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MMZ_TimeLord · 03-03-2004, 12:23 AM

No PSU yet... so I worked on the Hard Drive Cage solution today.

First cut out my templates. Then I sprayed some "3M Super 77 Spray Adhesive" on the plate copper and and, viola, easy to follow lines. You could, after gluing on the templates, score the lines to make it visible even if you rub the paper off.

Here are the plates for the Ati All-in-Wonder Radeon 9700 Pro solution...

Here, I have made my "tooling plates" out of 3/16" aluminum (greyish-beige plates) and have them secured down along with clamping blocks for one of the Hard Drive Cooler plates.

I have one 7/64" hole drilled through the all the plates and 5/16" hole milled through the copper only. This will allow me to secure the copper to the "tooling plates" without drilling into my table.

Here I've drilled and tapped all four corner holes and have secured the copper plate. I'm now checking to make sure my copper is square in relation to the table by first aligning with one hole's center mark...

Then moving the table in the "X" direction to another center to see how far off I am...

Only being off by about 0.02" is not bad... so, I loosened the bolts holding the copper and lightly tapped the copper so it turned to line up. Then double checked this again. "Dead on!"

Next from the second hole's center mark, I moved the table in the "Y" direction until I reached this center...

Not off at all... that I can see. A more accurate way to do this would be from the corners of the template itself as those points are farther apart. I will do this with the Video Card solution plates as the measurements on those are MUCH more critical.

Here I've set the depth of my 3/8", 4-flute endmill to 5/32" by putting a 3/32" drill bit under it for accurate measure. (The plate is 1/4" thick)

That's it for today... I'll cut the channel tomorrow. Peace...

03-03-2004, 12:23 AM	#44
MMZ_TimeLord Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: San Mateo, CA, USA, Earth Posts: 433	No PSU yet... so I worked on the Hard Drive Cage solution today. First cut out my templates. Then I sprayed some "3M Super 77 Spray Adhesive" on the plate copper and and, viola, easy to follow lines. You could, after gluing on the templates, score the lines to make it visible even if you rub the paper off. Here are the plates for the Ati All-in-Wonder Radeon 9700 Pro solution... Here, I have made my "tooling plates" out of 3/16" aluminum (greyish-beige plates) and have them secured down along with clamping blocks for one of the Hard Drive Cooler plates. I have one 7/64" hole drilled through the all the plates and 5/16" hole milled through the copper only. This will allow me to secure the copper to the "tooling plates" without drilling into my table. Here I've drilled and tapped all four corner holes and have secured the copper plate. I'm now checking to make sure my copper is square in relation to the table by first aligning with one hole's center mark... Then moving the table in the "X" direction to another center to see how far off I am... Only being off by about 0.02" is not bad... so, I loosened the bolts holding the copper and lightly tapped the copper so it turned to line up. Then double checked this again. "Dead on!" Next from the second hole's center mark, I moved the table in the "Y" direction until I reached this center... Not off at all... that I can see. A more accurate way to do this would be from the corners of the template itself as those points are farther apart. I will do this with the Video Card solution plates as the measurements on those are MUCH more critical. Here I've set the depth of my 3/8", 4-flute endmill to 5/32" by putting a 3/32" drill bit under it for accurate measure. (The plate is 1/4" thick) That's it for today... I'll cut the channel tomorrow. Peace... __________________ MMZ>TimeLord "Oooooooooh... that's gonna leave a mark!"