Ru5ty_t00l
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the case I'm on is a Chieftec CH-05B-B Aegis Mid Tower
a good looking and durable case pretty much
first thing to do was to remove the meshes form the top and left-side panel too
that was kinda easy job to do...
took a thick sheet of acrylic ...
and cut a piece to the shape of the side panels mesh
cause the thickness of the acrylic it wasn't easy job to do and had to stop once or twice during the process to rest and let my jigsaw take a few "breathes" ...
it was pretty messy , floor was like it had snowed for a while
did some sanding to straighten it and then draw a circle where a huge fan would fit in
took my dremel and the circle-cutting tool in order to make room for the fan
cut the thing out . pretty messy job too!
then opened 4 holes for the fan screws with my drill :
for the drilling used the lower speed and anti-clockwise . low pressure should be applied so that there's no cracks on the acrylic .let the drills weight do the job
the holes came out perfect but despite the patience I had (usualy I don't have any) the edges were not. it's pretty hard shape to cut because of the curves and the thickness of the acrylic sheet
so I had to sand it with my Sheet Sander for the straight lines and few sand-papers for the curves.
after It was straightened I had to smoothen it all around using 800 grit ,1000 ... up to 2000 grit water sand-papers.
it came out like this :
so I had to burn a little the edges to make it shiny
I used a pen-torch ,just a couple dollars from ebay
the result was fantastic. so easy process but needs to be cautious not to burn the sheet .just heat it enough to make the sunshine come out
next step was to remove the scratches from the surface
the sheet was used in a store as a shelf so there were many of them and few of them were deep. sanded all around the deep scratches beginning with a 800 grit sandpaper and ended up with a 2000g one. after dat used some rubing compound first and finally polishing compound applied on an orbital sander/polisher..
looks like new
then I had to bend the side window edges to fit the acrylic piece . if I tried to bend the whole thing then the side panel would be warped so I made few cuts with my precious dremel
and then bend it to the inside
few strikes with a beetle was the answer to the loose fitting
let's make it a little more fancy
we'r gonna change the common black to sth not so popular
a little sandind with a 800grit paper attached on the the orbital sander
same goes for the rest parts of the case
I took it easy with the sanding . no pressure applied on the sander .didn't take it up to the metal ,just made few scratches on the old paint so that the primer will not fall off .
applied the first coat of primer ,pretty thin
after 2 more coats the parts are completely and evenly covered by primer
it's better spraying plenty of thin coats than 1 thick layer
while w8ing for the primer to cure came up with the idea of putting some more air in the case . from where? bottom
used a holesaw and the job is easily done
and almost flawlessly
just few strokes with a hand-file needed to clear the burr
when primer cured sprayed 2 coats metallic violet base paint . the color is gorgeous but the can is totally cr%p . paint keeps bleeding (I could c the metallic particles running on the paint) and the can spitting the paint at every angle
wasted my time , much effort and more than 10 euros
dissapointing
had to w8 for a day for the damn thing to cure and then sand it and spray it again
fortunately the second can was OK
the difference is obvious:
3 coats and no running paint at all . just 2-3 imperfections which were easily fixed with a 1000grit sand-paper
tomorow I'm going to spray some clearcoat (with my hvlp spray-gun) to protect the paintjob from scratches and give it a shiny look . there's gonna be some "magic" added to the clearcoat to make the paintjob unique!!
got some automotive 2K clearcoat , reduced it enough to achieve the wet-look shiningness , opened the color flow on the gun almost to maximum , added some PURPLE PEARL POWDER and shot the 1st coat
2 more coats and it's ready.
c how colour differes as we change the angle view
update:
I've heard it takes at least 3-4 weeks for clear coat to cure in order to wet-sand and buff it out (correct me if I'm wrong) so I have much time to do more mods on the case . front panel was cut with my dremel
too messy job and a little bit dangerous for the eyes because of the high-speed-flying pieces of hot plastic
a piece of milky acrylic (the same one used in the "radiation" mod http://www.specialte...-modding./page6 ) will take the missing plastic piece's place.
dremel and jigsaw did the job again
a little smoothing with a sander ... ready
I'm gonna make a hole on the acrylic to mount a 120mm fan on. but there's not enough room between front panel and chassis so chassis has to be cut too
2 broken dremel discs , neighbors making complaints
about the noise but the job was done
let's check if it fits before spraying it
like glove on hand!!
sanded the chassis all over with 400 grit sandpaper to prepare it for painting.
it would better to take it for sand-blasting but the cost is non-affordable (50 euros)
so did it manually
sprayed it with gray primer . it's gonna be painted matt black ... like the "serious" cases
while cleaning my paint spray gun lost a damn spring . it's useless now without it so I'm gonna search to find a similar one
if I don't find any I'm gonna have to buy a new one.
