They keyboard turned out pretty decent. Much better with the material you supplied. That stuff I had been buying off of eBay was way too thick and I couldn't get it to form even with a heat gun. I tried several different techniques and it still looked like crap. The thin stuff from mnpctech did the trick. It will be packed and shipped in a couple of days.

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Way to go BA, yeah Bill has the primp shiznit.

Hot Damn, that KB looks saweet! nice job BA!!


Ok, I finished paint and assembly of the 5.25 Fan controller. Oooo, I love those purple anodized control knobs

Testing it this evening

The factory 3.5" (HD) cage was removed earlier to make space for the front BIX single radiator & 120mm fan. So I bought this plastic 5.25" to 3.5" bay adapter Sold Here, to accomondate one Hard Drive for the Server Motherboard (PCApex side)

This Enermax case is soo old... (How old is it?) That it was manufactured before USB.

There was no front I/O ports in this case. So I bought a second 5.25" to 3.5" adapter to hold this 3.5" I/O panel unit with USB 2.0 ports and Mic/Headphones for Gary to use at Lan Events.

The 5.25 to 3.5 bay adapters get prepped to be painted "Grape" to match the chassis



This adapter will hold Hard Drive for the Server Motherboard (PCApex side)



Corse surface finish must be sanded first if you want a glossy paint finish.



"Black & Decker's Mouse Sander" with Medium grit Sandpaper





Sanded surface of Adapter



I just can't do paint alone, it needs a little pimpin out.

Using Tin Snips to cut out mesh. This is the same mesh used for the front bezel grill.

Aluminum Modders Mesh



GOOP brand HouseHold Contact Adhesive for attaching Mesh to Plastic





Allow GOOP to cure for 24 hours. Held firmly in place with C-Clamps

24hrs has passed. The Goop HOUSEHOLD adhesive holding the grill inside the 5.25 to 3.5 bay adapter has cured.







For painting plastics, I always apply Plasti-kote's Flexible Primer as a base coat first





"Painters Touch" brand aerosol paint. The color is "Grape"

Ok, time to start cracking on the case badge that will list all the cool people who donated funds to support PRT

I knew from day I wanted Tribal designs on this case. Glitterkill loves Tribal. It's only fitting that the focal point of the front be tribal. I also knew the names would be laser etched in acrylic.
I sat down while watching Motorcycle Mania 3 and worked on PRT's badge on our coffee table.

Here, I'm sketching out the design on tracing paper. You beauty of tracing paper is you only need to draw one side, fold the paper and copy it. That way left & right proporations match!





Tracing design onto Translucent Purple Acrylic



Cutting Acrylic Case Badge on Bandsaw with 1/8" cutting blade for plastics and metal



Tracing Acrylic Case Badge onto 6061, 1/8" thick aluminum



Aluminum back plate for Acrylic Badge



Sanding the edges of Acrylic with 400 grit sadpaper



Fire up the Butane torch!, to flame polish the edges of acrylic for uniform finish





aluminum back plate.



This is just a mock up. The final piece may have different font, title on top

1/4" alum sleeve

Wicked sick.

And you gotta love GOOP, it's the new duct tape.

Quote: Originally Posted by AntiM Wicked sick. And you gotta love GOOP, it's the new duct tape.

GOOP is what happens when duct tape spunks.

Man, you do some nice work Bill.

Thank you dudes!

My modnation shop partner, "Kikbox" Stu's new radiator and fan grills. Man, his designs are killer! Check them out

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Stu was kind enough to donate one of his first production grills to PRT. Kikboxe's Tribal Flame 2 x 120 Rad Grill



Round Modders Mesh

Pretty frikin sweet

Have we had an answer to which cables we need for the PSU? If we can cut down the clutter it would be nice. If no answer we might as well sleeve the all of the cables. If so I will include some purple zip ties for final installation.

We need to hook up and talk about that Lokie.

HD 5.25" adapter and I/O bay is finished.




VeloRaptor's sleeve job

The bezel is nearing completion.

This is PIMP!











Power & Reset Switches

That is pimp, lookin good

Good to hear from you Red02


The Badge is finished!

I decided to have the contributor names etched on the backside of the acrylic. I figured they're less likely to get scratched up.

Finished the PR theme side panel. The center "P" & "R" pieces for the PSU window

Photos of the watercooled 1U (TYAN-Intel) system during the leak test outside of the chassis.

You can see everything up close.

Filling up Swiftech MCRES-MICRO Hi-Flo Reservoir with 1/2" The ledge or "baffle" inside really does help reduce turbulant flow. The system is running in this photo.





Mag II Killer waterpump. It's very quiet. for $45, I'm impressed.


Black Ice Pro Radiator with laser cut front acrylic grill


Swiftech Apogee™ 1U low profile CPU water-block


PIMPRIG SIDE

An ideal location for our Waterpump, but how will I mount it?


I modified an old steel HD Cage into a shelf for the waterpump. It has an upper and lower lip, so it's fastened onto the chassis in a manner to prenvent any vibration.



Waterpump Shelf


Mag II Killer Waterpump / TYGON HOSE R-3603


DangerDen Copper TDX Waterblock w/ 1/2" inlet/outlet



DangerDen Acrylic 5.25 Bay Res


Water stream inside 1/2" water outlet barb


Water flowing inside 5.25 Bay Reservoir

Reinstalling the 1U watercool system...

Swiftech Micro Res mounting bracket leaves you lots of options




A notch was cut in the tray for accessing the Micro Res filler cap





"Look Ma, No Kinks!" ....TYGON TUBING OWNS

I wanted to show everyone a side by side comparison of the systems on each side, but how did I do it?

Here I am putting togther a diy photo studio. I bought the back drop at a fabric store. Find the most dense black cloth you can find.
Black Velvet is ideal, but it's costly.

I drapped it over a piece of wood trim Ogre found in the hallway, then taped to my camera tri-pod.




After pasting the photos in Photoshop, I used the "Paint Bucket" to fill in the grey shadows in the Black backdrop.


It looks like my photos were taken in a professional studio