Project : DST (Dallas Stars Tribute) - Page 7

**TAZTG** · 04-14-2009, 08:39 AM

No Biggy, it jsut means more future modding.. Slow and Steady FTW..

Life First, Modding Second..

**Tech-Daddy** · 10-13-2009, 12:23 AM

I went with a 3 tone chassis. I had actually considered putting a red stripe down the middle of the white motherboard tray to simulate the center line... but never could get it to simulate properly on my test pieces, so I left it as is.

To power the tops of the puck lights, I had to run cabling down under the chassis, so I drilled a hole and fed the cables through the space behind the mobo tray.

Using a 4 post bus bar, I attached the grounds to 2 of the posts, and then used the other two posts to supply the 5v line.

I then needed a way to mate a female molex to bus bar. So I cut 4 lengths of cabling, attached 2 to the center grounds (like normal) and then I sandwiched 2 cables into a single 5v molex pin...

and installed it into the molex...

Testing to make sure I have the lines setup and feeding from the proper lines:

...and attached the molex to the power bar.

Here I mounted the bard to the back of the tray, sleeved the cables with some plastic split looming, and fed the molex out just under the hard drive bays:

**Tech-Daddy** · 10-13-2009, 12:24 AM

I then went to work making clusters of LED's. 6 green and 7 amber.

Hotglued them all into place:

And then begain splicing all of them together so that they all received the 5v from one common line, and then everyone used the same common ground.

Wrap it up:

Solder it:

**Tech-Daddy** · 10-13-2009, 12:24 AM

put the heat shrink around the joint:

Here is a close up of the tool that I used to create splice points on the common lines:

And one of the finished result. I took about 8 or 9 pics, but all of them came out blurry, so I need to go out and snap some more shots of the case.

I have the black RTA to apply to the back of the window that will add in contrast to the smoke/flame etching, as well as add in the centers to the letters "D", "R" and "A", while allowing the front and rear white LED fans to work without blasting color into the Stars logo. Should be a nice effect.

**MrDigital** · 10-13-2009, 12:30 AM

Wow, nice. Not as nice as a Minnesota North Stars case, but nice.

**r'aggro** · 10-13-2009, 02:24 AM

Team logo looks awesome so far, nice to see an update!

**TAZTG** · 10-13-2009, 07:39 AM

Hey TD, nice huge update. Love the detail and how the two colors belend together.... Does that Hot Glue have staying power? Never used it and was wondering if it could work for the Plexi instead of double sided tape when adding a window. Anyway welcome back and Thanks for the Update..

**Tech-Daddy** · 10-13-2009, 11:04 AM

Hey TAZTG!
Hot glue, by itself, would not likely hold the panel for a long period of time if you were just to put the hot glue down and them put the window on top of it. Hot glue excells with oddly shaped surfaces, not perfectly flat and smooth surfaces.

*buuuuut*

If you were to drill a small hole where you were putting the glue, and then put the glue on the back of the panel, then push the window *with the hole* over the glue (so that the glue pushes through the hole and adheres, that may make it a stronger joint.

Typically, I use double sided "super tape" for my window mounts. Is is a 3M tape... I'll get you the model on that stuff. Would recommend that more than hot glue. Super strong, and damn near permanent.

**proxops-pete** · 10-13-2009, 11:15 AM

Wow... other than the sucky team, the case is AWESOME!!

**Tech-Daddy** · 10-13-2009, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by proxops-pete

Wow... other than the sucky team, the case is AWESOME!!

Hey... we are UNDEFEATED!!!

**TAZTG** · 10-13-2009, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tech-Daddy

Hey TAZTG!
Hot glue, by itself, would not likely hold the panel for a long period of time if you were just to put the hot glue down and them put the window on top of it. Hot glue excells with oddly shaped surfaces, not perfectly flat and smooth surfaces.

*buuuuut*

If you were to drill a small hole where you were putting the glue, and then put the glue on the back of the panel, then push the window *with the hole* over the glue (so that the glue pushes through the hole and adheres, that may make it a stronger joint.