I'll write a letter to santa to bring me an Iwata, lol
back on-topic after a little break.
did a little progress yesterday and this morning.
I bought some mesh few months ago . at that time I sprayed a large piece of it with primer to prevent rusting
I cut a rectangular piece of it which is gonna be set on the front panel to give a more industrial look and some protection for the hands against putting it into the fan
used a scissors suitable for metal . simple but great tool. if u get handy with it u can cut any shape u like.
when "meshing" with a mesh always wear protective gloves . edges r very sharp
then had to straighten it a little bit and smoothen the sharp edges with a double table grinder
cut 2 more pieces of it to make it fit on the front panel
fits nicely
next step is to open a hole for the fan .
I laso opened few holes on the panel and mesh for bolts or rivets (we'll c)
today I found some free time to finish painting the chassis
I hope it stays unscratched after the assemly
fingers crossed
xmas=holidays=no job=free time=case modding!
unforunately while drilling the piece of acrylic the locking pliers cracked it. so will replace it with aluminum
made a design of the piece in SolidWorks
stuck it on the aluminum sheet
cut it with the dremel, sanded the edges with the sanding accessory and finished it with a hand-file
"" tip : while cutting a piece , u shall stick some tape to the spots u have already cut to hold the pieces together and prevent vibrations warping it
it makes your job less noisy too""
and made a hole for the 120mm fan with a hole-saw
then made 4 holes to attach the fan. to mark the spots used an automatic center punch... great tool !!!
then added few rivets to keep the mesh and aluminum piece in place
update:
I got a perforated sheet on Saturday for making some grills for my fans
I liked it so much that decided to use it in the front panel too, taking the place of the boring stock mesh.
removed the old mesh
and cut a piece of the new one, a little bigger than the old so that I could bend it.
I also cut the "bars" even if I liked them for some reason , they reminded me of cage
after 2 days of hard work I managed to fit it in the panel. the only tools I used was a plastic hammer, a metallic one, 2 pliers and lots of imagination and patience. Im really proud of it.
thnx 4 watching
I hope my ordered things arrive till friday and finish modding this case in the weekend.
started sleeving by cables , need some little sizes to arrive , so started from the big ones
today I decided to do some sleeving on the psu cables
numbered all the cables one by one
4 done... 30 to go ...
finished
24 pin cable
mobo additional power cable:
gpu power cable
thanks 4 watching and commenting
sanded few parts
sprayed some primer
and painted, few hours later
final result after curing for 24 hours
assembled it today :
black color around metallic color in all the case.matching better with the outside of the front panel now .,I think
next , I'm gonna spray the whole case again ,sand the plastic of the front panel to remove scratches and paint the bay covers black
update:
finished the sleeving . only tying the sleeved cables together is left to do
primered the two side panels.
let it cure for 48 hours (temp is under 8 celcious) and sanded it to smoothen the surface
I tried to find the metallic violet color for spray-gun in the local stores but didn't find any. so I had to use a spray-can
sprayed 3 thin layers , smoothened it and sprayed 3 thin layers more
final result:
pretty satisfying result for a spray-can paintjob.
it's gonna cure for few days and then spray it some automotive clear with magic portion in it
thnx 4 watching and commenting
update:
cut a piece of rubber and stuck it on the fronts panel fan to reduce vibrations => noise
it's the most cheap and effective way for silent case
very nice weather today , sunny, 15-17 degrees Celsius , low breeze => time for shooting some clearcoat
removed the over-spray keyed the panels with a scarfing pad washed them and let it dry
here's my secret magic portion
added to the clear-coat and ready to shoot
first very thin coat (not reduced)
second thin coat (not reduced)
3rd and last coat (reduced so that wet look is achieved)
I hope I did well
it's gonna cure for a couple of days and then I will take few pics and post it here
thnx for watching and commenting
sanded the outside part of the front side panel to remove the scratches
and had to spray it black (cause it became gray) .also sprayed the the white bay covers
it came out like stock !
unforunately I broke a little part of it and had to add a screw to keep that cover in place
fortunately this mod came to its end... I put much effort on it and did the best I could
final result :
after a couple of months I'm going to sand it and buff it out
hope u like it
thank u all for your help and comments.
