Beast Of Nature | ITX Scratch build in wood!

Jokot · Feb 26, 2019

Hello,

Its time again for a new build and this time I am going to use my favorite material, wood! After lots of planning I decided it was going to be another ITX build that would still fit at least one 240mm radiator and long graphics cards if thats what I choose to go with.

The plan is to use closed watercooling loops for both CPU and GPU to make future upgrades easier. Ive seen quite a few wood builds over the years but nothing that really felt like me so this will be my version, should also be quite obvious what case I was inspired by

Huge thanks to bequiet! and Asrock for helping out with the hardware for this build!

And here are a few 3D renders

Mr. Smith · Feb 26, 2019

Looks decent.

WYP · Feb 26, 2019

Nice renders. I look forward to seeing this get built.

Jokot · Feb 26, 2019

Mr. Smith said:
Looks decent.

WYP said:
Nice renders. I look forward to seeing this get built.

Thank you.

AlienALX · Feb 26, 2019

Yay for wood!

Dawelio · Feb 26, 2019

Jokot said:
Should also be quite obvious what case I was inspired by

Bitfenix Prodigy, I assume?:

bitfenix_bfc_pro_300_wwxkw_rp_prodigy_mini_itx_chassis_1117252.jpg

Excalabur50 · Feb 27, 2019

Wow looking forward to seeing this one.

Jokot · Feb 27, 2019

Dawelio said:
Bitfenix Prodigy, I assume?:

Yup, always been a big fan of that case.

Excalabur50 said:
Wow looking forward to seeing this one.

hmmblah · Feb 27, 2019

Interesting build, is it going to be solid wood or will you use lamination to get the bends?

Wraith · Feb 27, 2019

Oh wow don't let Russler see this! :lol:

Jokot · Feb 28, 2019

hmmblah said:
Interesting build, is it going to be solid wood or will you use lamination to get the bends?

Will be using thin plywood sheets for the bends

AlienALX · Feb 28, 2019

hmmblah said:
Interesting build, is it going to be solid wood or will you use lamination to get the bends?

All you need to do is dive too deep......

I'd imagine you would need to use steam for bends that tight.

Warchild · Feb 28, 2019

AlienALX said:
All you need to do is dive too deep......

I'd imagine you would need to use steam for bends that tight.

Bends at 90degree may need gradual steaming and curing. Much like an acoustic guitar.

hmmblah · Feb 28, 2019

Jokot said:
Will be using thin plywood sheets for the bends

Looking forward to see how this comes together.

AlienALX said:
All you need to do is dive too deep......

I'd imagine you would need to use steam for bends that tight.

LOL...ashamed to admit that took me a minute.

Jokot · Feb 28, 2019

Warchild said:
Bends at 90degree may need gradual steaming and curing. Much like an acoustic guitar.

The material just needs to be thin enough and using a damp rag on the sheets will help before bending and gluing

Jokot · Mar 4, 2019

So this is how I will be bending and making the top and bottom "handles"

I need something to bend the thin sheets around so that was part 1 of the process and that was easily done with some MDF scrap pieces.

Here is the template rounded and covered in tape to avoid the glue from sticking.

Here is the material I will be using.

I also made a outer part for the template by bending 5mm plywood, that will also help equalize the pressure along the curve.

And now ever thing is ready to be glued together and clamped down, the grain of each sheet is going against each other to get a stronger final product. You can also see the template was made with "shelves" to make clamping easier.

Here is a better picture of the layers.

And I also made a second one the next day.

Pugsport · Mar 4, 2019

good progress, can not wait to see how this turns out, i really want to make a solid oak case

did you over bend them to allow for spring back?

Jokot · Mar 4, 2019

Pugsport said:
good progress, can not wait to see how this turns out, i really want to make a solid oak case

did you over bend them to allow for spring back?

I did some quick tests and spring back was minimal when grain of each sheet is going against each other

Jokot · Mar 10, 2019

More work on the handles.

I made grooves in the handles using the big router in previous picture.

Now just cut both of those in half and I will have my four handels.

And a few pictures without tape.

Davva2004 · Mar 10, 2019

Wow. Proper nice.

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