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phide · 05-22-2006, 08:57 PM

G7's a little tricky - requires custom tooling, which I imagine are probably solid carbide parts. I'm not terribly sure, but I believe the G7 requires two custom tools - one for creating the cups (with the obligatory "microturbulator") and another for the jets. The ID of the jets in the G7 are probably on the order of 0.3-0.4mm. If you also intend to do it right, you're going to need some silver, which is not an affordable material by any stretch.

I just pulled and cleaned out my G5 (took a few hours thanks to some interesting solid deposits in the cups), so I can take some measurements of that if you're interested. I don't have the tools to get anywhere near exact, but I can approximate everything fairly well. The G5 would be reasonable to try, I think, but still requires custom tooling.

I'd probably just try out a bunch of wacky designs if I were you, though.

05-22-2006, 08:57 PM	#12
phide Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 41	Re: CNC milling machine at my disposal G7's a little tricky - requires custom tooling, which I imagine are probably solid carbide parts. I'm not terribly sure, but I believe the G7 requires two custom tools - one for creating the cups (with the obligatory "microturbulator") and another for the jets. The ID of the jets in the G7 are probably on the order of 0.3-0.4mm. If you also intend to do it right, you're going to need some silver, which is not an affordable material by any stretch. I just pulled and cleaned out my G5 (took a few hours thanks to some interesting solid deposits in the cups), so I can take some measurements of that if you're interested. I don't have the tools to get anywhere near exact, but I can approximate everything fairly well. The G5 would be reasonable to try, I think, but still requires custom tooling. I'd probably just try out a bunch of wacky designs if I were you, though.