Typically, I use double sided "super tape" for my window mounts. Is is a 3M tape... I'll get you the model on that stuff. Would recommend that more than hot glue. Super strong, and damn near permanent.

I have been using the 3M VHB, its the strongest and was recommended by Bill.

**Tech-Daddy** · 10-13-2009, 07:00 PM

Thhaaaats tha stuff!

**bugspop1** · 10-13-2009, 11:52 PM

Haven't seen those kind of Hockey Pucks since I was a kid. My uncle worked the local hockey arena and would get us these pucks for free. Back then they called these puck, practice pucks! My uncle told us that they were for indoor non-ice practice. We did use them for just that! BTW, looks great as usual!

**Tech-Daddy** · 10-14-2009, 11:37 AM

yep, those were my concept pucks that I did a test using. I used actual NHL pucks for feet on the DSF mod that I did for the Dallas Stars Foundation.

Consistancy is totally different!

04-14-2009, 08:39 AM	#91
TAZTG ««MODAHOLIC»» Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brunswick, MD Posts: 2,137	No Biggy, it jsut means more future modding.. Slow and Steady FTW.. Life First, Modding Second.. __________________ Lamda Dir TAZTG of the Cooler's Guild TAZTG CASE MODS quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Big_Mac Will I be nice and lazy? Lazy is important to me, and once I get into my chair, my arse isn't leaving for anything --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

10-13-2009, 12:23 AM	#92
Tech-Daddy Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Plano, Tx USA Posts: 1,320	I went with a 3 tone chassis. I had actually considered putting a red stripe down the middle of the white motherboard tray to simulate the center line... but never could get it to simulate properly on my test pieces, so I left it as is. To power the tops of the puck lights, I had to run cabling down under the chassis, so I drilled a hole and fed the cables through the space behind the mobo tray. Using a 4 post bus bar, I attached the grounds to 2 of the posts, and then used the other two posts to supply the 5v line. I then needed a way to mate a female molex to bus bar. So I cut 4 lengths of cabling, attached 2 to the center grounds (like normal) and then I sandwiched 2 cables into a single 5v molex pin... and installed it into the molex... Testing to make sure I have the lines setup and feeding from the proper lines: ...and attached the molex to the power bar. Here I mounted the bard to the back of the tray, sleeved the cables with some plastic split looming, and fed the molex out just under the hard drive bays: __________________ Tech-Daddy http://www.tech-daddy.com Who is "General Error" and why is he reading my drive?

10-13-2009, 12:24 AM	#93
Tech-Daddy Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Plano, Tx USA Posts: 1,320	I then went to work making clusters of LED's. 6 green and 7 amber. Hotglued them all into place: And then begain splicing all of them together so that they all received the 5v from one common line, and then everyone used the same common ground. Wrap it up: Solder it: __________________ Tech-Daddy http://www.tech-daddy.com Who is "General Error" and why is he reading my drive?

10-13-2009, 12:24 AM	#94
Tech-Daddy Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Plano, Tx USA Posts: 1,320	put the heat shrink around the joint: Here is a close up of the tool that I used to create splice points on the common lines: And one of the finished result. I took about 8 or 9 pics, but all of them came out blurry, so I need to go out and snap some more shots of the case. I have the black RTA to apply to the back of the window that will add in contrast to the smoke/flame etching, as well as add in the centers to the letters "D", "R" and "A", while allowing the front and rear white LED fans to work without blasting color into the Stars logo. Should be a nice effect. __________________ Tech-Daddy http://www.tech-daddy.com Who is "General Error" and why is he reading my drive? Last edited by Tech-Daddy; 10-13-2009 at 12:26 AM.

10-13-2009, 12:30 AM	#95
MrDigital ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Gamers don't let gamers buy a Wii. Posts: 7,848	Wow, nice. Not as nice as a Minnesota North Stars case, but nice. __________________ Once more they will replenish themselves... cheat death again! The power of their source? The Crystal.

10-13-2009, 02:24 AM	#96
r'aggro shootier than yours Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: laffinatcha Posts: 5,007	Team logo looks awesome so far, nice to see an update!

