realistic" if you have some brighter spots in it than a complete uniform glow.
Noob question: What is that white stuff you use for modelling? Looks like plastic but you cut it with a knife, don't you?

[The boy 4rm oz]

Looks like plasticard to me. It's basically a sheet of plastic that is as thin as a piece of card board, plastic cardboard> plastic card> plasticard. It can be found at most art/craft store add mabye some supermarkets or hardware stores.

[SgtM]

Wow, becomes cooler and cooler, even without any cooling liquid in it
On the pic the white holes look like if they would glow on the black paint. I am curious on the finished paint job.
The diffuse light from the LEDs looks perfect now. I think it is even "more realistic" if you have some brighter spots in it than a complete uniform glow.
Noob question: What is that white stuff you use for modelling? Looks like plastic but you cut it with a knife, don't you?

That would be styrene. Never used it, but I hear it's worth it's weight in gold.

[rendermandan]

LOL, I was wondering when someone would ask me about what material I'm using. Yes, some of it is plastic sheet of different thicknesses. however most of the detail work is made from Mat. Its the mat material that is used around paintings. I got a huge 30"x42" piece at a local craft shop in smooth white. It comes in every color imaginable and textured too. This was a much cheaper alternative to buying plastic sheet not to mention, it cuts easily with an exacto knife. So there you have it.

[elbarto241]

+rep for bringing this amazing mod [have 2 spread it around first]. words cant describe this mod. imagine if you transfer this genius onto a case [hyperventilating].....

[rendermandan]

imagine if you transfer this genius onto a case

Actually I do have plans to continue this design into a case. Basically everything will be hidden behind panels that light up and be motorized to expose the case and inside. It will be crazy! Not to mention how much work it will be getting all the motorization working.

There are 4 seperate motorized items:
1. Doors that open to a blow hole in the front
2. A dvd burner that motorizes up from the top to expose the slot loading mechanism
3. Motorized flip over panel to acces the fan controller, memory card reader and light switches
4. Some type of covering over the side window to expose a side fan and inside of the case. (still working on the design for this)

But first things first. I have to finish the cooling system, then I can start on the case.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Sounds good. Hope it works out for you.

[elbarto241]

all of that sounds amazing, if it looks at least half as good as this turbine looks it would be amazing at least