Pro/Forums - View Single Post

Overconfidence · 09-25-2005, 11:37 AM

[Pulling this thread off of XS, want to know your guys' expert opinion]

Okay, I though I'd post this somewhere since my waterblock design is almost done! Once I get some 1/16th endmills and a rounded-end 1/8th for the o-ring slot I can do the channels down the middle and finish it up, then hook it up with the rest of my ghetto watercooling and be done.

Not much else to say right now, except for that I've been making the block on a lathe and it's (pretty much) copying Cathar's Whitewater (I think). During the process I found out that copper is a biatch to machine (when adding fluid to the cut it wouldn't even cut). Next time I'd start it off with a boring bar then oversize it from there.

Hope to get it done within the next couple of weeks, when the mills come in. My dad made me a holder on the lathe so that we can grab a high speed (15k RPM) tool, then grab the tiny endmill within that, and cut the 7-8 channels (I forget exactly how many are in the design). Well, anyway, here's the design for reference.

Thanks for reading, comments are welcome.

09-25-2005, 11:37 AM	#1
Overconfidence Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 12	Homemade Waterblock [Pulling this thread off of XS, want to know your guys' expert opinion] Okay, I though I'd post this somewhere since my waterblock design is almost done! Once I get some 1/16th endmills and a rounded-end 1/8th for the o-ring slot I can do the channels down the middle and finish it up, then hook it up with the rest of my ghetto watercooling and be done. Not much else to say right now, except for that I've been making the block on a lathe and it's (pretty much) copying Cathar's Whitewater (I think). During the process I found out that copper is a biatch to machine (when adding fluid to the cut it wouldn't even cut). Next time I'd start it off with a boring bar then oversize it from there. Hope to get it done within the next couple of weeks, when the mills come in. My dad made me a holder on the lathe so that we can grab a high speed (15k RPM) tool, then grab the tiny endmill within that, and cut the 7-8 channels (I forget exactly how many are in the design). Well, anyway, here's the design for reference. Thanks for reading, comments are welcome.