[Cyprus 29] Cooler Master HAF935 : New Build!

[Orangeclockwerk]

Once they were drilled and cut, they got hit with paint.

Then I glued them to the side panel with my acrylic cement.

It looked great but you could see some air pocket of glue because the stock wasn't perfectly flat. So I decided to tape off the panel and repaint the face and paint the top side as well, then clear coat them.

I am glad I did that it made the copper effect more bold.

I also glued my IO panel together. once I have my GPUs I will cut the holes for them.

 

[Orangeclockwerk]

I also made a front bezel, I am going to redo it a little smaller to make it sit flush in the gap between the 2 original bezels but I can show you how I made it. At this point I decided I am going to use the copper paint instead of actual copper panels as I would prefer everything be the same color rather than real copper and not match exactly.

Here I started with the acrylic trim.

Then I cut some copper I had and painted it copper...copper on copper lol

Once that was all set, I dropped it in to make a nice framed copper panel. I am going to try to trim a little off to make it fit, if that doesn't work I will just remake one, it was easy to do.

 

[Orangeclockwerk]

The last thing I want to show you really quick is the interior mid plate bulkhead placement, I was going to drill and mount them but I want to wait until I have the corresponding piece of hardware to line up the fittings as close to perfect as possible. I think its going to look pretty amazing, you can get the idea if you use a little imagination =D

Well guys I tried to load this update with photos for you since I had a delay between posts, I hope you enjoyed the update! Should have another juicy update for you in a little over a week. Oh yeah dont forget to check out my page Clockwerk Case Mods to get daily photos of whats going on in the workshop! Thanks again for checking out the build, take care for now =D

 

[PP Mguire]

Wondering how heavy this thing is going to be when finalized.

 

[Orangeclockwerk]

Wondering how heavy this thing is going to be when finalized.

I am not sure, I don't think it should be too bad. Its pretty light right now but I only have the PSU in it.

 

[Orangeclockwerk]

Hey guys! I managed to start my custom reservoirs going. Im starting trim on the top one and I think I am going to redo the bottom one as one of the seams did not glue solid and I am having some leaks.

I have also been busy with the CNC, its almost finished now, just need the spindle and some odds and ends. Once its done I can put my money towards buying the rest of the components for this build.

Anyway on to the update! Hope you guys enjoy it!

First thing is that I greatly appreciate the help from my sponsors, they are the foundation of this project!

Here we go! I got my motherboard tray locked in place now with some aluminum cubes.

I also went through and started removing the rivets and replacing them with rivet nuts so the case will no be assembled with screws rather than rivets. It makes things much cleaner and easier to break down and assemble.

Next up I modded the bottom case bezel to hold two bulkheads and a little window to the bottom res. Two tubes will go from the top res and bring water down to the bottom res.

I used the step drill to cut the holes out.

 

[Orangeclockwerk]

Then cleaned them up with the dremel and put in the bulkheads.

Next I cut out a window, I am not sure what trim to go with yet, white or copper. I might actually make acrylic trim for a more professional look.

Now Ill show you the top reservoir. I am leaving the bottom res out because I am most likely going to remake it. Its only about 20$ in acrylic per reservoir without the trim.

So I got the acrylic and some more syringes and a new needle from McMaster.

 

[Orangeclockwerk]

I took the acrylic and cut it down to the correct sizes and made rabbit joints on the ends to make them more leak resistant when I glue them.

I cut grooves in the mid plate that the water will flow over to hopefully keep the water a little more even.

 

[Orangeclockwerk]

After all the panels were cut and rabbited I got to work getting the fittings in place.

After drilling it was time to tap the front fitting holes. A good trick is to run the tap through a block of wood then into the acrylic. It keeps the tap straight and prevents cracking of the acrylic.

Once the front were on I did the back return and top fill fitting.

Quick set in place to get an idea of it, and then lay everything out to glue.

 

[Orangeclockwerk]

This res glued together rather well.

Final res without the trim.

Filled it with some liquid and let it sit over night. It passed the test.