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[cheapskate Sanded Find all posts View Profile Close cheapskate]

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Thanks from me too!
I'll say it again... I hope they do this again, but make it international. I love the nerd porn these competitions generate.

[Dewayne The Main Man Find all posts View Profile Close Dewayne]

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NICE!! So lets do the podcast guys!! I knew EVERYONE would like to hear from all of you!

Jump in the lounge and we can talk about it!

[Tazz Clear Coat Find all posts View Profile Close Tazz]

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Congratulations to both of you. Excellent work done on both parts.

[razer121 Master Modder Find all posts View Profile Close razer121]

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ok, just finshed picking my jaw up from the floor....i mean WOW!!!! im so envyious! want want want!!! well done bill, the other mods were awesome aswell but this was my secret fav, you should build these and sell them!! well done man, cheaps aswell!! you lucky chap!

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[ulysses_d Primered Find all posts View Profile Close ulysses_d]

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Meu amigo Bill seu projeto ficou ES-PEC-TA-CU-LAR!

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Thanks for the posts everybody!

Man, I think it's hit every tech blog out there, including Maximum PC. I'm soo happy that I'm hosting the photos on mnpctech's server, my 3dpixel account where I normally host my photos would have an epic FAIL. I do plan to build another one for myself, an alien spaceship theme

Today I'll be dismantling it so i can ship it to cheapskate safely

[mnpctech Clear Coat Find all posts View Profile Close mnpctech]

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It's been dismantled and now en route to cheapskate.

[tech-daddy Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tech-daddy]

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Enjoy the publicity and fame Bill, you deserve it. An excellent build, spot on execution, and amazing detail.

Kudos cannot be heaped on enough....
*stands and applauds*

-=CT

[cheapskate Sanded Find all posts View Profile Close cheapskate]

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I got some stuff in late last night.
First, here was box one:

-Whee! Ion Motherboard!

-Oops! Scratch that. It's spare parts and install discs.

-Under that was the base with the power brick.

-Box two. This kills me. Bill packed the sh*******t out of this stuff. This is a full atx case box.

-Box two unpacked. There was a handy styrofoam carry tray in the box too.

-Inside box three, wrapped in 5 layers of bubble wrap, was another box.

-Inside that box was more bubble wrap. At this point I thought he had sent me an empty box to unwrap, just for a cruel laugh.

-I think the fan guard would have arrived safely even if it had been dropped from 50,000 feet.

-I'll figure out what to do with the three foot pile of bubble wrap in my rumpus room later. -Maybe an audio re-enactment of Pearl Harbor...

-Don't you hate that. The instructions are in Japanese! I may never get this back together.

-I don't think this part got enough fanfare. I essentially gave Bill a vague angle and said 'wing it !' What he ended up with is absolutely fantastic!

-Here's how far I got on it last night. Stuff got moved and tweaked. I'm going to add all the stuff that didn't make the deadline.

Thanks again, everyone!

[Boddaker Painted Find all posts View Profile Close Boddaker]

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-Don't you hate that. The instructions are in Japanese! I may never get this back together.

ROFL!

Either Bill has a really sick sense of humor, or he's getting back at you for the insane design you made him build.

[THRASHER2 Primered Find all posts View Profile Close THRASHER2]

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It looks like Christmas came early

[cheapskate Sanded Find all posts View Profile Close cheapskate]

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:lol: My first Thanksgiving present.
@Bod - I think his shipping it disassembled was the attempt at revenge. I have no clue how he got in there to disconnect the CCFLs. Thank God I have various surgical tools to do the wiring.

[cheapskate Sanded Find all posts View Profile Close cheapskate]

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-I milled a few spacers and stuff that was missing. -Oh, and Modders-Inc. Say hello to Bananaman!:mrgreen:

-I widened the hole in the 2nd layer for the power switch, and made myself a ring in the process.

-I figured out if you polish the rough mill cuts, they match the laser cuts pretty close.

-I added some glue to the spacers. This was a problem area because of only one screw hole. -Who is the idiot that designed this thing? :roll:

-While I was on a roll, I got a crazy idea in my head. It was so crazy, I took this pic in anticipation of disaster. -Note the block of wood wedged in for support.

-Somehow, I managed to pull it off. Some of the holes are a little oblong...

-The green peeking through the paint looks really cool.
I'll let the thread sleep until the new batch of plexi ships.

[Dewayne The Main Man Find all posts View Profile Close Dewayne]

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ROFL!

Either Bill has a really sick sense of humor, or he's getting back at you for the insane design you made him build.

I think a little of both...

Looks like you are putting on the final touches!