Revelation

I some of you guys might get disappointed, but I ditched the plumber work and got regular clear tubing instead.

The reason; Although the leak test turned out great, I simply don't trust my epoxy solution. I really don't need a customer calling me up abot leaks, just beacause I had a "visual idea"(lack of knowledge)

Personally, I'm satisfied with decision. The copper fittings really pop combined with clear tubing, and it gives the setup a real clean look.

A big thank you to Andreas from Aquatuning, for helping me out with additional fittings

Here's the new mounting for the pump, one legged support only. Doesn't make a sound

I got this "black" coolant delivered to me yesterday. Yes, the bottle really says "black". I would call that purple, but that's just me I guess??!! Surprisingly, I enjoyed the color, a lot Copper and purple, now that's a match!

Overview. Might do something about that res mount though...

Then I picked up this RGB LED strip module that I'll try for lighting inside chassis.

Module mounted, with LED dimmer.

I also finished the volume knob...

and secured the eye of the build, a lens protection in copper...

//Quizz

Some more progress:

Made the upper axis shaft for the blind construction. Since it will be visible, I choose copper of course. I will try to test this new construction next week.

Here are close ups / Left=bearing / Right=motor

And here's the top piece mesh, repainted.

4x120mm fans mounted. You can see the fill port in the middle.

And here's a test fit with the keyboard/storage unit on top.

Another shot...

Here's a VGA cable for the projector which I had to mod some, due to some lack of space.

And here is my "lens-focus-dial-extender" Tech Lego and some distance pieces, all very DIY

Here's how it works, pretty simple...

Just use the lens protection/screwdriver...

... and adjust the focus by screwing. Quite proud of the solution :dremel:

Laterz
//Quizz :lol::lol::lol:

Tack kamrater!

More progress:

Intstalled the PSU today, the Be Quiet! 550w. Just realized I got lots of cables in this build. Got the PC setup, projector, speaker system, LCD, lighting modules, joystick pads etc... Can't believe I'm actually going to fit everything in there.

Here's a shot where you can see the two holes for cable management. The mess you see here are cables for some switches and the projector.

I installed the LEDs. Decided to have two strips for increased lighting, and then use the dim knob for reducing if needed.

Some strip soldering.

Here's a quick test using the remote. Red...

... and blue.

Then I continued on that new blind contruction. Here are some cover pieces in walnut...

Outer side panel. The small motor is mounted into the cover piece with epoxy, a perfect fit.

With everything installed, I attached two cords to the blind. This was actually very tricky, and took me about two days to get it right. First I had to find the right type of cord. Tried several, fishing line, boat rope, regular sewing cotton etc. I realized I couldn't use any elastic cord, due to the weakness of motor I think. When using fishing line, I got sort of a springback from the tension. I finally got it right using this one, a natural string.

Getting the alignment right took me several tries, but here it is.

You can see the space I had to work with here. Between fans and shaft there's aprox 2mm of margins.

The transparent LCD need backlight to work, so I had to place the sprips with presicion. Here's the blind pulled out to its limit, and you can see the light strip sneaking up just in front of the canvas.

Last shot it with walnut bezel installed. I'm happy I managed to get the blind up as far as I did, covering almost the entire screen. The blind construction has been a real pain, but this is what you get when adding a new element this late in a process.

Now I have to find and install some limit switches for the blind... Then it's time for final assembly :lol::lol::lol:

Well, seems like the Feser Black UV is pretty sad when it comes to UV reaction. I thereby decided to ditch the UV idea. Well well...

But I have an update:

First, I made some minor adjustments in the loop layout. Removed one of the res mounts, moved the res a bit more to the right. This was to get the fillport centered.

Here's another shot. As you can see I've drained the loop. Will make a refill when everything assebled.

A 2mm sheet of glass...

And here's the transparent LCD, finally ready to be mounted inside the chassis.

A good fit I suppose. You can see the PCB of the LCD touching the blind construction. No margins, what so ever

Short flat cable, HDMI.

A pretty good fit there as well.

Then finally, I could put the two chassis segments together and see the resluts of 1000+ hrs.

The backside, well, need some serious cable management. There's cables EVERYWHERE, don't know where to start really Give me few more day...

Until then, here's some quick tests playing with the RGB strip.

Green

Purle

//Quizz

The issue is sorted out, finally. It was one of the RAM sticks actually. During first leak test I must've been sloppy, and a single drop of fluid got into the RAM connectors.

Got new sticks now, and I'm back on track. I can finally finish this beast...

I made a refill using the new fillport on top.

And then I made a backplate in stained ply for final touch.

Final pictures coming up next!!