casted wb evaporator mod
 

Hi friends, i am planning to try my first direct die refrigeration
remove a home made casted block. Suitable for DD ?
cheers
http://www.terra.com.br/fotos/foto.c...-/p1010011.jpg

I am planning to make a chamber and a suction line, but how tall would be right ?
I was talking to a friend and he suggest to make 3 layers(thanks Azzi)
Where do you suggest to locate the inlet of the cap tube and the suction line?
here is another pic with the dimension block compared with a floppy disc.
http://www.terra.com.br/fotos/foto.c...-/p1010022.jpg
after cleaning
http://www.terra.com.br/fotos/foto.c..../p1010025.jpg
http://www.terra.com.br/fotos/foto.c..._/p1010024.jpg
cheers

I gotta say, it looks neat. There hasn't been enough designs publicly tested here in the forums, so, good luck!

As for how many levels... there was one fellow who did a 3-level design for the on-CPU evaporator. It worked really well, from what I hear.

How did you cast it? I want to know that more than anything...

First time I've seen a DIY cast waterblock :eek: Definitely want to know what you used to melt the copper, and how you molded it like that???
wow :drool:

There was someone else that was doing casted blocks, and I believe that person was also from Brazil as it appears Marvin might be (background of the Brazillian Journal for one of his pics). Search for "copper" and "casting".

I think the person I was remembering was Roscal, and the thread is here:
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=7694

Also (using the search function):
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...hlight=Casting
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...hlight=Casting
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...&threadid=3873
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...hlight=Casting

Those zytra blocks look awesome!!!

I seem to recall cast copper isn't as good as rolled copper bars for water blocks, though I forget why. :p

Hmmm, well after sifting through those posts I'm not sure I'm all that excited any more :( Casting copper looks tricky, to say the least.

Is this a waterblock or a phasechange block :confused:
If it's for phase change then won't the microscopic air bubbles pose problems, regarding refrigerant leakage, etc?

Phase change. But, the voids probably wouldn't leak unless there were a LOT of them. Good question, though. Milling is definitely the way to go, IMO.

sorry for the lack of response.
Bryan256, you are correct. it was casted by a friend, Bruno Facca, see links.
lolito, it was made with the purpose of warecooling. It is a good block, so i was planning to make an evaporator with half of this size(tall).

Pictures don't show, sniff...