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| DaOld Man:
I like the pull out shelf idea.. Very cool, I may use it in my work-shed.. Good luck with finding a new job, and you could always go around and sell the pull out shelf idea to people, maybe install it in their garages or shops. You might could go with a cheaper lighter material for the shelves, maybe use a horizontal brace underneath to prevent the bowing. :cheers: |
| Xiaou2:
Hi DaOld Man, Thanks for the comments, and glad you like the design :) Not sure if I can sell these beast or not... but, Im open to a Donation for the idea usage. :) I have a paypal account under my email address xiaou2@hotmail.com (Steve Lundquist) Anything is surely welcome. (tho, I do not expect nor demand anything) Thanks Again, Steve :) |
| Xiaou2:
A few More Projects: This is the Frame I built for the Upcoming Video Pinball Artwork for Mame. (Do not ask/bug me when it will be complete. Im taking my time, and its not an easy as a simple scan due to it being 3d (1cm deep)) I was lucky and scored this Industrial Railing for a fraction of the cost at a surplus shop from a very nice guy who was being overly generous. $130 + my own manual labor to disasemble it from its previous machine state (about 4hrs work I think). The precision of these are sick. Should hopefully make for very few photo alignment problems. Just have to build the custom camera holder/sled now. |
| Xiaou2:
And now for the PC case Mod. Well, heres the deal... I have many HDs.. and In my experience, Ive had many of them Die. Usually, it was always the drive that was mounted above another that was killed. I realized it was the heat that was killing them quickly. Most PC cases have many drive mounts. However, they are mounted too close to each other (maybe 4 mm apart). And either do not have fans in front of them - or there is not enough space for good airflow. So, I decided to make a Hard Drive Rail System. I found this plastic C - shaped rail in a surplus store. However, I believe you can find a similar material at a craft shop... or by cutting a box shape apart, or even by using 2 'L' shapes opposite of each other. Then, I found screws that matched the HDs threads... yet also stuck out enough to fit into the rails. I believe I also used small spacers to keep the distances even. (put the spacer inbeween the HD and the Screw) The C rails are held in place by flush mount screws. The frame itself is a little weak... as this was more less a temporary thing until I could custom build an entire case (which has a differing yet equally powerful cooling solution). I used 2 industrial fans from the surplus shop, and a pc case fan above that. The fans are a bit overkill, and loud.. so maybe its better to use larger PC fans instead. Anyways... the air flows very easily both on top and underneath the HD surfaces. They are cool as ice. The airflow also breezes right thru to the Motherboard and Cpu fan, as well as the Video card heatsink, - and right out the back of the case. The CPU cooler + the good airflow = a constant 81 F degree temp on a core duo chipset. (in a hot room!) The HDs are cool to the touch. I could have ripped the case up more and added more HDs, but decided to mount them into a separate structure for now. |
| Xiaou2:
And heres the rough Render of the Case Design that I want to build in the Future (unless HDs get sick small and massively huge where there is no need) The HDs are placed on the top of the case, vertically mounted. This should allow for a cooler drive due to less surface area heating up. Also, since heat rises.. there is no fighting that. Instead, the hot air is aided up with the cooling fans beneath the drives. The very Top of the case would be wrapped with something like painted wire mesh - to allow free airflow thru it easily. (this design not to be used commercially without my signed written permission) |
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