10-13-2009, 07:39 AM	#97
TAZTG ««MODAHOLIC»» Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brunswick, MD Posts: 2,137	Hey TD, nice huge update. Love the detail and how the two colors belend together.... Does that Hot Glue have staying power? Never used it and was wondering if it could work for the Plexi instead of double sided tape when adding a window. Anyway welcome back and Thanks for the Update.. __________________ Lamda Dir TAZTG of the Cooler's Guild TAZTG CASE MODS quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Big_Mac Will I be nice and lazy? Lazy is important to me, and once I get into my chair, my arse isn't leaving for anything --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

10-13-2009, 11:04 AM	#98
Tech-Daddy Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Plano, Tx USA Posts: 1,320	Hey TAZTG! Hot glue, by itself, would not likely hold the panel for a long period of time if you were just to put the hot glue down and them put the window on top of it. Hot glue excells with oddly shaped surfaces, not perfectly flat and smooth surfaces. buuuuut If you were to drill a small hole where you were putting the glue, and then put the glue on the back of the panel, then push the window with the hole over the glue (so that the glue pushes through the hole and adheres, that may make it a stronger joint. Typically, I use double sided "super tape" for my window mounts. Is is a 3M tape... I'll get you the model on that stuff. Would recommend that more than hot glue. Super strong, and damn near permanent. __________________ Tech-Daddy http://www.tech-daddy.com Who is "General Error" and why is he reading my drive?

10-13-2009, 11:15 AM	#99
proxops-pete Capt. Picard Fan Mod Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Houston, we have lift off! Posts: 9,478	Wow... other than the sucky team, the case is AWESOME!! __________________ Please help save Ana! C2D E7200 @ 3.2 GHz\|Zalman CNPS9500 LED\|Gigabyte GA-P35-S3G Silver Cooler Master Wave Master\|4 GB A-DATA PC2 6400\|Antec TruePower Trio 550W Asus HD 4850 512MB\|Catalyst 8.51\|Sceptre x22wg-Gamer 22" X-Fi XtremeMusic\|Klipsch ProMedia 2.1\|Sennheiser HD-580 Logitech WingMan RumblePad USB\|Logitech G5\|Win XP Pro SP2\|APC SmartUPS SUA1500 My Blah-g \| Heatware & eBay \| the Gamer Planet \| Xfire

10-13-2009, 07:00 PM	#102
Tech-Daddy Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Plano, Tx USA Posts: 1,320	Thhaaaats tha stuff! __________________ Tech-Daddy http://www.tech-daddy.com Who is "General Error" and why is he reading my drive?

10-13-2009, 11:52 PM	#103
bugspop1 Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1,062	Haven't seen those kind of Hockey Pucks since I was a kid. My uncle worked the local hockey arena and would get us these pucks for free. Back then they called these puck, practice pucks! My uncle told us that they were for indoor non-ice practice. We did use them for just that! BTW, looks great as usual! __________________ CoolerMaster Cosoms Full Tower Enermax Revolution 1050w PSU (Modular Cabling) AMD PhenomII X4 940@3.0ghz Black Edition Asus M4A79 Deluxe 4x2GB G.Skill DDR2 1066 PC2 8500 2x1TB Seagate Hard Drives 2xLite-On DVD-RW Smarterase/Lightscribe XFX nVidia GeForce 285 GTX 1GB 26" Westinghouse Monitor Logitech Webcam 9000 Pro Logitech MX 5500 Combo Logitech z-640 5.1 Surround Sound Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit Brother MFC-9440cn AIO Brother MFC-845cw AIO Brother QL-570 Label Printer Last edited by bugspop1; 10-13-2009 at 11:53 PM.

10-14-2009, 11:37 AM	#104
Tech-Daddy Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Plano, Tx USA Posts: 1,320	yep, those were my concept pucks that I did a test using. I used actual NHL pucks for feet on the DSF mod that I did for the Dallas Stars Foundation. Consistancy is totally different! __________________ Tech-Daddy http://www.tech-daddy.com Who is "General Error" and why is he reading my drive?

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