As is usual, before putting on the final "paint" (actually anodizing/powdercoat), takes a lot of pre-prep, in this case brushing my aluminun.
Time to get a little rough!
Generated the brushed aluminum look by running my sanding block across the metal bars, first in 180 grit then 220. Its important to run the whole length in one smooth motion.
Here’s a comparison between unbrushed and brushed:
That was some hard dirty work to get a nice finish.
That's the beauty of anodization--it is the equivalent of wood staining to metal. The underlying texture will come thru. Also, the parts have already been anodized, so its too late. I will post pics soon.
And here we were after getting everything back from finish work.
Special thanks to Chico Metal Finishers for the flippin awesome orange and black anodizing.
The creation of the metal corner brackets is documented in this thread, thanks to Mione Solidworks and Norcal Laser for fabricating those, plus kwikky from the raptor pit for professionally welding the units. And thanks to Platinum Powdercoating for the black powdercoat.
Here is closeup of the anodized orange bars. It looks fantastic.
And here are all my parts for this entire computer--system on a table!
Having all this laid out--its like Christmas!
I forgot to mention a crucial previous step during the breakdown period. In order to quickly re-assemble in exact formation, I used my dremel and scribed the inside corners of all the bars. Bar number and corner letter. Let’s me quickly re-assemble each piece in the exact configuraiton.
And here was my assembly table, ready to go, complete with diagram of all the bars and corners.
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