Taim_98

Got a nice big box in the mail a few days ago (Thursday). http://imgur.com/MS8eTKi Wonder what could be inside! (of course, I knew what it was mostly, but still exciting nonetheless) http://i.imgur.com/Vqv9TWE.jpg Ah it's my new Xbox One and all the other goodies http://i.imgur.com/Vqv9TWE.jpg http://i.imgur.com/pCZGRJK.jpg Got such a good deal on the Xbox bundle. 4 games, the console, and an extra controller. I might just sell it and go for the elite one http://i.imgur.com/rR5tQbR.jpg The RAM was too good of a deal to pass up as well. And since I`m planning on going with more of a black and white components theme now it works in my favor, even if it`s not the fastest (I don`t need extreme speeds anyways) http://i.imgur.com/udeuKlF.jpg Got this the next day for a great price as well. Excited for the jump in storage! Thank you to the Amazon Prime day deals for being a little more generous to Canadians this year! Here's hoping the gap between the US and Canada sites is closed and we get the same perks and prices.

http://i.imgur.com/62iVnC7.jpg Since I wanted to have as much natural movement possible, these supports keep annoying vertical posts in the middle from interacting with me, while at the same time are extremely strong. http://i.imgur.com/62iVnC7.jpg I placed the (unfinished) table top to get even more clear of an idea of what the finished product would actually look like, and to provide some motivation because things just keep going wrong http://i.imgur.com/4Eu6vmn.jpg Another view. The piece of wood where my hand is, doesn't belong, it's just to hold those new pieces up. Those are mostly just for aesthetic purposes, and will house some of the electrical components to come. http://i.imgur.com/zLYdwvr.jpg Cutting out a raised platform for the inside of the "case" http://i.imgur.com/99XhSnk.jpg Here's what it looks like after being cut and bent to shape. It's half an inch high and the edges are half an inch inwards http://i.imgur.com/Va14ywe.jpg Placed inside the "case", and also giving a better view of the protruding front face of the case, which have been glued together and screwed in place until the glue dries.

Hey all, it's been a while. Sorry for the lack of updates, but I have a pretty good excuse. As you may have heard, there was a huge forest fire in the Fort McMurray area, which as you may have figured is where I live. I've been out of town for almost 2 months now and have just gotten back today. I don't know when my next update will be, but I want to get to work as soon as possible. Take care, see you soon.

It's been almost 2 weeks since my last update, and I've done quite a bit since then http://i.imgur.com/0zktouD.jpg Started off with priming most of the pieces I've cut so far http://i.imgur.com/nwqIphP.jpg The table-top pre-primed http://i.imgur.com/6yfVU9l.jpg The table-bottom post-paint. I used a generic black paint with an eggshell finish for this one since it won't be visible anyways. The good stuff I have saved for later, for the visible parts http://i.imgur.com/PO6ghwN.jpg I had one final sheet left to cut. I still have some parts left to cut out because of water damage due to snow, and some angles left to make. http://i.imgur.com/Z2xlb8u.jpg All but one piece cut out http://i.imgur.com/wCavKwE.jpg And the final one, the base of the compartment where my computer will go. This is the outline of the piece, it was a struggle to cut out. http://i.imgur.com/hmh4tLP.jpg Trying to put it together http://i.imgur.com/bb6j0Vc.jpg Looking okay, got some sanding to do though http://i.imgur.com/Xce381P.jpg Got it all glued together and did a test placement to see if it was a decent fit. To my surprise, it was better than I anticipated! Will look even better once I've done finishing touches, filled it in, glued all together, and painted http://i.imgur.com/Wcrhtym.jpg Bought a new roller with a 1/4 inch nap because it's supposed to give a smoother finish. From what I noticed, it seems to have helped a little, but I would have preferred even smoother. I wanted to go the spray machine route, but a good machine just wasn't in my budget yet, I don't have an appropriate area to do that, and it would have used more paint (from what I've heard). Maybe for my next build. Being restricted to no spray paint also meant having to paint each before assembly http://i.imgur.com/Wcrhtym.jpg Priming some more sheets http://i.imgur.com/Hm4yBRM.jpg And the first layer of paint. I've done some more layers and the other side. The pictures look exactly the same, so I didn't bother uploading those ones. I hope to be done all cutting and painting soon so I can move onto building, installing parts, lighting, and finally using it! One last thing. I've noticed the paint seems to be a bit sticky on some of the earlier ones I did, and even causes it to strip if it makes contact with anything for long enough. Anyone know why? Or have a solution? I'd appreciate that