cheers
a good looking and durable case pretty much
first thing to do was to remove the meshes form the top and left-side panel too
that was kinda easy job to do...
took a thick sheet of acrylic ...
and cut a piece to the shape of the side panels mesh
cause the thickness of the acrylic it wasn't easy job to do and had to stop once or twice during the process to rest and let my jigsaw take a few "breathes" ...
it was pretty messy , floor was like it had snowed for a while
did some sanding to straighten it and then draw a circle where a huge fan would fit in
took my dremel and the circle-cutting tool in order to make room for the fan
cut the thing out . pretty messy job too!
then opened 4 holes for the fan screws with my drill :
for the drilling used the lower speed and anti-clockwise . low pressure should be applied so that there's no cracks on the acrylic .let the drills weight do the job
the holes came out perfect but despite the patience I had (usualy I don't have any) the edges were not. it's pretty hard shape to cut because of the curves and the thickness of the acrylic sheet
so I had to sand it with my Sheet Sander for the straight lines and few sand-papers for the curves.
after It was straightened I had to smoothen it all around using 800 grit ,1000 ... up to 2000 grit water sand-papers.
it came out like this :
so I had to burn a little the edges to make it shiny
I used a pen-torch ,just a couple dollars from ebay
the result was fantastic. so easy process but needs to be cautious not to burn the sheet .just heat it enough to make the sunshine come out
next step was to remove the scratches from the surface
the sheet was used in a store as a shelf so there were many of them and few of them were deep. sanded all around the deep scratches beginning with a 800 grit sandpaper and ended up with a 2000g one. after dat used some rubing compound first and finally polishing compound applied on an orbital sander/polisher..
looks like new
then I had to bend the side window edges to fit the acrylic piece . if I tried to bend the whole thing then the side panel would be warped so I made few cuts with my precious dremel
and then bend it to the inside
few strikes with a beetle was the answer to the loose fitting
let's make it a little more fancy
we'r gonna change the common black to sth not so popular
a little sandind with a 800grit paper attached on the the orbital sander
same goes for the rest parts of the case
I took it easy with the sanding . no pressure applied on the sander .didn't take it up to the metal ,just made few scratches on the old paint so that the primer will not fall off .
applied the first coat of primer ,pretty thin
after 2 more coats the parts are completely and evenly covered by primer
it's better spraying plenty of thin coats than 1 thick layer
while w8ing for the primer to cure came up with the idea of putting some more air in the case . from where? bottom
used a holesaw and the job is easily done
and almost flawlessly
just few strokes with a hand-file needed to clear the burr
when primer cured sprayed 2 coats metallic violet base paint . the color is gorgeous but the can is totally cr%p . paint keeps bleeding (I could c the metallic particles running on the paint) and the can spitting the paint at every angle
wasted my time , much effort and more than 10 euros
dissapointing
had to w8 for a day for the damn thing to cure and then sand it and spray it again
fortunately the second can was OK
the difference is obvious:
3 coats and no running paint at all . just 2-3 imperfections which were easily fixed with a 1000grit sand-paper
tomorow I'm going to spray some clearcoat (with my hvlp spray-gun) to protect the paintjob from scratches and give it a shiny look . there's gonna be some "magic" added to the clearcoat to make the paintjob unique!!
got some automotive 2K clearcoat , reduced it enough to achieve the wet-look shiningness , opened the color flow on the gun almost to maximum , added some PURPLE PEARL POWDER and shot the 1st coat
2 more coats and it's ready.
c how colour differes as we change the angle view
update:
I've heard it takes at least 3-4 weeks for clear coat to cure in order to wet-sand and buff it out (correct me if I'm wrong) so I have much time to do more mods on the case . front panel was cut with my dremel
too messy job and a little bit dangerous for the eyes because of the high-speed-flying pieces of hot plastic
a piece of milky acrylic (the same one used in the "radiation" mod http://www.specialte...-modding./page6 ) will take the missing plastic piece's place.
dremel and jigsaw did the job again
a little smoothing with a sander ... ready
I'm gonna make a hole on the acrylic to mount a 120mm fan on. but there's not enough room between front panel and chassis so chassis has to be cut too
2 broken dremel discs , neighbors making complaints
let's check if it fits before spraying it
like glove on hand!!
sanded the chassis all over with 400 grit sandpaper to prepare it for painting.
it would better to take it for sand-blasting but the cost is non-affordable (50 euros)
so did it manually
sprayed it with gray primer . it's gonna be painted matt black ... like the "serious" cases
while cleaning my paint spray gun lost a damn spring . it's useless now without it so I'm gonna search to find a similar one
if I don't find any I'm gonna have to buy a new one.
