Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the purpose of using an oil when drilling metal is not as much for lubricating as it is for cooling the drill bit and the metal.
“If you see smoke you’re going too fast!”
RIGHT ON! Finally done drilling the holes, just gotta finish the riveting and i’ll be ready to move onto the next step.
The problem was that i wasn’t using lube, i purchased some, and the bit chewed right through the aluminum.
Thank you to everyone.
I didnt use any lube, things went fine. 8==D > > > :walterpeck:
Hey Kind great tutorial! I worked on my motherboard last week and things were made a lot easier having your tutorial to follow ; )
Here are my efforts:
Dan AKA,
Brilliant tutorial.
I’m finally getting to this stage in my build. It all started over two years ago. This would have been a lot easier with a fiberglass shell. My styrene and expanding foam pack is working but there’s a little less room inside. That photo you have of the brackets and the inside of your F/G shell make me jealous.
And at this point it would have been so much cheaper to get one from Exoray too! Oh well.
Maybe I’ll build a time machine next.
Ted.
Prefect42.
umm, thank you?
Kind2311,
Apologies. I got the name wrong but really appreciate all of your help with this project. I blame the fumes!
Ted.
Prefect42
Hi Guys. all i need is to attach the shell to the mobo.. i bought a MMM mounting kit… i just don’t know how to clamp those things (L brackets) to the mobo!!!.. do you need a special tool?
Please S.O.S.
Thanks.
Sal
yeah sal, you need to buy a rivet gun at a hardware store.
GREAT! thanks guys… will go right now, the clock is tiking~
OK guys, this is great. I’m getting the feel of the basics for this project now. Looks like fun, just add the $$. :!:
Fiberglass shell seems the best option right now. Still lost on some of the finer details, but I’ll just read more later!
Fantastic information !
Many thanks…just about to do mine !
Cheers
Smithythesurveyor
Thanks for this great info. Just installed the MMM brackets with the large rivets and just for good measure added some JB Weld for added strength.
JB weld?
That’s like adding sugar to honey :3
yeah its a bit overkill. those rivets are strong as shit.
Structurally speaking, shit isn’t very strong.
Actually, FYI the rivets weren’t holding it all that solid…there was a slight wiggle. Now with the JB Weld, not at all.
That’s because the rivet used might be too long. The correct size rivet will pop in 2 pulls and hold tightly.
They did pop in 2 pulls, I used the rivets MMM sells. They simply weren’t pushed as tightly to the board as they should have been when I was snapping them. I had to give them a tap with a hammer afterwards to push them all the way down. Once that was done, they weren’t very tight so I used the JB Weld.