Sorry its' been so long. I've started working, part time with school, and the weather hasn't been very favorable either. But I should be back now hopefully, with somewhat more frequent updates. http://i.imgur.com/mmKz0J6.jpg Strong winds and the weight from new snow caused the tarp to rip in the places being held up by beams http://i.imgur.com/3ENDn3q.jpg Just taped it down because I couldn't be bothered to do anything more http://i.imgur.com/T8Z78e0.jpg One of the 3 pieces that will hold the monitor stand up. Gotta glue these together http://i.imgur.com/sP0zyxt.jpg Cutting out a lip for this board http://i.imgur.com/EjevIRi.jpg And cleaning it up http://i.imgur.com/534MQis.jpg Made a decently big pocket inside this board as well http://i.imgur.com/spevL0y.jpg And put together the frame for the shelf to see how it would look. Looks good to me, and is fairly strong as well. With glue it will be much stronger http://i.imgur.com/lPnGDyu.jpg And moving my bed to the opposite side of the room to make space to store parts as I finish them That's really all I have for this update! Should be finishing more sooner, especially now that I have a bit of a deadline See you soon!

Yeah they were thinking parts, I was thinking recognition too My PC specs are just fine so I'm not worried about that, but it's nothing special. I'm making (what is in my opinion (and hopefully you all will agree lol)) an amazing table, but the parts going inside it won't compliment the build like I want it to; no proper color scheme, nothing that *pops*, air cooled. I'll probably end up buying a couple things here and there for the PC aspect of things, I still have some other stuff to purchase though

I was talking to a couple guys and they told me I should get this build sponsored. Should I go for it? And how would I go about that

Lot's of pictures for this update! Even removed some so it wouldn't be too overloaded Spent most of today outside and got a lot done, just had a banana for breakfast and went straight to work. Starting off where I ended the last post, I had to finish cutting the rest of this board. The main area is one of the 3 pieces of the desk-top, around it is two more pieces that had to be cut out, and inside it are several pieces to be cut out (it's going to have an open top) First off, the outside pieces Already have one cut out as you can see After cutting those out, and trimming the rest off, you get this giant piece which needs to be hollowed out And looks amazing afterwards! I'm getting excited already (I have been throughout this project though so that's nothing new) Placed it with the other pieces because I couldn't wait any longer and everything looks good so far. Feels a bit smaller than designed (but its's still huge), probably just because it's not elevated though. Cutting out the inner pieces, there were 8 more I cut after this And had to make the edges for many of them as well using my new technique! I'm very thankful that I figured this out as it made the work so much easier. I just clamped the piece down onto my work table, flipped the jigsaw upside down, and carefully went along the angled line as much as I could. Sanded the rest down to a smooth finish Got most of them done, except the top two. It was getting too dark and I had to squint too hard to see the lines on the ruler so I just left it aside for tomorrow. Another picture of the pieces I have so far Lots of minis I'm thinking of doing a proper test build tomorrow I have all the pieces I need to put most of the table together, and then some. I might change my mind tomorrow though

Managed to find some time to go out today and get 2 more sheets of MDF, and then had a little left over to start cutting one of them out Didn't have time to print out a bigger copy, so quickly made a sketch of one of the boards Same piece of the sheet, but moved to the whole backside because of its complexity Got 3 pieces cut out and some of the next sketched before the sun was beginning to set And everything I have so far You may remember that a post or two ago I said I had enough to make a test build of the table. Wellll I may have missed a piece BUT I HAVE IT NOW I CAN MAKE IT I PROMISE Don't know when I'll actually get to it though lol, don't have a lot of room outside We'll see how it goes

