Red Nineteen Project Log 29 - 9th July 2006

Nearly there!

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^ All 4 fans sleeved, along with the Bulgin switches.

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^ The black painting is coming along nicely. Probably one more coat left to do (currently about 6 on there).

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^ Showing the top-panel in black. I can't wait to peel back the newspaper and see the contrast between the Nissan Red and Gloss Black!

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^ You may have seen the ACryan CCFLs lying around in previous shots. The inverter looks a bit plain in a crappy plastic casing - and I happen to have a small metal box that I bought from Maplin a while back...

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^ Cutting out a hole at the side...

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^ Polishing the top...

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^ The new inverter in place, soldering on the new switch...

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^ Soldering and sleeving the power cable...

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^ A shot from the side.

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^ Hey presto! On the left is the original casing, with the PCI blanking plate switch, on the right is the new metal case.

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^ Testing they still work!

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^ Off.

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^ Remember the fan controller? Well a few logs ago, it had 12 wires coming off of it, now I've reduced it back to 4, to make way for 3 LEDs.

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^ I surprised myself, I've not done any soldering in years, but I was able to get a neat finish on the legs quite easily. Lead solder is easier to work with than lead-free solder - anyone else agree?

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^ Testing the fan controller - 3 LEDs are mounted on the board itself, a further two are mounted via about 30cm of wire - to allow me to mount them elsewhere in the case later.

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^ Someone mentioned mesh a loooooooong time ago. Instead of forking out £10 for some 'modders' mesh, I found this piece in a disposable BBQ - £1.79!

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^ The CCFLs with about 90cm of extra cable.

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^ All sleeved up, ready to go!

One question to those reading - my CCFLs only seem to light up three-quarters of the tube now - any idea why? Do they not like extra cabling?

The rest of the evening I'll put on the final coat(s) of black and start on the lacquer. Tomorrow morning, before I head off to work, I hope to add on another coat of lacquer, finishing the lacquer by tomorrow evening. Which leaves Tuesday (after work) to put everything together - this is it!!!