New Bench Station

[apollyon]

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Hi all,
After seeing the Antec Skeleton and the HSPC bench station i had planned to make my own DIY station. Googling a bit i found Navig's design from ocforums and it looked very simple and practical, not to mention easy to make
So after nearly one month, plenty of moolah spent on new tools and paint smudged hands its finally ready :hap2:

Material used was 20mm plywood, 1.5" square aluminium pipe, 1.5"/20mm aluminium angle, ss self tapping screws

The beginning, cutting the 20mm ply




First brief assembly, just to check everything was ok




20mm M3 standoff's



custom made control panel in alu angle. Push-to-On buttons for Power On and Reset, 10mm bigass leds, blue for Power and green for HDD, 2 USB ports



primer coats for the wood and the metal parts




first coat of paint (total three coats), paint used was satin finish dulux




final assembly






pcw fan controller, 12w per channel, good enough for 2 x 120mm high cfm fans per channel. this will be upgraded later to a better quality Sunbeam





psu mount



dvdrw mount rails



in action






i case badges



hdd cage can accommodate 6 drives



another two USB ports on the left side



current test config on this station is -
Core i7 920/ Xeon W3570
Gigabyte EX58 UD3R, EVGA Classified X58 E760
Crucial/A-Data DDR3
3 x 500GB, 320GB, 160 Seagate Sata HDD's and a single 80GB IDE hdd

[stonedsurd]

Navig's design was one I really admired Elegant and cheap(er).

You've done a great job!

[thebanik]

amazing and superb work there man....so how much did you spend in all???? I so badly need a bench station myself, but dont have the patience and determination to make my own........

[stonedsurd]

Originally Posted by thebanik amazing and superb work there man....so how much did you spend in all???? I so badly need a bench station myself, but dont have the patience and determination to make my own........

Pay me? I'd love to put one of these bad boys together but the only thing I lack is utility and justification.

[$toned™]

nice , something i want to do from quite sometime

[thebanik]

Originally Posted by stonedsurd Pay me? I'd love to put one of these bad boys together but the only thing I lack is utility and justification.

Deal???? I badly need one man, all my stuff is lying on a glass table, btw when are you coming back, I need a couple of l33t stuff from US man

[stonedsurd]

Originally Posted by thebanik Deal???? I badly need one man, all my stuff is lying on a glass table, btw when are you coming back, I need a couple of l33t stuff from US man

I get back around first week, depending on my exam schedule. I'll hit you up when I get home.

[Aragorn]

awesome ... really amazing effort ..

[aasheet]

great work man
saw it on the other site also

[rpm19050]

hw the hell did this skip my eye?

NEAT!

P.s: whr did you get the hdd cage, usb and other stuff?

[ManISinJpr]

No this is COOL and it looks a Million big ones for sure.
Good job man !
@ Banik :: Stoney can do this in a couple of years

[ViKiD]

Sweeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!

[stonedsurd]

Originally Posted by ManISinJpr @ Banik :: Stoney can do this in a couple of years

Ouch

[ManISinJpr]

LMAO Stoney, I wanted to tickle you yesterday and I think I succeeded !
I want to encourage you for more in your life, thats all.
I know you can do it for sure if you set your mind to it.

Originally Posted by stonedsurd Ouch

[apollyon]

Originally Posted by rpm19050 hw the hell did this skip my eye? NEAT! P.s: whr did you get the hdd cage, usb and other stuff?

hdd cage was salvaged from a old cabby.
usb module was made from aluminium angles and painted, its easy