I could barely get to sleep last night because of how eager I was to get started on working on this again, yesterday was too cold to work. Today I decided to try something new, something I would have to do eventually and didn't have any certain idea on how it would go. I decided to make the angled edges on all the pieces (I have cut so far) that need them. I wasn't sure how I was going to do this. My jigsaw only had the option to cut 45 and 22.5 degree angles, and the ones I need are much more odd. I also thought about using the circular saw which has the ability to cut any angle between 0 and 45 degrees, but it was too cumbersome to work with, especially on small 6 inch by 4 inch-ish pieces. I figured I would try again with the jigsaw because it would probably be the easiest. I put the long edge of the piece on the table, and left the piece hanging over a bit. I then took the jigsaw, holding it vertically, and followed the line I had made for the angle This was good, but not good enough. The piece was shaking a lot as I cut, and I didn't want to risk getting any closer So then I figured I should just file the rest down This allowed for more precision with less risk, but it took a long time finishing up all the pieces this way. In the end I managed to cut them all out to my satisfaction, hopefully they line up well enough with the pieces they will be joined to I had some time left until sundown so I decided to quickly do one more thing before heading back inside I had to cut out a "hole" from another piece My level of skill at performing insertion cuts is improving as well Managed to get the piece cut right as the sun had almost set, so I had to use the camera flash to take this picture And with the piece removed I'm planning on going to get more sheets tomorrow, but we'll see how that goes or if I end up doing something else.

New update for you guys. Been working for the past couple days, skipping some days as well because of the cold and snow. Also, I have some good news and some bad news. Let's start with the bad First of all, it's not all that bad lol. I have finally run out of wood sheets to cut and will have to go to buy more, but the rear door of our car is not opening so going to have to figure something out for that. Now the good, I have cut out enough pieces (as I planned) to begin a test build of the main areas of the table! I might get started with that tomorrow, or maybe tomorrow will be for getting more wood, I haven't decided yet One of the sheets was damaged like this on two of the edges, so instead of cutting around or keeping it, I just decided to trim that part off the first side and the next I didn't end up taking as many pictures as I though I did, so this is all I have for the day I worked on this sheet This happens almost ever other day, but I'm posting a picture today because it hasn't been this heavy and stayed up before got it all cleared out and placed a new (and the final) sheet onto the table. The smaller piece you see on top I was just using to make straight lines the final cut of the last sheet and all the pieces I have cut out so far! The long one laying horizontally at the bottom isn't actually a piece, I just couldn't' find anywhere else to put it because it's too tall. That's all I have for this update! Hopefully I should be doing a lot more soon. Also, let me know if you guys prefer more frequent updates, with the stuff I completed that day. Or would you like less frequent updates with progress over a course of a couple days or a week.

Felt I was posting too often with too little to the update so I've held back for a few days, but I feel I've done enough for a new post It's been incredibly cold, reaching down to -30 or so, so I had to skip a day that I could work on the table as well I've finished cutting out all but 4 of the parts, which are inside of another piece for which the measurements have still not been corrected, so for now I'm basically done cutting out all the parts from this sheet! I still have to make the angles on a lot of these pieces but I'm debating on leaving that to after cutting out all the pieces from the sheets.

I'm not too sure about that actually It's most likely going to be a black as my room is black themed. Light grey walls, dark black-grey carpet I haven't considered a white top as it may stand out too much, but it might work better than I'm imagining

Hopefully you pick a few things up here and there, this is a first for me too so it`s just as much of learning experience for me Let me know how yours goes!

Other than the fact that it's almost unbearable to hold tools, that's true strangely enough Now that I have everything covered up, it should be safe from the elements, the most dangerous being rain. I have noticed though that on the underside of the tarp there`s a buildup of ice particles or something like that, so I`m going to have to be careful