Starting a blog has been a great way to scrapbook.
It’s also been a reminder that no matter how fast time seems to fly, things tend to remain the same.
Work on the bathroom is proceeding methodically, albeit a little slower than I had originally hoped.
Ah, the naivety of last summer… thinking we’d finish before the wedding!
Right now, I’d be happy to finish before our 1 year anniversary.
So rather than boring you with pictures of the bathroom (I will do that tomorrow, vanity is arriving today!), I figured lets take a look at a small project from work!
The problem: Heatsink for the new server is too tall to fit in the case.
Solution: Cut a hole in the case.
Resulting Problem: Dust will pile up in the server wreaking havoc on temperatures and stability.
Solution: Solder some L-channel on and then the cut out on top of that.
Problem: I could only find aluminum channel. Soldering is a no go.
Solution: Rent an arch-welding machine….
Problem: I have no clue where to rent one, nor much of a clue how to use one.
Solution: Be a complete Hack and ghetto rig it.
From there it was pretty simple.
Glue on some channel:
Glue on a second set of channels coupled into the first:
Finally, glue on the cutout:
Still to come will be sanding it and repainting it… plus figuring out how to seal up the little gaps.