Pyramid Chassis
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 11:53 am
this has been one of the most difficult builds I have had ever tried to build. Mainly because of the unique specifications/design I am currently trying to achieve with this particular chassis build. I have tried building this chassis 3 other times prior to, and came with less then stellar results. but not this time, this time I will get it the way I want it.
here is a drawing of the chassis.
The motherboard, video cards etc. will be installed on the upper part of the chassis itself, while the storage devices and PSU etc. items will be installed in the bottom portion.
One of the biggest areas that I have had issues in the past with, was the side support braces build. They are not 90° but instead a different angle all together, and requires me to make them from scratch. But since this is a all wooden Chassis build makes that job loads easier on building this chassis.
Here is a piece of 90° Aluminum angle cut with a 30° Pitch. I am using my burnt out CPU to show you that the inner sides of the angle do not fully match up to the 90° corner of the CPU. this was my biggest hurdle to overcome on this particular part of the build.
After chewing through a few pieces of 2x2's (Solid) I finally figured out what the angle is required for me to make the side support braces meet up properly to the center support. That angle that I need is 98°. As we can see in the above image now the 2 inner sides of the support fully contact the 90° corners of the CPU. While using a 30° pitch on the support braces.
I am making 98° angle support side braces out of 2x2 pieces of wood, this will give me more room inside the chassis while at the same time reduce the overall weight of the chassis. As this chassis is 22.5" across (center portion) and is going to stand over 27" once it is completed.
Since i used up most of my 2x2's trying to figure out that damn angle I now need to wait till i go to SLC (VA appointment) and get some more 2x2's so I can finish this build one and for all. For some odd reason all 3 lumber yards here in price utah do not know what a 2x2 is. I will post more pictures once I resume the build. So stay tuned.
here is a drawing of the chassis.
The motherboard, video cards etc. will be installed on the upper part of the chassis itself, while the storage devices and PSU etc. items will be installed in the bottom portion.
One of the biggest areas that I have had issues in the past with, was the side support braces build. They are not 90° but instead a different angle all together, and requires me to make them from scratch. But since this is a all wooden Chassis build makes that job loads easier on building this chassis.
Here is a piece of 90° Aluminum angle cut with a 30° Pitch. I am using my burnt out CPU to show you that the inner sides of the angle do not fully match up to the 90° corner of the CPU. this was my biggest hurdle to overcome on this particular part of the build.
After chewing through a few pieces of 2x2's (Solid) I finally figured out what the angle is required for me to make the side support braces meet up properly to the center support. That angle that I need is 98°. As we can see in the above image now the 2 inner sides of the support fully contact the 90° corners of the CPU. While using a 30° pitch on the support braces.
I am making 98° angle support side braces out of 2x2 pieces of wood, this will give me more room inside the chassis while at the same time reduce the overall weight of the chassis. As this chassis is 22.5" across (center portion) and is going to stand over 27" once it is completed.
Since i used up most of my 2x2's trying to figure out that damn angle I now need to wait till i go to SLC (VA appointment) and get some more 2x2's so I can finish this build one and for all. For some odd reason all 3 lumber yards here in price utah do not know what a 2x2 is. I will post more pictures once I resume the build. So stay tuned.