Walker Case Project - Was: My New Project Teaser

[Justin]

yes Argon welding

and the legs are already drilled and threaded in the inside

 

[ElectroBlaster]

How come I missed this epic thread?

I love your enthusiasm!

 

[Justin]

well things are still progressing, slowly but surely

 

[salaxi54]

Great job there Justin! Looking forward to the paint job.

 

[Justin]

thanks bud, but the powder coating is a long way off yet, need to build all the internal brackets to hold the drives, make holes for the floppy and dvd drive, cut the vents into the back of the case, finish the case upper section, dress it all back, and then powder coat (i seem to have a very tight deadline for this)

 

[ElectroBlaster]

Blown away is all I can say

Amazing work. Its a shame these cases were not put into production, always liked it! Even the jokes about it looking like a small hoover. Seen way more ugly cases out there and for its time this one was different in a good way.

 

[rkauer]

well things are still progressing, slowly but surely

I noticed you made some extra holes and the ventilation grill offset is different. Mind to share the intentions with those reserved spaces?

 

[Charlie]

yes Argon welding

and the legs are already drilled and threaded in the inside

Hmm, Argon welding. Quite tricky to master, I believe.

 

[Justin]

well things are still progressing, slowly but surely

I noticed you made some extra holes and the ventilation grill offset is different. Mind to share the intentions with those reserved spaces?

extra holes are usb and audio I/O

 

[Merlin]

Hmm, Argon welding. Quite tricky to master, I believe.

It's not as bad as it used to be, now that modern gases like Argoshield are available. The main difference between Mig and Tig is that with Mig you 'pull' the weld pool along, whereas with Tig you 'push' the weld pool along with the tip.

Cleanliness is a must to stop staining, although you can use strong hydrofluoric acid to clean the Tig welds up on metals such as stainless steel - not for the faint hearted.

 

[Justin]

well now things are getting serious,

instead of a floppy drive i'm going to have a card reader, it needed to be the same size as a floppy drive so i put this card reader into an old floppy drive case

just test fitting the brackets, need to "ventilate" them, straighten/level them up and fix into place.

joystick ports are in as are the power on/off button and power/hdd leds.

still a long, long way to go

 

[roy_bates]

nice,what you using as a motherboard?

 

[johnim]

looking good justin

 

[salaxi54]

Nice to see you're advancing matey, keep up the effort!

 

[Justin]

ok, so it looks like there is just filling, sanding and painting left to go

 

[DutchinUSA]

Very Impressive

 

[Justin]

thank you very much

 

[johnim]

looks great mate

 

[Merlin]

This thread deserves Legendary status; I've moved it to the appropriate section.

Have you decided on a final paint colour yet, Justin?

 

[johnim]

+1 to that