Project Cunning Plan!

[nibbler]

One day I'll start attacking a P180 with various rotary tools, before ramming various pumps, radiators and tubing into the freshly ground orifices.

Then she'll say "What the hell are you doing?" I'll reply "Once upon a time, scaryjim off the Hexus forums decided to intiate 'Project Cunning Plan'..."

And from then on, your life hangs in the balance

Does she think the antec performance 1 series' clean lines and gorgeous aluminium is as.... er.... gorgeous as I do then? Would she be offended by any modding ruining its purity?

[scaryjim]

i wonder if solvent weld glue would work ?

Possibly. It looks like there's a variety of options (including good old superglue, or course ), and I'm more than a little tempted to go for a melt / weld joint (I have a cooking blowtorch that should be perfect for the purpose!). I'm also considering bending a single length into the main body of the res, but having had some experience of bending acrylic I'm concerned that I wouldn't get it square enough for the ends to seal properly...

... Would she be offended by any modding ruining its purity?

I think it's worth pointing out that I have deliberately chosen an old, cheap case to hack to pieces. I certainly wouldn't recommend taking a similar course of action with an Antec P180.

there, I think should be enough CYA to deal with that one

[jim]

Does she think the antec performance 1 series' clean lines and gorgeous aluminium is as.... er.... gorgeous as I do then? Would she be offended by any modding ruining its purity?

I don't care, I hate the damn thing!

I will ask her though and see what she says, hexus.right2reply and all

[nibbler]

I don't care, I hate the damn thing!

I will ask her though and see what she says, hexus.right2reply and all

What do you hate about it!
I dislike the ugly vent type thing at the top but apart from that it's nice?

[GoNz0]

chicken !

i took an angle grinder to a corsair cosmos !

[nibbler]

Cosmos is ugly though IMO I guess if you like it then it's as bad/bold an idea.

[jim]

What do you hate about it!
I dislike the ugly vent type thing at the top but apart from that it's nice?

I consider it to be somewhat like a gift-wrapped turd. It's perfectly good on the outside, but a whole different story on the inside.

I hate having to open it up, always gives me grief.

[Pob255]

Grrrr I hate being half way through a post to have firefox crash

Ummm now what the heck did I type

Acrylic glue, best stuff to use is an acrylic weld or cement
I know IPS Wled-On #3 comes highly recomended however it's a US brand so not easy to find over here.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Clear-Acrylic-...95a495fdeba0af
or
http://www.wonderlandmodels.com/prod...tic-weld-57ml/

A syringe is the recomended way to apply it as it's very runny (like water)

Must admit I've not personally used this stuff yet, however it work the same way as polystyrene cement, ie it's not an adhesive that forms a layer between the two surfaces but actually melts the two surfaces so when it dries they become fully bonded into one piece.

Have a watch of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT6Ow_cBTps


side note on this antec performance 1 rant we seem to have going, the original p180 could do witha few tweeks on the inside, the outside I like, even the top baffle.
I never got around to doing any major modding on my p180 . . . yet.

[nibbler]

Well I've never worked in a P180 but working in the mini P180 is pretty fiddly. But rewarding

[jim]

If you want fiddly you should see my 8K01

[nibbler]

That looks.... small.

[jim]

It's the kind of thing where you forget to attach the case fan, and then discover that in order to put the fan in you need to remove the hard drive, motherboard, heatsink, processor etc

I'm glad scaryjim approves of off-topic or I'd be feeling guilty right now...

[nibbler]

It's the kind of thing where you forget to attach the case fan, and then discover that in order to put the fan in you need to remove the hard drive, motherboard, heatsink, processor etc

I'm glad scaryjim approves of off-topic or I'd be feeling guilty right now...

I hate that kind of thing. I had to remove the 120mm fan of my mini P180 after putting it in so I could put the mobo in. And you know how the useless fan screws are... useless and wear down after the first quarter turn.

[scaryjim]

I'm glad scaryjim approves of off-topic or I'd be feeling guilty right now...

[jim]

Oh dear, he's lost it.

Nurse! Nurse! He's escaped!

[scaryjim]

Meh, bloody yoof, with your loud music and funny cases.

Get offa my thread!

Gods I feel old sometimes....

Anyway, not much to update at the minute as I'm still pondering the best way to join the acrylic (physical melt join, chemical melt join, glue, etc.). However, I do have some work left to do fitting the PSU into the case, so maybe I'll go and spin up the cutting disks...