Silent Fibreglass PC by Keir Graham

More case modding

Throughout the build I came across a variety of problems. The first of which was cutting the acrylic for the connections panels - my Dremel kept melting the acrylic, which meant every so often the milling tool would get stuck in the acrylic or a ring of melted acrylic would form around the milling tool which was extremely irritating.


I would advise anyone else to buy a vertical band saw or scroll saw for cutting acrylic, however parcel tape must be placed on the acrylic where it is to be cut if you are using a scroll saw, this prevents it from welding itself back together once the blade has cut through.


The next problem I came across was during the creation of the large radiator for my water-cooling system. Because the surface area of the radiator was so large, when I got round to soldering the pipe onto the radiator it was very difficult to heat everything and get flux and solder onto the radiator and pipe.


The radiator itself is made from a large sheet of copper which has been bent forward and backward to obtain the maximum surface area in the smallest space possible. Copper pipe then runs across and up the copper sheet 5 times to ensure the heat from the coolant transfers to the copper sheet.


If anyone else is thinking of creating a radiator like the one in my case I would strongly advise that you find another patient person who is willing to keep the blow torch on the radiator and pipe for you while you flux and solder the pipe onto the radiator.