Recent content by Saer

Bit of a belated update on the last few steps. We got the watercooling loop all filled up and tested for leaks (no leaks, yay!) and then had to shove all of that into the case which was a bit tricky, but ultimately not as difficult as I had feared. Next up, installing the lid finally. This...

Oh wow, those castings already look super sweet. (Also yeah that rotocaster is pretty awesome wow...) Now all that's left is some giant egg cartons :unsure:

More progress! We're getting there! Some dry fitting of everything. It almost looks all done in these pictures haha. The doors and top lid aren't fully attached though. But it was definitely a motivation booster to see it like that for the first time. I wish I could say that the hard part...

Thank you! It's really satisfying to finally see things coming together, definitely giving me the push of motivation needed to finish things haha. I've already got all the parts for the pc to go in it, had to make sure that everything actually fits since I wanted to keep the case as small as I...

More paining and weathering, adding the white stripes on the doors. They're just the slightest bit wonky under the orange bolt but oh well..... Nothing I can do about that now. Also painted up the lil screws that go on the bottom box thing And pro tip... don't set things down on a tiny...

Catching up a bit more on the progress. Finally got to the painting stage, which was mildly terrifying tbh. Attached those little clip looking things and filled in the gaps, then masked off all the inside parts, then got to priming everything and then more... sanding.... yay. I think it took...

Oh nooo xD That is kind of hilarious to picture though to be honest. I didn't even know they made wheel chocks for RC cars, seems kinda wild that they were more expensive than actual car wheel chocks, too.

Been a bit since the last update, sorry, been pretty busy working on this haha. Here's some progress from doing dry fitting with the doors and attaching them after they got their interior black coat. In the meantime I also worked on figuring out the best diffusion methods for the LEDs on the...

Just a quick lil update in between P: Finished up the GPU cover plate, here's some progress shots of that. I picked up some cool brushed aluminum vinyl for the top of it, the main part is cut from clear acrylic layered with black acrylic on top of it. Quick lighting tests with my desk light...

Finally attached the plate that the cables attach to in the back, the MDF cover on top needed to get sanded down to compensate for the metal plate behind it to match up in height with the rest of the case. Also masked off all the ports since I still need to fill in the gaps around the cover...

Took a break from sanding, I did decide to pull out all the Bondo in the corners on the case that never fully cured (man I hate that stuff, I still don't know why I even ended up using it sighs) and redo those fully with the Free Form Air instead, which I still gotta sand. In the meantime, I got...

Sanding.... There's really not much else to say haha. I was originally going to use bondo to build up the corners but I'm not having a good time with it actually curing properly so I swapped over to some Free Form Air since I still have a whole bunch of that from other projects. The bondo spot...

More assembly progress! Added in the little flap looking things on the sides (and then realized that I completely forgot to paint those black on the inside, sighs). They didn't have anything behind them to keep them at the right height or clamp them while the epoxy glue set so I'm just really...

The weather finally cooled down a bit so I'm not absolutely melting in the garage anymore, yay. (Hope I didn't jinx it now...) With all the panels primed and painted on the inside it was finally, finally time to put the main body together. Started off with the base plate, which screws into the...

I'm getting close to doing some paint tests for the metal so that'll be interesting! Also been a while since the last update, the move blocked off all of my workspace in the garage, then we had to deal with a heatwave and then my phone started to refuse to take any photos so there's a bunch of...