Project Log Feature: GwassGween by Cheapskate

Oops

Of course, mistakes were made; Many, many mistakes. Were they caused by a meandering work schedule? Senility? Gnomes? Who knows? Since working around huge mess-ups is a big part of what I do, I think I should go over some of the top screw-ups of GG.


Cutting features into the back panel involved moving the part to fit the small work area of my mill. Somewhere along the line, I flipped the holes for the top section. I caught on to this early so the fix was simple. I sliced a 1/4in strip where the inner bulkhead mounted,
flipped the top half, and added a support brace to compensate for the lost material.


I could/should have remade the top of that panel. When I tried to mount a PSU I found the holes did not match. I used an old model from the Sketchup library without confirming that the holes were to spec. The fix this time required an aluminum bracket.


Have we talked about the pop-top optical drive? We should. I put a lot of thought into the mechanism, but I never took the weight of the optical drive into consideration. It worked great empty, but if I want to burn a disc, I'll have to prop the lid open.


I'm new to the CNC mill thing, So it's no surprise I didn't know I was overheating the controller. In hindsight, I should have read up on the subject a little. Shortly after a run in a 90 degree-plus garage, it started having fits of temporary insanity.

I finally figured out something was wrong when it started losing steps while milling the manifold. I mention this because I salvaged the part despite the channels coming out wonky. Hey, I'm cheapskate.


I managed to screw up the measurements of the GPU port area, (I always seem to mess up those somewhere.) I was forced to create a new backplate for the card.
A final word of caution: Don't wire your pump backwards.