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Kimera Industries Project Nova: 17 liters of 5-slot mATX goodness
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Hey Aibohphobia, how did you revise the main chassis so that when it was bent, it didn't hit the forming dies? I currently have this problem with my case and I have come up with a solution, but I am curious how you were able to fix yours.
-Jeffinslaw
-Jeffinslaw
My main worry would be getting stuck in a place where there's too many to manufacture using just press brakes in a reasonable time-frame but not enough to justify the tooling for stamping. I don't see it becoming an issue though because this is still such a niche design.
I had to redesign the frame. Originally the top/back/bottom was one piece and the front/mobo tray was another. But that makes for a deep U-shape that isn't easy to form with regular press brakes so I did it such that the front/tray/back was a single piece and the top and bottom are separate.
Makes for 3 parts instead of 2 but it's easier to bend.
Could you post a picture of the changes? If it doesn't reveal too much of your case design
I'm just trying to come up with inspiration for my case.-Jeffinslaw
Maybe something like this?
So top and front as one piece, then back and bottom as another.
So top and front as one piece, then back and bottom as another.
Side bracket is about the same. That measurement is a bit fuzzy because whether something will fit is more a limitation of the rad + fan + tubing + block. Even a thick rad like the NZXT X41 fits nicely with a single fan because the tubing is very flexible.
A single-slot card in the 3rd slot (2nd from the bottom) leaves about 63mm clearance. That's just the current design though, it could go a few mm either way between now and production.
A single-slot card in the 3rd slot (2nd from the bottom) leaves about 63mm clearance. That's just the current design though, it could go a few mm either way between now and production.
Yeah I figured with the bracked but the 63mm is actually more then I was expecting, even if it goes down a few mm, nice!
Hey all - in lieu of our relative silence, I figured I could share this aside since I found it very interesting: on HF, I joked a day or so ago that we would only be manufacturing Nova in beige - only to have a bunch of people say that they actually like the idea of a "retro" version of the case.
I countered by making a "Nostalgia Edition" of the KI logo:
Which then expanded to a few more versions, all of which are inspired by logos and styles used by real computer companies in the 1980s (see if you can figure out all three
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Of course, we won't actually be doing a beige version (at least for now), but it was fun to re-imagine our own insignia in that early era of computing.
I countered by making a "Nostalgia Edition" of the KI logo:
Which then expanded to a few more versions, all of which are inspired by logos and styles used by real computer companies in the 1980s (see if you can figure out all three
Of course, we won't actually be doing a beige version (at least for now), but it was fun to re-imagine our own insignia in that early era of computing.
ZX Spectrum. The Amiga 'tick' is a bit too iconic, but turned on it's side it could be a 'K'...
Can't wait for this bomb to drop and turn the world into fields of candy and prancing unicorns. Atleast that's how I predict it will go down.
The first cut of our final design...
An aluminum bar is segmented using a saw. This billet will eventually be transformed into a carry handle.
An aluminum bar is segmented using a saw. This billet will eventually be transformed into a carry handle.
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An aluminium billet machined into a handle, you got to love the feeling of that piece of hardware in your hands when you're walking around at a LAN party with your uber SFF build alongside the ATX full towers being hauled in (mostly empty ofcourse).
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