Page 5 - Cherry wood Case with water cooling

Sorry its taken so long. With work and the basement I have to make time for my project. Today I made great strides getting the pump housing on its merry way. I took the glued board and cut it to size for preparation of making the sides. This is what the glue joint looked like after the cuts.




From here I was able to set up the boards in a mock up layout.


Now was the time to create the joints that would allow me to miter the corners and get a great looking corner for the pump house.

I loved the router bits I was using. The locking joints made it so easy to get a great miter joint on the corners.

Now it was time to make the dado cut for the top and bottom of the pump housing.

There was a small lip the occurred but a little sanding and no problems.
Then it was time to put the top and bottom on the pump housing for fitting. Nothing at this point is glued up, only dry fitting.


That was as far as I got today. To bad for me next week I'm away at a company training class and won't be able to make any more progress. And of course I have to get back to the basement to keep the wifey happy!

looks awesome...not much else can be said

Thanks Justin. Its finally beginning to look like something besides lumber. The case has no glue in it right now. It is just being held together by the straps and its locked with the mitre joint so Im very pleased.

Next step before I can begin to glue everything is to cut the air port holes for the radiator and the hole for the power supply. My father-in-law loaned me his DeWalt scroll saw. Its the DW788 with the stand and its a real beauty. I plan on transfering the outline of a existing case to the wood, drill holes in the corners and running the blade through the hole and cutting out the opening. I will make more plans after I see what I'm up against.

Ya the scroll saw should make easy work of making a hole for the radiator. Looking good so far its finally coming together.

I have a circle cutter for the air vents to make a precise cut. I'll use the scroll saw for the PS cutout, that way I can get clean cuts. I'm also thinking about using a PS template and finishing the PS with a template cutter on my router table. Still thinking.....

Well I just couldn't leave it alone before I left. I went into the shop to cut the power supply and air ports for the pump housing.







From here I can begin to use a little of that glue to get something finished here. I have not selected the fan grills yet. I am looking for something unique. I love Mountain Mods original design with the big M in the center. Theres reasons for that but I would like them to be metal and they are plastic.
Any suggestions?

Sorry I have been away so long. With the passing of my mother I have so much to deal with. I have been working on my basement to get that ready for my new office. Today I jumped back into the case and got the pump housing glued and sanded. With all the work in my basement, I've misplaced my battery charger and my camera batteries are dead. No fear though I will get some tomorrow and send pics of the work. Its good to be working with my hands again on something I enjoy besides wiring/drilling tapcons into concrete/mounting studs/and cutting bead board!

Hmm... I was just thinking about this thread this morning actually... wondering what had happened to the project. Good to see you are working on it again

Thanks BBall. I'm looking forward to getting back to work.