my first go at hand milling

mrbingley · 08-03-2002, 05:45 PM

I don't think that this has turned out too bad for a first attempt at guiding my drill press around the block.
Just gotta get a piece for the top and solder it on.
Since I've been getting interested in water-cooling, I've noticed it becomes something of an obsession, I've got reams of paper all over the place full of doodles of my ideas.
If my money matched my ideas I'd be a very rich man

Cheers
Chris.

bigben2k · 08-03-2002, 07:13 PM

Nice. Is that copper?

You're well on your way, and I hope that you do finish it.

You'll need to measure the baseplate thickness: if it's around 10mm, then you'll want 100 gph effective flow. If it's 5 mm then you're going for 200gph. The latter will give you more cooling.

#Rotor · 08-03-2002, 07:43 PM

oh ya, you think you would be rich.....

I use AutoCAD for my ideas.... Just imagine......

looking good though, and don't be surprised if that block, for some strange reason, performs about 5 times as good as you would expect, looking at the unsmoothness of the channel, vs. those CNC made ones... you will be pleasantly surprised.

Gnozo · 08-04-2002, 03:42 AM

Hmm...that looks actually quite nice for a first-timer

Post the final result, when you are done

[dannzig] · 08-04-2002, 04:16 AM

my waterblock is EVEN simpler and outperformes a maze2

as rotor said its probably going to surprise you with its performance

mrbingley · 08-04-2002, 04:48 AM

Thanks for the replies.
The drill size I used for the final pass was a 10mm (3/8") one, the copper block is 18mm (3/4") thick and I think at the bottom of the bore it's leaving a thickness of approx 5mm (3/16").
The first one I did was a drilled and plugged one, it's running now, so all I have to do is swap blocks over once I've got this one finished.
My systems been running overnight downloading some files and my temps are as follows :

Room = 23 C
System = 33 C
CPU = 38 C

So, if as you suggest I may even improve on my very first effort.
I've made mine so that everything except the water block is in a seperate box. Here's a picture of my setup at the moment.

Cheers
Chris.

mrbingley · 08-04-2002, 04:54 AM

Here's a picture of the insides of my box Since this picture, I've installed another 120mm fan, to give me more pulling power with less speed = even less noise.

Cheers
Chris

Gnozo · 08-04-2002, 05:54 AM

Nice setup ya got there......care to show some pics of the final result of the waterblock?

08-03-2002, 07:13 PM	#2
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Nice. Is that copper? You're well on your way, and I hope that you do finish it. You'll need to measure the baseplate thickness: if it's around 10mm, then you'll want 100 gph effective flow. If it's 5 mm then you're going for 200gph. The latter will give you more cooling. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

08-03-2002, 07:43 PM	#3
#Rotor Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dione, sector 4s1256 Posts: 852	oh ya, you think you would be rich..... I use AutoCAD for my ideas.... Just imagine...... looking good though, and don't be surprised if that block, for some strange reason, performs about 5 times as good as you would expect, looking at the unsmoothness of the channel, vs. those CNC made ones... you will be pleasantly surprised. __________________ There is no Spoon....

08-04-2002, 03:42 AM	#4
Gnozo Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 105	Hmm...that looks actually quite nice for a first-timer Post the final result, when you are done __________________ AMD XP1700+ @ JIUHB 12 x 202 Epox 8RDA+ Samsung PC2700 512mb Asus V8420 TI4200 Eheim 1048 - Maze1 - AirPlex EVO240 - Lian Li PC-61

08-04-2002, 04:16 AM	#5
[dannzig] Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 98	my waterblock is EVEN simpler and outperformes a maze2 as rotor said its probably going to surprise you with its performance __________________ \|father of ebba - www.ebba.da.ru\| at7max/d700/256/80/ti4200

08-04-2002, 05:54 AM	#8
Gnozo Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 105	Nice setup ya got there......care to show some pics of the final result of the waterblock? __________________ AMD XP1700+ @ JIUHB 12 x 202 Epox 8RDA+ Samsung PC2700 512mb Asus V8420 TI4200 Eheim 1048 - Maze1 - AirPlex EVO240 - Lian Li PC-61

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