WING X99 | A CNC-milled Scratch Build! (Benchmarks, temps and wallpapers posted!)

[KrMaH]

I'm drooling... in the middle of class...

Why does all cool things come from Sweden?

Screw Norway, I'm moving...

[Brodholm]

20 hours ago, H3LLSMAN said:

I would want a CNC machined Tower 900, this is an insane amount of work though awesome. 

Those are some nice cases

 

19 hours ago, Qwweb said:

How heavy will the whole case be? That is a lot of aluminum.

Also what alloy are you using? (6061, or 7071, or other?)

Heaaaavyyyy

I am using EN5754 H111.

 

18 hours ago, Str8f4c3 said:

Ohhh the hype level just got kicked up! 

Wooopwoooop!

 

9 hours ago, KrMaH said:

I'm drooling... in the middle of class...

Why does all cool things come from Sweden?

Screw Norway, I'm moving...

Go back to school! Focus! 

People are always welcome here in Sweden!

[H3LLSMAN]

5 hours ago, Brodholm said:

Those are some nice cases

 

Heaaaavyyyy

I am using EN5754 H111.

 

Wooopwoooop!

 

Go back to school! Focus! 

People are always welcome here in Sweden!

 

I could just imagine one made with your skills, though change it a little too add in some etched logos of the products used or something. 

[KrMaH]

18 hours ago, Brodholm said:

Those are some nice cases

 

Heaaaavyyyy

I am using EN5754 H111.

 

Wooopwoooop!

 

Go back to school! Focus! 

People are always welcome here in Sweden!

But... but... but... I'm doing structural engineering... Doesnt look nearly as fun as mechanical engineering! Wish I knew enough about mechanics to create CNC mills...
That said, I actually rather enjoy structural, I find buildings fascinating!
And I know, swedes are a lot more welcoming than norwegians. I like sweden, especially swedish metal! besides, liseberg is good fun, and your tobacco and alcohol is dirt cheap!

sorry for slightly hijacking your build log, but I find this volvo commercial amusing, and I love volvo 

[Brodholm]

Finished the video update that includes updates #5 to #18. A lot of CNC milling! You asked for some CNC video so here it is! Hope you will enjoy!

Be sure to watch in 4K or 2K if your monitor supports it!

 

[Charles Root esq.]

Thanks for the updates and the details! 

 

The video is gorgeous.

[Brodholm]

This is the PCIe holder that is going to screw down into all the PCIe slots.

Holes done.

Well... This is what happens when you set your Z-zero at table height when you wanted it at the top of the part. Well this was a fun way to kill a 85$ chamfer mill and a pair of underwear.

The mayhem...

A slightly bigger hole than I intended...

Video of the Crash

 

Start button holder. These will be magnetically loaded instead of spring loaded. By mounting the magnets with the polarities opposite each.

Here you can see where the magnets will be placed.

A 60 degree chamfer/engrave mill. My spindle is a bit slow (18 0000 RPM) so I need to go quite slow.

A quick pass. Some "edges" in the cut, should have gone a bit slower. But this will be cleaned up when I sand the surface.

LED and PWR done!

Doing the "line" in top of the case.

And also doing the bottom part of the line. It is just a 1mm thick aluminium strip

All done!

All set for doing some engraving

This is the G-code for the engraving.

Really nice results! (do you spot the dot above the text? Yeah, that was deap, like 1mm deep. So I ended up redoing this again...)

X99 text done!

Cutting the rubber foot for the case. Just printed the shape and taped it to a piece of neoprene rubber.

Then I just cut it with a knife.

Turned out really good. Patience and slow is the way to go

Cover for the IO-cables and 4-pin power for the motherboard.

Looks even better in reality than in CAD.

Here you have the channels.

Cover plate for the motherboard plate.

Extruded areas for the magnets.

All the chips from the case milling and milling some parts for the CNC. I would say more than half is from the case. Quite a lot...

What was here?

A acrylic cable window! (the protective plastic is still on here, its just regular clear acrylic, PMMA)

Took A LOT of work to get a balanced design. I must say though that I am REALLY happy with the result. One of the best looking features if I am to be the judge. Was trying to get a sort of "tree" look to go with the wing theme.

Soooooo soo pleased right now! And also a huge relief. All the aluminium case parts is now done. I have basically worked 12-16 hour days since mid October til now. And to see everything pan out is so very satisfying but there is still much to do. Next up is the acrylic case parts.

 

[Brodholm]

Time for another update! The chassis itself is done apart from sanding/blasting and anodizing!!!

 

First up, 10mm plexiglass for the illuminated foot.

Used coolant here, later discovered that it did not matter and only made a mess.

This needs to be chamfered.

Here you can see the basic idea. A LED-strip will be placed in the clearance slot.

Really pleased! Hope this will give the illusion case is "floating".

