[SCRATCHBUILD] Bulldozer Massive case Project

[BaxterTheFly]

Heya guys,

First off, big thanks to Gigatron for supporting me on this build and agreeing to display it in their store after its completed!





One grand thanks to sponsors for putting their faith in me!!!



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I started working on this project few days ago and i thought, lets post some of it.. Idea and startlog first
It will be a massive bulldozer looking case as a tribute for AMD and their FX series of processors...

Model 3D:




I switched from case mod to scratch build 😄 entire bottom frame complete 🙂 also some welds needed to be fixed.. been a while since i welded anything 🙂

[BaxterTheFly]

So, i bet this is the thing you didnt expect to see 🙂
I switched to below tubing to soft tubing in order to have a little more flexibility and room for working, also i made it so that the top part is able to tip over so i can clean, manage cables, etc etc.. This is the last big change in the overall mod and it will go under water tomorrow after some details and immense cleaning, dusting, alcohol bath and all 🙂

Here are some pictures, i really hope you will enjoy them 🙂

[BaxterTheFly]

Also the Video of an open case model on youtube 🙂

[BaxterTheFly]

Ok, i made back panel now for the radiator and hard drive area i made a sandwitch of two pieces of aluminum sheets folded them in the way i needed them and stuffed them with thermal isolation that will help muffle the sound as well and made entire thing really sturdy at no weight cost 🙂




As for hard drive mount, i will make a sort of floating floor for almost complete vibration reduction, it will be two sheets of aluminum, bottom one mounted, than spounge in between 10mm thick and another aluminum sheet on top of it, connected to the bottom with rubber going all around it

[BaxterTheFly]

Ok, i finished wrecking my old Chieftec Aegis case to scrap 🙂 here is what the backplate looks like nicely sanded ( i hand sanded it 😕 ) and in its new home 🙂 also, i will need to cut the hole for the cpu cooler mount and so i can put a 92mm fan back there.. it helps allot with chip cooling 🙂





i also added mesh to the PSU tray



And something i think could be really nice if i manage to do it properly 😄



Kinda odd that the PSU case is perfect dimensions to host 2 3.5" hard drives 😄 and 80mm fan 😄

[RoG1]

special project you got there hopefully it turns out great, like th idea though....

[BaxterTheFly]

RoG wrote:
special project you got there hopefully it turns out great, like th idea though....

Hehe 🙂 you will see it in a few days when it gets its final form before painting 🙂 and i hope you will like what i have done with M5A97 😉 just need to grab Graphic card when i get some cash and it wil good 🙂

[BaxterTheFly]

Been a while since i posted, and loads of things happened since than 🙂

Enjoy the slideshow XD

Top part still needs some minor adjustments, it now opens quite nicely with some support from suspensions 🙂







I dont know about you, but it looks more massive than it used to 🙂

Next in line is the finished front piece remaster!







next, experimenting with paint/foils 😄




Here you can see how the roof holds with suspensions when open 🙂

And the last, i really think you will like it, 95% finished product XD







Bare in mind that the foil didnt set as it should have, and i will re-do it, the glue needs to be heated and i didnt have good dust free chamber, i redid it and the finished pictures will be out soon, only thing left for me to do now is fill it with components :), loads of little details finished as well, this is just a preview! Finished pics will come out when i have it all working!

[Whestly]

Can't wait to see the finish product. Keep it up bro.;)

[BaxterTheFly]

Whestly wrote:
Can't wait to see the finish product. Keep it up bro.;)

The entire project is complete 😄 will post few more pics, currently struggling to get a GPU and mobo so i can finish the build totally 😄