Stencils arrived this morning so we got started on surface-mounting. By tomorrow I'll have about 600 sticks with ASICs mounted, and will have started on the topside components. All heatsinks are drilled and tapped and ready to be installed. Overall, we're right on schedule.
I also happened to fetch some materials to play with anodizing a bit if I get some spare time in the next couple days.
Awesome, can't wait. Sounds like a lot of fun to design and manufacture.