My first waterblock (a crappy cascade/jet block clone)

[starbuck3733t]

Bottom, Middle, Top:


Bottom Jets:


Jet Plenum:


Base: (It's not lapped yet on either side)


Top: (Untapped, I need a 3/4" and 1/2" NPT Tap...)


Middle with jets protruding out about 1mm into the base to create the impingment effect in a chambered environment. Jets are 1/16" ID 3/32" OD brass tubes set in with GOOP.


Assembled.


Assembled.


Assembled. (And yes, It only has 3 of the 4 screws - I broke my tap off IN the hole and can't seem to drill it out with what I have. I'll try to get the dude in the machine shop at work to drill it out. I'll just use a bolt on that side rather than a tapped hole. And why not headcap bolts you ask? Lowes didn't have them in 1.5" x the threading I used.


Inspired by Cathar's Cascade waterblock and JFettig's Jet block. This has not been tested, as I don't have taps to put barbs on it and I'll need a few hours to lap the base, and some time to down the system at an appropriate time to insert it into the loop. I'll try to keep ya'll posted.

Discuss!

[bigben2k]

A little butchered, but it ought to work.

Do you have the specs on those brass tubes? they look awfully thick.

What did you use to line up the holes in the bp? (Tip, start with a punch, then use a small drill bit and drill press to start a hole, then use a larger bit).

[starbuck3733t]

Well, at least its not a complete embarassment. Not a bad effort considering it was done on an x-y slide vise and a drill press using endmills in some places.

I lined up the holes by drilling the middle and then putting the copper underneath the middle after I milled out the plenum and the chamber on the bottom and went down through the existing holes. That was with a 3/32" drill bit. The neat thing is my 5/32" drill bit has a 3/32" "anti skid" starter tip, so I just alingned everything so that the bit slide nicely into the existing 3/32" hole and drilled i did.

The initial drilling of the jet holes was done by gluing the cad template to the top of the middle plexi and eyeballing it on the slide vise. probably would have worked out better if the template hadn't kept coming up. Grr.

If it performs better than my maze4 i'll be happy.... then I'll make a 'better' one with 4 outlets when I get around to my hybrid design (Aquacomputer video, chipset blocks with a change of barbs on my silentstar and a custom VRM block using AC fittings).

And the tubes are thick, but its the most suitable thing I found in my hobby shop. I was thinking of using coffee swizzle sticks but I couldn't find any that were small enough diameter.

[ataxy]

for something done with a drill press is truly good work

[bigben2k]

Yeah, those brass tubes are really hard to find. When Cathar considered them, we found "eyelets" that were pretty small, that might do the trick.

[starbuck3733t]

Got a link to those BB?

[bigben2k]

Yeah, somewhere in this thread:
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=6666

(If I find the actual post, I'll let you know )

[starbuck3733t]

Thanks BB.

I've come to the conclusion I'll be buying a Storm G4 and modifying it to use the 4 x AC fittings as outlets for my hybrid system. Even so, this was a good learning experience and I feel a HELL of a lot more confident making blocks for other parts of my system now.

Onto the HDD and the VRMs I SAY!

[bigben2k]

I like your spirit

edit: I found the link:
http://www.stimpson.com/cgi-bin/sing...pl?part=A1850C
(by Utabintarbo)

[starbuck3733t]

Crap. One problem: Where to buy a G4 - looks like the second run of them is out.

I think I might do a Northbridge as my second block. Should be cake with 1" thick plexi and 3/16" C110 plate I have.... save for my board has those silly 'loops' to mount. I'll try to get it tou mount with the circle clip. Hrmm...