Rampage by Sleepstreamer

Finishing Up

The front though, will not be painted. Time to do some actual labour instead of getting the milling machine to do everything for me! I'm using a compound called Autosol to polish the aluminium.


First some wetsanding to smooth out the surface. I used 800, and then 1200 grit. And after three rounds of polishing it finally started to look shiny. Now I know this is not a mirror finish, but that's not what I'm going for. I've always thought a surface looks a lot better if it's a bit rough. Looks more... baddass and rugged than just a plain mirror.


Last thing on the agenda, the power button. Now, I usually design my own power switches for my cases but for this one I simply could not find an old button to build from, which is pretty odd considering I have a shed full of old cases! In any case, I had to buy one of those horrid Bulgin switches for an extortionate £30 (No that's not a typo).


And after some milling and filing, things were looking good. I also had to mill cut a big hole in the top panel: I did this using a mill-bit and a new spindle motor I bought for the CNC. After that it just bolted on. Honestly, I looks a lot better than I thought it would.