Project: Green Machine (generic mid-tower case mod) *640x480 res pics* updated often

[jamesl33t]

Looking great so far.
Love the pics too.
;D

[elstado]

Originally Posted by jamesl33t

Looking great so far.
Love the pics too.
;D

Cheers mate, once I am done with Uni for this semester (7 days and counting!) there will be heaps of progress and updates coming in.

I really want to work on it now, but I gotta get my priorities in order. Dont really want to fail a $900 unit.

[mojododo]

ouch!

if only you used that $900 to bribe someone, you wouldnat have to sit the exam


on a side note, lol i just worked out what 10char means

[kyok11]

Looking forward to see the final product.....

[@ce114]

Its really shaping up to be a nice looking case!


Keep up the good work & dont neglect that Uni work too much!!!

[Pipster]

do something!!!!!!

i think its update time, u know its the weekend and all

[Lil Flipp]

Originally Posted by Pipster

do something!!!!!!

i think its update time, u know its the weekend and all

LONG weekend, more of a reason to have an update!!

[elstado]

Hi guys, yes I know, need an update.

So, I've spent a couple of hours this weekend working on this (long weekends don't matter to me as I am on holidays and only working one day a week). Been pretty busy just catching up on sleep and seeing mates that I have been neglecting in the last few weeks of Semester due to Uni workload being insane.

Anyhow, I don't have any pics right now, but some will come tomorrow when I get a chance to upload them from my camera.

So I have been working on the front section, and tbh it is really starting to annoying me, the repetitiveness of mixing the bog, laying it, letting it cure, then shaping and sanding it and repeating over and over is getting annoying.

It feels like I am not making any progress, but looking at pics from 2 weeks ago and what it looks like now I have made progress, it's just that it is soooo slow and repetitive that it isn't that noticeable at first.

I really just want to finish the front panel off so I can get it assembled and wired up and the lighting going!

Another issue I have come across is mounting the front blowhole fan, I want to put four bolts though the plastic panel as there isn't much of a mount to mount it from behind onto the metal frame. So I bought some bolts that were 38mm long and 3mm wide, but these turned out to be about 5mm too sort, so I had to buy longer bolts that were 55mm long but also 5mm wide, which is too thick for the fan holes. So now I am going to have to drill out the fan holes.

So yeah, basically it has gotten complicated and I am lacking the ideas or know-how in order to find a quick and easy resolution. I'll figure something out though, I hope.

Oh, does anyone know if bog dust is carcinogenic or otherwise harmful? I was sanding away the bog this afternoon and wasn't wearing a mask and now I have a weird powdery taste in my mouth. I think I might wear a dust mask from now on..

[broox]

Originally Posted by elstado

the repetitiveness of mixing the bog, laying it, letting it cure, then shaping and sanding it and repeating over and over is getting annoying.

Quoted for F'ing Truth!! I'm almost at the end of another tub of bog (thats 2x 500g and 1x 1kg tub i've used so far... 2kg's of the fun stuff!!)

Oh, does anyone know if bog dust is carcinogenic or otherwise harmful? I was sanding away the bog this afternoon and wasn't wearing a mask and now I have a weird powdery taste in my mouth. I think I might wear a dust mask from now on..

hope not ... I havent used a mask at all. The flavour is orright tho Probly better tasting than the plastibond u used first!

[elstado]

Originally Posted by broox

hope not ... I havent used a mask at all.

I think you should, even a cheap dust mask would help. I don't think you would want too much of that shit clogging up your chest.

[Trog Star]

um, get some masks lads.

next time your useing a chemical you dont fully understand it's probbaly a good idea to check the directions.

mine says, avoid breathing dust
leads me to beleave, breathing dust = bad

[elstado]

Originally Posted by Trog Star

um, get some masks lads.

next time your useing a chemical you dont fully understand it's probbaly a good idea to check the directions.

mine says, avoid breathing dust
leads me to beleave, breathing dust = bad

Yeah I was working on my project today, cutting plastic and sanding bog. Was wearing an industrial grade particle mask the whole time, as last night I had a rank taste in the back of my throat and my nose was itchy after I had been sanding bog for a while.

[mojododo]

if your not going to wear a mask, make sure your outside....

and even if youve got a mask, make sure youve got some form of slow ventilation happening so you havent got it hanging round for hours.

[elstado]

Yeah all my work is done in the back yard under the veranda, pretty well ventilated, but I still don't want to breath any of that crap in.

With vapours having ventilation is important as you need it to vaporise and disperse and not concentrate, however with dusts and particle irritants you apparently have to be cautious even if you are outside, as you mentioned, the dust can hang around the area if there isn't good airflow and you can breath in dust as soon as it is sanded, regardless of ventilation.

[mojododo]

ahh yes, good ole backyard / verandah modding ftw.

the back step is where i do most of mine, or inside if its not cutting / sanding etc

i have a 3mx3m garden shed with bench, grinder, sander, drill press and vice for certain things