Test piece for the light box. Everything looked fine so I proceeded with the real piece.

The loc-line gets quite cold. You can see frozen condensation around the line

Here it is, working away. Unfortunately did not take a picture when it was done. But it looks just like the test piece

Using a special cooling unit that cools the air up to -delta 50 degrees Celsius. That means the air coming out of nozzle is ~20-50 = -30 degrees Celsius. This keeps the more dimensionally stable and produces better cuts.

Side panels was made out of 6mm acrylic.

Top window is also 6mm acrylic.

 
All acrylic pieces that goes into the case is now done! The white light diffusing mid plate and logo in front was also done, but I do not have pictures of them unfortunately. But, apart from surface treatment on the aluminium, the case is basically done, machining vise.
 

[Str8f4c3]

[Brodholm]

Video update until the most recent post! Milling some plastic in this one!
 

This one is a bit late due to copyright claim. The original artist releases tracks that is free to use if you credit him. Another guy who used his track, and "rapped" over it released some kind of CD or something with that track. And that "dude" has now claimed my video for monitization for a track that was free to use in youtube videos, released a CD. You can even hear the original artist sound "watermark" where he says his name etc in the track. So I have now refuted that claim and waiting for a reply...

[Organized]

Absolutely awesome! I wish I had the equipment and skills for things like that

[Brodholm]

New update, glamour shots!

Asus Rampage V 10th edition!






A 10-core Intel Core i7-6950X extreme!
By far the most expensive and powerful processor I have ever had my hands on.

What is better than one Asus GTX 1080 strix?
Well that would be two, right :]


32GB of Corsair LPX ram!
Corsair 140 ML Pro fans!

Two Intel 800GB PCIe 750 series SSDs!


One sexy 1200W power supply.


And last but not least a HUGE amount of water cooling gear from EKWB. Including motherboard monoblock, gpu block, backplates, ssd block, pump and tops, radiators, ram block, fittings, dye and much more.

[Brodholm]

 Video update of the previous glamour update.So you can kick back in the sofa, crank it up to 4K and just let the pictures scroll by
 

 

[Brodholm]

Two pump tops with different mounting holes.



These will become the back side of the pump tops.


Just got to clean that up a bit!

Much better!

And the back of that same piece.

Doing the pump covers from dia 70mm extruded aluminium pipes.


Modified the Shock Absorber that comes with the EK pump kit to fit my covers!

Perfect! I believe that I will have to cut out a "line" though since the diameter of mine are a bit smaller. Still a success I think

[Brodholm]

While I am at it, might as well post the next update!
 

First off, changing the threads on both radiators. These are 6-32 and I am going to use M4.
Get the right size drill!
This is a really nice function to have on your drill press. You can set a maximum depth. This is very useful while drilling radiators since you will not puncture it by drilling to far.
Tapitapptapp! Remember, not to far!
Muuuuuch better!
Quickly making a board for the button assembly and the illuminated front logo!
Manually jogged the end mill and taped the board to the aluminium sheet.
Separating one piece the circuit from the other.
Made this photo booth that I can fold down and is basically as big as the bottom piece.
I can fit my soft boxes and this also works as work light.
Gets really nice and bright when I work, and I can angle these to change the lights either for work or when taking photos.
Since this is not compatible with the EK-monoblock and I really like the cover I thought that I could do some slight modding.
Cut it here, and drained the fluid inside.
Sealing it up with some super glue.
All done, just need to rest for a while and a few dots of black marker from a pen.
Changed the RAM heat sink so I can fit the monarch ram block. This is a PITA since the original heat sinks are glued/taped to the ram. And they do not come of easy, even with a heat gun...
They sure look nice though!
Ram-block mounted!
Full cover mono-block and gpu-blocks also mounted!
Looking real nice!
Here you can see the mod that allowed the cover to stay in place!
Looks very good in my opinion.
Strix GPU-block and backplates mounted.
These sure are good looking!

Water cooled SSDs!

Wheeww, a huge relief that being done with that. Just tested the system and it posts, and detects all the RAM, GPUs etc! Puhhh!

[WCP123]

This is special... cant wait to see it finished!! good job @Brodholm !

[paddy-stone]

Looking very good my friend, the mirrored finish is so nice. At one point I actually got confused because the mirror finish is so good on the GPU backplate it looked like you had a dual slot motherboard, lol... I had to look closely to see it was a reflection

 

I am assuming you were sponsored by several companies, not least intel? as the CPU says intel confidential that are usually review/samples. Nice that you got a 6950x extreme anyway, wish I had one, lol.

[Charles Root esq.]

I wholly approve of your choice of hardware and brands 

 

And, the total coverage look of all those blocks is a beautiful thing to see!

[Yahtadi]

Brah, do you even liquid?

