So it has been about two weeks and I thought it was about time for an update before my blog hit a relapse. I've been busy moving a lot of things into my apartment: restocking food stuffs from Costco, furniture from Ikea, and also a small set of shelves I got. I've assembled almost all of the Ikea and shelves, but now my apartment is covered in cardboard boxes so I don't feel like uploading pictures of that... The good news is that the new furniture looks good and I'm liking it quite a bit -- especially the new coffee table! I'll probably cook something over the weekend -- hopefully have my apartment cleaned up too -- so maybe some pictures will be posted soon.
Shout out to Maro and Roro! Safe travels!!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Mod Update #1.5
No news about the truck, but today I bought a $3 pack of weatherstrip foam. I'm hoping that it will reduce vibrations and help noise down -- If it works then I'll be quite pleased and if it doesn't then oh well.
Edit (4/9): The first photo shows the foam tape I used and the second photo hopefully you'll notice the thin strips of tape in the front -- I used 3 strips so the edges of the fan would be snug -- and also wanted to mention that this is the hard drive bay of the case and that the design is supposed to remove the heat from drives by blowing it out the front (reversed air flow).
3 bucks. Sounds good to me!
Edit (4/9): The first photo shows the foam tape I used and the second photo hopefully you'll notice the thin strips of tape in the front -- I used 3 strips so the edges of the fan would be snug -- and also wanted to mention that this is the hard drive bay of the case and that the design is supposed to remove the heat from drives by blowing it out the front (reversed air flow).
3 bucks. Sounds good to me!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Mod Update #1
Just got back into town but the truck is still out of commission. Less than ideal but at least we got some pictures!
Cat is all like.... Sup? Yeah.
So basically I wrapped up the plates with painters tape and then copied over my templates. Used a Dremel 100 (Single speed) to make all the cuts, used a hand file to try and get them straight as I could and then began sanding them. I made some mistakes and that's why I decided to sand down to the bare aluminum for those two panels, but I think for the other side panel and front bezel I won't be sanding to the bare aluminum. As for now my window and top panels are ready for some priming.
Not sure when I'll be priming and painting since I haven't secured a place to spray... I'm reluctant to paint on the ground... I'll think of something I suppose. Plenty of time.
Cat is all like.... Sup? Yeah.
So basically I wrapped up the plates with painters tape and then copied over my templates. Used a Dremel 100 (Single speed) to make all the cuts, used a hand file to try and get them straight as I could and then began sanding them. I made some mistakes and that's why I decided to sand down to the bare aluminum for those two panels, but I think for the other side panel and front bezel I won't be sanding to the bare aluminum. As for now my window and top panels are ready for some priming.
Not sure when I'll be priming and painting since I haven't secured a place to spray... I'm reluctant to paint on the ground... I'll think of something I suppose. Plenty of time.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Punctual Posting
Got a little bit of free time to write another quite post, but without pictures for now. I brought my camera with me to take pictures of case mod progress but I didn't bring the cord with me to upload -- so expect those when I return to Astoria. For now I'll give a brief and humorless rundown on what is going on right now.
Right now my truck is in the shop and the diagnosis is something about mist or emissions in the engine.. So I guess I have a poltergeist in my truck and won't be able to drive it back to Astoria for awhile. Might drive back tomorrow without the truck, but we'll see how that goes.
So the case I am modifying is a Lian-Li A05Nb -- Link has the specs if you're curious about it. This is the first time I've done a case mod and I've tried to research a lot in preparation, but I don't have any experience in cutting or painting metal. So anyway, my plan is to cut a 120mm fan slot into the top of the case, cut an 8x10" window into the right hand side of the case and back it with fiberglass, and then to put any art and design on the left hand panel. I'll be using white as the primary color with red and black as the secondary.
Currently, I have cut the window, fan slot and sanded down those panels to the bare aluminum. I didn't really mean to do that extra step but didn't properly tape edges after the cuts so my sanding really went to town on those... Still the work is coming along nicely. Don't know when I'll be nearing completion of the project but I'll have more pictures coming soon.
Right now my truck is in the shop and the diagnosis is something about mist or emissions in the engine.. So I guess I have a poltergeist in my truck and won't be able to drive it back to Astoria for awhile. Might drive back tomorrow without the truck, but we'll see how that goes.
So the case I am modifying is a Lian-Li A05Nb -- Link has the specs if you're curious about it. This is the first time I've done a case mod and I've tried to research a lot in preparation, but I don't have any experience in cutting or painting metal. So anyway, my plan is to cut a 120mm fan slot into the top of the case, cut an 8x10" window into the right hand side of the case and back it with fiberglass, and then to put any art and design on the left hand panel. I'll be using white as the primary color with red and black as the secondary.
Currently, I have cut the window, fan slot and sanded down those panels to the bare aluminum. I didn't really mean to do that extra step but didn't properly tape edges after the cuts so my sanding really went to town on those... Still the work is coming along nicely. Don't know when I'll be nearing completion of the project but I'll have more pictures coming soon.
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