Project Razer

[The Official Czex]

Sorry for no update's tonight guys, have a job interview tomorrow so i am just making sure i am prepared! Gonna need a job to cover the rest of this build :P

 

Good luck!

[Wintershrinkage]

Day 31 - So the next step in this project is to drill the holes for the 5mm led's that I am going to be installing behind the razer logo's on the side wall. They will consist of RGB and UV led's. But before I can install the led's I have to prime and paint the side outer walls because I wont be able to paint them once the led's. But what I didn't realize is that this would actually cause a lot of problem's and cost me alot of time and money down the road. More on that later.

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Day 32 - Now that they have been painted, I waited about a week before they were completely dry. During this process I ended up spraying a clear coat on the paint after 48 hours from when I applied the last coat of paint. But once the clear coat was dry it ended up leaving the surface really bumpy and spotty. So I decided to do a quick sanding to smooth out the clear coat but it ended up sanding through the paint down to the primer. So after that big problem I had to go back to priming the spot and painting it again to even out the coats and to make it like good. Anyways, at this point it was time to start installing the led's! If there are any electricians out there, please don't judge me on my wiring skills haha. It may look like crap but it get's the job done!

Yup this is a roll of 1000 220 ohm resistors...I never want to see another resistor in my life.  Since the rgb led's and UV led's require maximum 5v to run and anymore then that would fry them, I had to solder a resistor on to each individual pin of every resistor. At the end of completing the side walls, I had less then half of them left.

 

Let the project begin! I first started off with positioning each of the led's an 1/8" out of the wood and then secured them with hot glue. I could have used epoxy as it is way better then hot glue, but it would have costed to much just to complete this small part. In the end it costed me about $10 for a massive bag of hot glue sticks.

 

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Day 32 (Continue) - At this point it was time to start soldering on the resistor's and wires. In order to get the wire's to not be so bulky, I ended up striping all the shielding off them, attaching it to a drill and spinning it to cause the wires to twist together. I then soldered the entire thing to keep it from fraying and sturdy.

 

After I had completed a soldering resistors and wire to all of each pin (e.g. all the red pins), I would hot glue the wire in place so it wouldn't move, then I would put electrical tape on it to keep it from wire's crossing and making contact. I know it look like the worst job you have ever seen but it worked out great!

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Day 32 (Continue) - After 3 days from 5PM to about 1-2AM I had finished all of the soldering, gluing, and taping. They turned out amazing!

Stay tune for the end result 

[Wintershrinkage]

Well everyone, I have one very very big problem.  I'm an idiot. The desk is 58.5" long 8" high with a depth of 34".   The biggest door in my house is...

 

 

 

 

Yup is only 30.75". I guess I should have made sure the desk was gonna fit through the door before I built it  :blink:

[SPG]

cant you saw off the legs and put them back together to tilt it to the side?

[Wintershrinkage]

cant you saw off the legs and put them back together to tilt it to the side?

Haha I wish! But no I can't with all the wire's in the legs

[NoobCase]

Well everyone, I have one very very big problem.  I'm an idiot. The desk is 58.5" long 8" high with a depth of 34".   The biggest door in my house is...

 

 

 

 

Yup is only 30.75". I guess I should have made sure the desk was gonna fit through the door before I built it  :blink:

I see what you did there... You just made the perfect excuse to extend the house with a Man Cave!!

[The Official Czex]

Well everyone, I have one very very big problem.  I'm an idiot. The desk is 58.5" long 8" high with a depth of 34".   The biggest door in my house is...

 

 

 

 

 

Yup is only 30.75". I guess I should have made sure the desk was gonna fit through the door before I built it  :blink:

 

I wanna see this bad boy light!

[Wintershrinkage]

I see what you did there... You just made the perfect excuse to extend the house with a Man Cave!!

Hahaha I like the way you think

[Wintershrinkage]

Well after some time, effort, and a sludge hammer the desk is now in the house!!  I couldn't take the leg's off as they are glued together and I have tons of wires running through them. More on that later   

[Wintershrinkage]

Soooo, anyone interested in an update?!?

[Philz69]

I am!

[Wintershrinkage]

Ok update time! Well before we get to the final outcome of the side wall, the guy who helped me make the razor logo's send me some sick picture's of the final result right off the mill!

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Day 32...no 33 - This project has already taken so long haha. Well I guess you guys don't really no how long this project is. I started this project at the beginning of this year with just collecting parts, and by April once the weather had started to warm up (spring time), it was time for me to start actually building the desk! So at this point it is early-mid august.

So here is the end result of the desk!





Sorry for the crappy video and pictures  It was really late in the night and apparently I didn't care to take any clearer shot's 

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Day 34 - Now that the side wall is all done and wired up, time to move onto the part. So as I showed you previously, I got a bunch of metal plates water cut for the motherboard, middle section, and pump section. Since I had already spent so much money on the cutting and my cnc operator at work was backed up for a couple month's, I took things into my own hands and did the rest of the work myself. Each of the oval shaped cut out's are actually the inner dimensions of the corsair 350D rubber grommet's. I wanted to but grommet's in rather then have them open as it would look alot cleaner and wouldn't have all these cut out's with lots of space since all the wires wont take up all the space of the cut out.

***WARNING - Not gonna lie, they turned out looking like s*** when I was done with them thought I could do better ***

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So the end result it saved me $175 and a couple month's of waiting, the bad side, doesn't look nearly as clean as I was hoping for. My regret was cheaping out on not getting them done professionally. What's another $150 after you have already spend xxxx amount of dollarsalready 

[The Official Czex]

Absolutely beautiful! So much hard work and dedication!

[Wintershrinkage]

Day 35 - Time to paint and prime all the metal plates!
 

[HellaflushMcSwaggins]

Awesome!

[Wintershrinkage]

Hey guys,

Anyone know where I can get a custom rog led logo for the heat sink like this one but in green or even clear?

Also does anyone happen to know what size LEDs the rog board uses?

Thanks!

[Le_Doken]

Damn props for the motivation you have to go through all the work on this project of yours!! Can't wait to see the final result

[Wintershrinkage]

Damn props for the motivation you have to go through all the work on this project of yours!! Can't wait to see the final result

Thanks! I can't wait to see the end result either haha