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So here's what went down last weekend. I tried to salvage the original metal that I intended to work on. I spent a few hours finishing some cuts, a LOT of filing, and surface brushing the metal. Then I started bending the frame and ran into a problem. The metal warped around the I/O shield cut, and when trying to re-straighten and re-bend, it began to fracture around the bend area.This piece was meant to be the inner frame, which includes the motherboard tray. The scrap metal I was using was more brittle than I thought, so a fracture formed around the bend. Having the cuts made first actually made the bending more difficult. So, time to get softer anodized sheets after all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯I'm deciding to go simpler with the case design and settled on two designs to choose from- one resembles the Steam Machine external case cutout and another one is closer to the NFC S3 Mini. There will be no inner frame. Will post some pictures of the designs later.
So here's what went down last weekend. I tried to salvage the original metal that I intended to work on. I spent a few hours finishing some cuts, a LOT of filing, and surface brushing the metal. Then I started bending the frame and ran into a problem. The metal warped around the I/O shield cut, and when trying to re-straighten and re-bend, it began to fracture around the bend area.
This piece was meant to be the inner frame, which includes the motherboard tray. The scrap metal I was using was more brittle than I thought, so a fracture formed around the bend. Having the cuts made first actually made the bending more difficult. So, time to get softer anodized sheets after all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm deciding to go simpler with the case design and settled on two designs to choose from- one resembles the Steam Machine external case cutout and another one is closer to the NFC S3 Mini. There will be no inner frame. Will post some pictures of the designs later.
