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Bill Owen at CPU Magazine Photo Session
I've modified the Chieftec Dragon chassis to accept two 120mm cooling fans in the front and two 92mm cooling fans in the rear. The standard Chieftec Dragon mid tower has four 80mm cooling fans. One located in each of the two removable hard drive cages. The other two located beneath the Power Supply. I'm a firm believer in positive pressure cooling, this means the intake cfm (cubic-feet-per-minute) exceeds the exhaust cfm. Your case stays cleaner and requires less maintenance
Paint scheme from Ford's "Harley Davidson" edition F-Series Super Duty
The all time classic, Chieftec's Dragon ATX Server Tower. The greatest challenge was coming up with ideas never seen before on a Chieftec Dragon. This case has become a staple among PC Modders. I hope the modifications I performed inspires other people to getting into case modding. I enjoyed every minute of working on it.
Access panel painted w/ Krylon Black Gloss enamel, wetsanded wit 800, 1000, 1200 then 1500 and 2000 before using power buffer and 3M Perfect It III rubbing compound. Mnpctech Case Painting Tutorial
.5" 6061 aluminum pieces of Eagle design (reversed) arrive from customwatercuts
LED illuminated perimeter of window (base for pieces)
6061 alum will polish up real nice. Heres the supplies needed.
Bucket of water w/ couple drops of dish soap. 800, 1000, 1500 grit wetsand paper 3M Mag & Aluminum polish (part# 39529)
I start wetsanding aluminum w/ 800 grit paper
After wetsanding with 800 grit paper. Then I wetsand w/ 1000 - 1500 grit paper before using 3M aluminum polish
After rubbing out finish w/ 3M aluminum polish (Before / After)
6061 aluminum shines up real nice
Theres my wedding band reflection
Only a small portion of the sides of aluminum will be exposed. None the less, they're a tad fugly. Lets clean them up
Dremel attachments I used in order from left to right
3M fine grit sanding block.. Dampen with water... just a tiny bit
At this point, if you want a mirror-like finish, then wetsand the sides with with 800-1000 grit, then 3M aluminum polish, but again... very little will be exposed in the panel.. So this finish will suffice for my needs.
Part 1 of Illuminated 3D Panel Design Mod
Supplies Needed:
1' x 1' 0.25 (1/4") sheet of Cast clear Acrylic mcmaster.com 1' x 1' sheet of .040 Mirror-Like (#8) Aluminum mcmaster.com 12, 5mm LEDs from performance-pcs.com 12, 470 Ohm resistors performance-pcs.com 3 pin pwr connector 22 AWG hookup wire Red/Black (Radio Shack) Solder Iron (Radio Shack) .032 Fine Rosin Core Electrical Solder (Radio Shack) Spring clamps or "Helping hands Vise" Heatshrink tubing (Radio Shack) Butane hand torch > to shrink heat shrink (Home Depot, Lowes) Power hand drill 3/16" Drill bit > strongly recommend using brand new bit
3M #4041 Heavy Duty adhesive tape. (I used this earlier for window) You can find it roll at some Hardware stores and Home Depot. Its rated to hold up to 2pds!
3M Scotch Weld D-190 (2 part Epoxy) 3M Epoxy Applicator
Clean the surfaces
Applying 3M adhesive tape
Apply much pressure to the tape for maximum adhesion
Apply aluminum sheet to window. The other side has been wetsanded and polished for reflecting LEDs
Measure before modding. 1/16th" gap to spare after closing access panel
Notice smoother finish on the aluminum window backing
Knowing I would utiIize the XP-120 heatsink with a focus point of the big 120 x 36mm Panaflo fan, you gotta have an eye catching and unique fan grill. The original plan (noted in this log) was to mill and engrave the HD 100th anniversary logo into an aluminum frame.. That would have been killer, but time for that slipped through my hands. The honeycomb piece you see me dremeling here was one of 2, prototype designs for single 120 radiator grill we milled. (Milling grills as we anticipated take lots of time. Having this unique grill lying about caught my eye last weekend.. Aha!
New toy from Eastwood Company. 6" buffer with stand
Tripoli Buffing compound
Quilted cotton buffing disc
As you witnessed, I bounced around several ideas for the 120mm CPU fan grill. The Thermalright XP-120 heatsink demands your attention. An oridinary fan grill just wouldn't give it proper justice. I was first going to mill the HD 100th anniversary logo from 1/4" aluminum, but my machinst and I lack the experience for milling the complex design (shown here) I came up with another idea after searching through the scrap bin. We were playing around with different honeycomb patterns for radiator fan grills we plan to manufacturer. The patterns were milled in 4.5" x 4.5" sheets of 1/4" aluminum. I grabbed one and marked off mounting holes and dremeled a flame pattern that echoed my V-Twin bezel design The results (seen here) are pretty cool, but the chrome really contrasts the orange/black theme inside the case.
While planning this chassis window in orange acylic. I found a piece of scrap red acrylic and submitted it to a laser etcher for a test sample. After seeing the results, I promptly sent the orange translucent window to receive a larger version of the logo. As you can see, laser etching can add a nice personal touch to a window. I held onto the red acrylic sample knowing I'd find a use for it.
I used a Dremel with #125 bit to remove acrylic that surrounded the inner HD logo.
Using Dremel's drum sander (attachment #430) I rounded off the corners of the logo's wings.
Next, I used a Jeweler's hand file to detail the corner sections.
I removed the center portion of the acrylic logo..
Its no longer deflecting warm air from exhausting off the 3.2 GHz P4.
I don't wanna sacrifice airflow! The shield will be mounted onto the grill with 1/2" stand-offs (#10 machine screws, alum sleeves, acorn nuts)
Red acrylic on aluminum looks good, but it doesn't fit our Harley Davidson color theme. I painted the honeycomb grills matte black and the shield pumpkin orange.
Also painted the alum sleeves and acron nuts matte black.
I eyed a sheet of HD 100th Anniversary decals on Ebay awhile back.. I thought I better purchase just in case the need arises.
I Cannot stop!!! Must resist doing any more Mods to this!!!
WTF?!:huh:
The concept, cut wing span from 1.25" thick polyurethane block and mount it beneath HD cage (centered)... Just paint it? Incorporate clear acylic? illuminate it? I don't know...am I crazy for doing this? Yes.
Making the "Illuminated wing" from Harley's 100th Anniversary logo reality.
Pitched that 1.5" thick chunk acrylic sheet for this .5" sheet.. (much easier to cut)
Dremel sanding drum attachment
600 grit sandpaper
DragonModz HD do a little dance, make a little romance Meter found here
Nice mod Bill, I just viewed this mod again, and i noticed something weird about the tools you use, i think i saw, like 3 different dremels (im sure one of them was B/D RTX model.. ) am i right?
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