My Gold --- update: Light effects

[Azurite]

Wow you are very talented dude, awesome job on the polishing

I look forward in seeing the end result

(Arsenal mug, very nice

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Nice work on the acrylic, the finish is great.

Im going to be using some acrylic soon myself but my choices for polishing are heat gun or acetylene torch and I fear im going to get results ranging from no effect to utter destruction with those two

Thanks alot for the kind words. Im glad you like it.

Been to the hardware store and bought more gass for the blow tortch and also two large clamps. All set for this weeks schedule.

 

[Azurite]

I got x4 NZXT led cables. Two is white and the other two is blue. Ive been thinking about where to mount them the last two months, and i cant really make up my mind about it. I got two internal ideas and one where i mount them in the front.

Inside options: i can just screw them horizontally on front wall, or i can cut and bend some smoked acrylic and mount it on. Think the acrylic option would look rather good.

Outside. I got some steel plates i can cut or i can use acrylic. If i do this i would have to cut off some on the controllers and drill a few holes.

Any ideas/suggestions?

 

[wassupdoc]

I modded mine to fit on the harddrive cage, have a look at my rig

 

[Azurite]

I modded mine to fit on the harddrive cage, have a look at my rig

Cant have mine there since it will mess up the looks. I know you can take the plate off but i still need a good place to put the pcb/switch. Remember i dont use a normal case. If i did i would have done something similar like you did

Il try and do something funny with acrylic and see what i end up with.

 

[Solidarity]

the work you did with the acrylic is impressive.

 

[Azurite]

the work you did with the acrylic is impressive.

Thanks

Im finnishing the other acrylic piece now. Also, i have cut out acrylic piece that will be used for mounting the nzxt controllers. Looks good so far and il show some pictures in a while.

 

[Azurite]

Made the piece for the nzxt controllers. Heating remains and i also need to drill some holes

Making the mounting plate wasnt easy. The cutting disk toutched one of the side, but i dont think it will be that noticeable after i have heated it. Glad this dirty work is over. Plastic bits all over the kitchen

 

[Azurite]

Need to take off some from the controllers. First i bent it out but that didnt look so pretty, so off it came.

After first heating. Havent decided if im gonna drill holes in the controllers and the acrylic piece, or if i am using strong double sided tape.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Nice. Double sided tape may be better aesthetics wise, but it might not be strong enough.

 

[wassupdoc]

It would be really cool if you could cut a piece of aluminium to fit in the hole, then cut holes in it for the buttons to pass through

 

[Azurite]

Nice. Double sided tape may be better aesthetics wise, but it might not be strong enough.

Yeah i agree, and its better safe than sorry. The controllers got push in buttons, and i would hate if they fell off when i turned on/off. Already found screws for it with nut, and i will give it a coat of black spray paint so it looks better.

Need to be really carefull when i drill the holes.....its amazingly quick to make a mistake and then you need to cut out a new piece.

 

[Azurite]

Drilled the holes. Will finnish it tomorrow.

 

[wassupdoc]

Ahhhh I see what you are doing now

will the gaps between the plates not annoy you? I know they would me

 

[Azurite]

Ahhhh I see what you are doing now

will the gaps between the plates not annoy you? I know they would me

What gap? think you need to wait til they are mounted

 

[wassupdoc]

What gap? think you need to wait til they are mounted

will you not be able to see little lines between them? I love surprises

 

[Azurite]

will you not be able to see little lines between them? I love surprises

Litle lines, yes, probably. They must be mounted really close to each other. So it all depends on how lucky i am with making the holes in the acrylic. If im not happy with the result i can move it inside the case. Still be quick access to the switches anyways.

 

[G-Dubs]

going from strength to stregth. One of the things I love about modding is the little technical challenges that meet us when things don't go as planned. Or "Pains in the arse" as they are sometimes known

 

[jimmyakakev]

Glad you got the itch back...love your work, it's giving me the itch

keep up the great work, acrylic looks awesome =]

 

[fcb]

Really like the smoke acrylic.

 

[Azurite]

Glad you got the itch back...love your work, it's giving me the itch

keep up the great work, acrylic looks awesome =]

Really like the smoke acrylic.

Thanks guys