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Hi all,
I finished putting together my Lubic Tower PC, and taking some decent pics.
Thread is here. (http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=98494)
Hope you enjoy!
navig
squasher
12-23-05, 02:00 AM
How many lubic cases have you made??? It looks really nice, good job man
What lubic kit do you use? How do you cut the acrylic?
edit:
just watched the video, truly awsome!
Dukeman
12-23-05, 05:58 PM
Nice job. I especially like the cable managmement. So many acrylic cases look like some shoved the components into a the box like dirty laundry into a duffel bag. Very clean. I just bought a lubic case for work to build a test rig with. I put up a pic when I get it done.
That thing is a beast :-O !
Thanks all.
I used a jigsaw (I think 30 tpi blade) to cut the acrylic. Hole saw for holes, and Dremel for some small holes.
I bought 2 Lubic airplane kits year and half ago? Made the dual tower system thread here. (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=398882)
Still a load of parts left, so started this system.
Now don't laugh, cause I took stock of what I had left, sketched something out, and I still have enough parts for yet another system! So my next project is actually going to be the Lubic Work Bench Project. I have to find a place that can cut some of the aluminum bars, tho. Oh and I don't have any computer components left anymore.
navig
Dude, just get a angle grinder and put a cut wheel on it. It should cut through the aluminum very well :)
Unfortunately, don't have much in the way of power tools, even an angle grinder. I could borrow a sawzall, but the bars need to be pretty exact in length so that I don't end up with a trapezoid. So I would probably need a sander or a grinder also.
I'm not sure, never took a day of shop in my life. Seems to me a professional with a decent table band saw could zip them off in 2 minutes.
Wow that's really something Navig, I love your Lubic cases!!!
The design itself is great, I especially like the non-mixing airflow patterns.
The tinted case material (forget what it is now lol) looks great, I liked the pictures that had the white lights on. The controller is a great idea also....man I can't believe you did it so cheaply also, nice work!
I also saw a HDD Cover mod in there...VERY cool!
Slayer2003
12-26-05, 01:47 PM
Very impressive case!
Any chance of you binging it and yourself to the Nor'Easter (http://noreaster.lpane.net/) lan? Would love to see it in person. I noticed you're in Boston. :santa:
WarriorII
12-26-05, 01:58 PM
I'm..... speechless.
You did a fantastic job on that !!!!
A+++.....++ job very well done.
That rocks.
:attn:
Very impressive case!
Any chance of you binging it and yourself to the Nor'Easter (http://noreaster.lpane.net/) lan? Would love to see it in person. I noticed you're in Boston. :santa:
Probably could!
navig
masakabassist
12-26-05, 03:37 PM
That is wicked dude!! You have just inspired me to do something like that in my spare time...whenever that maybe lol :cool:
Excellent job. the cable routing is very clean. My hat is off to you sir.
Nexus Realized
12-26-05, 08:32 PM
:drool: OUTSTANDING job.
Nathan0490
12-27-05, 01:15 AM
A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
INCREDIBLE, LOVE THE .. EVERYTHING!
Just amazing!
Wiseass
12-29-05, 01:06 PM
where can one purchase lubic kits from? The aerocool site doesn't seem to have a link to buy them and Xoxide says they're not carrying them anymore.
millhouse
12-29-05, 01:24 PM
where can one purchase lubic kits from? The aerocool site doesn't seem to have a link to buy them and Xoxide says they're not carrying them anymore.
http://www.frozencpu.com/lub-01.html?id=8KUmZauC
what an awesome case >.>
haha i love the remotes!
Hoogabooga
12-29-05, 04:06 PM
I like the case, but there is too much wasted space. You could have made it a lot smaller.
millhouse
12-29-05, 05:06 PM
smaller?! Why would he want to do that. Big case = tons of room to work with which also = great airflow.
Thanks for the comments.
There's definitely a lot of room left in the hard drive and optical drive shelves. I call it room for expansion, but really its mostly I haven't the budget right now for any more hard drives. The hard drive shelf is currently drilled for 4 hard drives with easy spacing so air can move thru. If I wanted to be more efficient I could easily flip the drives horizontal, in 2 banks, plus move the optical drive up a little, leaving room easily for 8 hard drives. Cabling could get a little messy as 2 would have to be IDE and 6 SATA, but it could be done.
Will I ever need that many hard drives? Its possible, I think this system is destined to be a multimedia computer.
The psu shelf, I didn't really want to mess with. PSUS get pretty warm.
The motherboard shelf, if you look closely, has pretty much no room to play with (notice the i/o panel--with about 5mm clearance from the exhaust fan).
Thinks could be shrunk further, if I were to use smaller fans, but really once you work with 120mm fans, nothing less will do.
navig
Hoogabooga
12-29-05, 08:56 PM
Well what i mean is instead of stacking everything like you did, justing making it really tall. I would have made things shorter but would have put the hdd and dvd drives in the same little area.
I just pictured it my head. Thought it was cool. Yet functional. So I made it.
Sketch me up your ideas, pay me $$, and I'd be happy to make you one to your liking.
navig
Chrome-
12-30-05, 01:30 PM
Looks awesome, seriously.
Hoogabooga
12-30-05, 02:27 PM
I just pictured it my head. Thought it was cool. Yet functional. So I made it.
Sketch me up your ideas, pay me $$, and I'd be happy to make you one to your liking.
navig
Yea its a unique and cool idea and its cool to see someone make something different. I'm one of those college students living in the good old dorm rooms and i dont see it practicle for me....due to the lack of space in dorm rooms.....
Thats why i say its too big....
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