[SCRATCHBUILD] Bulldozer massive case

[BaxtertheFly]

How awesome would it be if the case was motorized!

It's a pretty ambitious project, but it looks like you have the necessary skills to complete the job

I am working on getting it on a motorized platform at certain point... the case it self will be, the cabbin cover will lift up using car window adjuster and i am currently building gear reductor so i can use my fan to move my case out when i need it... i will move slowly and it will take around 20 sec to pull out in its entire lenght

 

[BaxtertheFly]

PSU Mount

Ok, entire mount completed and functional details left to be done so it doesnt look this ugly

Also the mount for fans on marked and will be finished tomorrow

Also i got nice piece of plexiglass for the mobo thermal armor that is mostly just estetic armor for me

 

[BaxtertheFly]

Ok guys, i just finished some work on my 3d Model for tonight

It is to scale

https://skfb.ly/DOwD
Also the Video of an open case model on youtube

 

[BaxtertheFly]

Ok, i made back panel now for the radiator and hard drive area i made a sandwitch of two pieces of aluminum sheets folded them in the way i needed them and stuffed them with thermal isolation that will help muffle the sound as well and made entire thing really sturdy at no weight cost

As for hard drive mount, i will make a sort of floating floor for almost complete vibration reduction, it will be two sheets of aluminum, bottom one mounted, than spounge in between 10mm thick and another aluminum sheet on top of it, connected to the bottom with rubber going all around it

 

[BaxtertheFly]

Fan grill

Working on fan grill design turned out to be more complicated than i thought

Here is what i have for now... still need to figure out few more details

 

[BaxtertheFly]

RadGrill

Rad grill done, if anyone likes/wants this, or stuff like this, i got few designs i made for now and for later on with new projects, you can just PM me/ email/ or reply they are .crd and ready for laser cutting in scale for 240 rad ( two for 480 )

 

[Feronix]

Nice industrial design

 

[NoobyOllie]

Holy Moly. That is incredible!

I hope your putting a bulldozer CPU in it

 

[BaxtertheFly]

Holy Moly. That is incredible!

I hope your putting a bulldozer CPU in it

FX 9590 if i manage the cash, if not 8350 :/

 

[BaxtertheFly]

Ok, i finished wrecking my old Chieftec Aegis case to scrap here is what the backplate looks like nicely sanded ( i hand sanded it :/ ) and in its new home also, i will need to cut the hole for the cpu cooler mount and so i can put a 92mm fan back there.. it helps allot with chip cooling

i also added mesh to the PSU tray

And something i think could be really nice if i manage to do it properly

Kinda odd that the PSU case is perfect dimensions to host 2 3.5" hard drives and 80mm fan

 

[BaxtertheFly]

Ok, so i tossed everything on so i can see how it looks and my dog came to inspect it... if she could, she would have gotten her self inside in no time ( i gotta post video of us trying to get her out of the car )

*the red thing on the top is from my old sidepannel, will use it later as a mesh for somewhere

Also i started doing some work around the cabbin, this is first look, i need to straiten it before i can use it... it will only be a mold for bending acrylic glass pannel so it is gonna be entire side bent

So what do you guys think?

 

[sheroo]

Without the dog in the picture to give it a sense of scale - it looks absolutely huge.

It's a MONSTER...

 

[BaxtertheFly]

Without the dog in the picture to give it a sense of scale - it looks absolutely huge.

It's a MONSTER...

oddly its not too big its just the right size to host everything, but small enough to fit in my room w/o making a total wreck

 

[Feronix]

That looks really awesome! Think I liked it better without the wooden panels for that industrial look

 

[BaxtertheFly]

That looks really awesome! Think I liked it better without the wooden panels for that industrial look

those panels wont be wooden... if you mean the cabin ones... they will be pure plexi curved the same way as the wooden ones with small aluminium stripes attached to it for that industrial look... thats the reason i made them, so i can mold my plexi to place it instead and also i had to make bottom distancer for the panel

p.s. TNX on suggestions and comments

 

[Bartacus]

If this thing works like a real dozer, I'm seeing a serious upside if you ever have to move it: just drive it downstairs / upstairs / wherever! That would be awesome!

 

[Deblow]

If this thing works like a real dozer, I'm seeing a serious upside if you ever have to move it: just drive it downstairs / upstairs / wherever! That would be awesome!

lol. now that's a good plan

never thought I would see a JCB PC, coming together nicely

 

[BaxtertheFly]

Chill guys , i promised i would make it move at some point, for now i will finish it so it looks nice, i am planing on adding tray on the bottom and connecting to tracks, i have the system i will use, i need to duplicate it and figure out electromotor with RC for it... but it will be movable at certain point ... It is all more complicated than than it seems

 

[paulstung]

That's looking insane mate. In regards to the driving it, you could always add a motor, or few, and add some radio gear and turn it into an RC dozer, you might need it looking at the size of it.

 

[BaxtertheFly]

Ok, today i figured out i could have taken a cabbinet and modify it for the thing i did in the end

It seemed logical to make it like this instead of making it out of 3 parts...