Project: Secret of the Ooze

[gvblake22]

Hmmmm, thanks for the tip joker. Could you please elaborate a little on what you mean by this? What type of stone? how much "dulling" should I create? Or should I just suck it up and buy some drill bits specifically for plastics to avoid some headache?

[Jokerswild]

You can use any stone for this, like one you use for sharpening a knife. Just dull the leading edge of the bit. This helps prevent grabbing when it breaks thru. You can also use a piece of material clamped to the piece your drilling that way there's a backing piece the drill goes into after it has drilled thru your good piece.

Don't waste money on any special drill bits. All the plastic drill bits are is normal bits that have been dubbed. The smaller the bit you use the less chance of tearout and it doesn't look like you'll be using anything too big. The backing piece before drilling is as safe as you can get to avoid tear out.

[gvblake22]

Ok
I always put a thick piece of wood behind everything I drill, so at least I have that going for me. I'll also be drilling pretty small holes (like 3mm diameter), so that should help too. I'll check into "dubbing" the bits I use too. Thanks for the tips jokerswild, I appreciate the help! :)

[Jokerswild]

No problem. I spent 33 years as a machinist so if there are any questions or how to's you have let me know.

[gvblake22]

UPDATE TIME!!!! :mrgreen:
I managed to get four of the side panels cut. But I got a little excited on the last cut and accidentally touched it back onto the table saw blade and it took a nice chip out of the edge... :(

I'm just praying to god it is not cracked because I will actually be easy to conceal. I'll just put this piece as the bottom panel with the chip facing back and no one will ever see it, lol
Moving along, here you can see I've drilled four holes (one in each corner) of one of the side panels and attached the acrylic corner cubes with the nice little black screws I'm going to use...



And when you get four side panels (two sides, a top, and a bottom) all cut and drilled with the corner cubes attached, you can make a box! :)
Here you can get an idea of the size and shape of what this thing is going to look like...



In that last picture with the ruler, you can see that it stands about 11 inches tall. If you read back to my first post you will remember that I mentioned dimensions as being approximately 10". Well, I started laying everything out in the case and started adding a little extra space here, and a little more room there... And next thing I know, I have created a monster!!! HAHA, seriously, I really can't call this "small form factor" anymore. Yeah it's using a mATX motherboard, but it's still a cube that is 11"x11"x14"... Not exactly something you can tuck away behind a monitor...
SO, I am officially changing this project name to the "Secret of the Ooze". It is no longer small, and it just throws off the whole thing. But that's ok, because I like the Secret of the Ooze name better now anyway

Oh yeah, and don't forget to always wear your safety gear boys and girls!!!!!!!


That concludes my birthday day-O-modding. I'll report back later when I've completed the front and back panel, mobo tray, and/or anything else important, stay tuned! :D

[killswitch83]

damn, broke the camera on your b-day, rofl :lol:

awesome updates there dude, keep it coming :D

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by killswitch83

damn, broke the camera on your b-day, rofl :lol:

:P:P:P

Originally Posted by killswitch83

awesome updates there dude, keep it coming :D

Have some good pics for ya tonight, just gimme a few hours :)

[JCLW]

Looks really good. Those corner cube things are awesome.

And happy B-day :)

[Tyreal]

AHHHHH!!!
Woah. Last pic scared me there :D

Scrolling down.... WTF!!
lol. Looks good dude. I love cube formfactors.

[micmac]

Heck yeah the cube! Can't wait to see it all see-through style without the paper ;)