Archive for Project: Alpha Blue
Final assembly. Let’s light it up!
Posted by: | CommentsI kept telling myself I only needed one good night, and I could get my project done. Well ladies and gentlemen… I’ve just had one good night. So, without further hesitation, here is everything that brought me up to the finale.
I carefully marked out where I would have to cut my hole for the USB cable. I little time with the good ol’ Dremel got the hole right where I needed it.
The LCD mounted
Posted by: | CommentsAnother day, another huge update. I thought I would take more time getting this project done, but as it turns out, I’m pretty impatient. I hardly got any sleep last night. I kept thinking I would get just one more thing done. Well, indeed I did. Sometime early this morning, exhaustion and a blurry vision took over, and I stopped to get a few hours of sleep before work. In fact, I don’t think I really realized how much progress I had made until I came home tonight. Anyway, on with the pics…
Here Is the plexiglass that will fit in the LCD opening. I had this made the same time as the front panels.
Stripped…
Posted by: | CommentsOkay, I’ve got a few more updates.
Doesn’t it always start like this? Some poor Shuttle being defaced… literally.
Stock is never good enough…
Posted by: | CommentsI came home from work today, just like any other day. I almost didn’t notice the small package sitting outside my front door. What’s this? I wondered to myself. Could it be…? Nah. I wasn’t supposed to get anything until the 10th. I slowly bent over to pick up the box, my eyes darted to the shipper’s address. Heinz Hanssen… Seattle, Wa… Oh yeah! They’re here! So, like the many that have gone before me, and like the many that will follow, my project begins. Will I triumph against the evil that is OEM? Or will I crash and burn? My geek hopes and dream dashed in a seemingly unexplained ball of smoke and flame… Only time will tell.
Without further delay, I present the humble beginnings of Project Alpha Blue…
This is how it all began. While browsing FrozenCPU’s website, I came across this little object of desire.