I'll write a letter to santa to bring me an Iwata, lol
back on-topic after a little break.
did a little progress yesterday and this morning.
I bought some mesh few months ago . at that time I sprayed a large piece of it with primer to prevent rusting
I cut a rectangular piece of it which is gonna be set on the front panel to give a more industrial look and some protection for the hands against putting it into the fan
used a scissors suitable for metal . simple but great tool. if u get handy with it u can cut any shape u like.
when "meshing" with a mesh always wear protective gloves . edges r very sharp
then had to straighten it a little bit and smoothen the sharp edges with a double table grinder
cut 2 more pieces of it to make it fit on the front panel
fits nicely
next step is to open a hole for the fan .
I laso opened few holes on the panel and mesh for bolts or rivets (we'll c)
today I found some free time to finish painting the chassis
I hope it stays unscratched after the assemly
fingers crossed
xmas=holidays=no job=free time=case modding!
unforunately while drilling the piece of acrylic the locking pliers cracked it. so will replace it with aluminum
made a design of the piece in SolidWorks
stuck it on the aluminum sheet
cut it with the dremel, sanded the edges with the sanding accessory and finished it with a hand-file
"" tip : while cutting a piece , u shall stick some tape to the spots u have already cut to hold the pieces together and prevent vibrations warping it
it makes your job less noisy too""
and made a hole for the 120mm fan with a hole-saw
then made 4 holes to attach the fan. to mark the spots used an automatic center punch... great tool !!!
then added few rivets to keep the mesh and aluminum piece in place
update:
I got a perforated sheet on Saturday for making some grills for my fans
I liked it so much that decided to use it in the front panel too, taking the place of the boring stock mesh.
removed the old mesh
and cut a piece of the new one, a little bigger than the old so that I could bend it.
I also cut the "bars" even if I liked them for some reason , they reminded me of cage
after 2 days of hard work I managed to fit it in the panel. the only tools I used was a plastic hammer, a metallic one, 2 pliers and lots of imagination and patience. Im really proud of it.
thnx 4 watching
I hope my ordered things arrive till friday and finish modding this case in the weekend.
started sleeving by cables , need some little sizes to arrive , so started from the big ones
today I decided to do some sleeving on the psu cables
numbered all the cables one by one
4 done... 30 to go ...
finished
24 pin cable
mobo additional power cable:
gpu power cable
thanks 4 watching and commenting
sanded few parts
sprayed some primer
and painted, few hours later
final result after curing for 24 hours
assembled it today :
black color around metallic color in all the case.matching better with the outside of the front panel now .,I think
next , I'm gonna spray the whole case again ,sand the plastic of the front panel to remove scratches and paint the bay covers black
update:
finished the sleeving . only tying the sleeved cables together is left to do
primered the two side panels.
let it cure for 48 hours (temp is under 8 celcious) and sanded it to smoothen the surface
I tried to find the metallic violet color for spray-gun in the local stores but didn't find any. so I had to use a spray-can
sprayed 3 thin layers , smoothened it and sprayed 3 thin layers more
final result:
pretty satisfying result for a spray-can paintjob.
it's gonna cure for few days and then spray it some automotive clear with magic portion in it
thnx 4 watching and commenting
update:
cut a piece of rubber and stuck it on the fronts panel fan to reduce vibrations => noise
it's the most cheap and effective way for silent case
very nice weather today , sunny, 15-17 degrees Celsius , low breeze => time for shooting some clearcoat
removed the over-spray keyed the panels with a scarfing pad washed them and let it dry
here's my secret magic portion
added to the clear-coat and ready to shoot
first very thin coat (not reduced)
second thin coat (not reduced)
3rd and last coat (reduced so that wet look is achieved)
I hope I did well
it's gonna cure for a couple of days and then I will take few pics and post it here
thnx for watching and commenting
sanded the outside part of the front side panel to remove the scratches
and had to spray it black (cause it became gray) .also sprayed the the white bay covers
it came out like stock !
unforunately I broke a little part of it and had to add a screw to keep that cover in place
fortunately this mod came to its end... I put much effort on it and did the best I could
final result :
after a couple of months I'm going to sand it and buff it out
hope u like it
thank u all for your help and comments.
cheers