[Brodholm]

On 2017-02-14 at 5:28 PM, paddy-stone said:

Looking very good my friend, the mirrored finish is so nice. At one point I actually got confused because the mirror finish is so good on the GPU backplate it looked like you had a dual slot motherboard, lol... I had to look closely to see it was a reflection

 

I am assuming you were sponsored by several companies, not least intel? as the CPU says intel confidential that are usually review/samples. Nice that you got a 6950x extreme anyway, wish I had one, lol.

One does not simply buy a 6950X while going to University at the same time  And I have put all my money into the case ^^ Sponsors is a bless here. Could never do this without them, and that is a fact.

[paddy-stone]

18 hours ago, Brodholm said:

One does not simply buy a 6950X while going to University at the same time  And I have put all my money into the case ^^ Sponsors is a bless here. Could never do this without them, and that is a fact.

Absoloutely, I was just asking for clarification as I couldn't remember seeing that your components were sponsored by companies... I haven't seen the first post since you made the thread though, so maybe you have the information there.

You do excellent work, and at such a young age too. It is a testament to your commitment to put so much money and love into a project such as this. I hope you have many years usage of the PC you are making, but at the same time I want you to start another soon, lol

 

[Brodholm]

This is all the equipment I used for the sanding the surface of the aluminium.
I can not stress this enough, PLEASE use a mask and safety glasses when you are sanding aluminium or other materials. Aluminium dust is very bad for your lungs!!!
I am using this pneumatic tool with a scotch brite to remove the old oxidation due to the bad storage of the aluminium pieces. I then finished them with the bigger pneumatic rotary tool going from 240 grit to 400 grit sand paper before blasting.
A nicely packed box containing one Wing X99 case (not including plexi-glass). This just need to be sanded, blasted and repacked.
Using my old test piece to tweak my values on the blasting etc.
I was not super thorough since I am not using this piece.

But damn, the surface is really nice. Much better than the Model 01 build. That was blasted at to high pressure and with to coarse glass beads "GL6" (149-250µm). This time I used glass beads blasted at 2.2 bar with beads sized at "GL3" (53-105µm) instead.
Total amount of sand papers I went through for all the pieces. The issue is that the aluminium gets a bit stuck in the sand paper and it gets very smooth and you basically stop sanding after a while. Not that big of an issue though.
Had to renovate this blaster booth. As you can see it was blue before. Tore it all down, repaired the leather sleeves, changed gloves, changed the windows. Repaired holes in the the sheet metal all around, fixed the lightning, changed all the air valves, rubber gaskets, changed the "floor", installed a rubber mat, changed all the hoses and much more. Basically tore this all down and fixed it. It was several days of work and a lot of new components needed to be purchased. Then I Finally sanded it down and painted it beige/whiteish. If you look in the Model 01 build you can see me using the same booth but without the renovating. It was badly needed back then, and now I really did not have a choice.

This is the super old super heavy duty gun that earlier was used for big steel bead blasting. Those were huuuuuge, like 1mm diameter beads. Really had to make sure to remove ALL of those beads since you really do not want one of those coming through the nozzle once in a while. Well, everything looked really good when it was done and I am driving the parts to the anodizing firm instead of shipping it. I do NOT trust shipping companies to be careful enough with it. It is 40 miles away from the workshop, so it is about a 4-5 hour drive there. I will also go and pick it up directly from them to assure myself that I have done everything in my power to minimize mistakes. The Anodizing firm said it could take up to 2 weeks for the parts to get done, but since I am behind on editing hopefully it will not be that long before I get them back and can put up another update!
 

[Brodholm]

 

[paddy-stone]

9 hours ago, Brodholm said:

This is the super old super heavy duty gun that earlier was used for big steel bead blasting. Those were huuuuuge, like 1mm diameter beads. Really had to make sure to remove ALL of those beads since you really do not want one of those coming through the nozzle once in a while. Well, everything looked really good when it was done and I am driving the parts to the anodizing firm instead of shipping it. I do NOT trust shipping companies to be careful enough with it. It is 40 miles away from the workshop, so it is about a 4-5 hour drive there. I will also go and pick it up directly from them to assure myself that I have done everything in my power to minimize mistakes. The Anodizing firm said it could take up to 2 weeks for the parts to get done, but since I am behind on editing hopefully it will not be that long before I get them back and can put up another update!
 

4-5 Hours, just to go 40 miles?  that's 8-10Mph... you running there, or have a really shitty car?

[Brodholm]

3 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

4-5 Hours, just to go 40 miles?  that's 8-10Mph... you running there, or have a really shitty car?

40 Metric miles is about 250 of "your" miles  

I will just leave this here  

Edit: Well this is embarrassing, turns out a "Scandinavian mile" is what I am refereing to, that is 10km... Did not know there was "another" metric mile.