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Khledar · 03-31-2002, 04:56 PM

Well after some...procrastination... and lack of ability I finished a HD block. As I talked about in a post a while ago, I used one piece of 1/4" thick copper (I think its was 4"x6" or something around the size of a HD) and two sheets of about 1.5mm thick copper. BTW, please forgive lack of pics, I lost my damned cable to hook my camera up to the computer

. The channel resembles BladeRunner's from zerofanzone.co.uk, except the cut is open, rater than closed (where the bladeRunner's drilled holes are mine is just cut). I soldered the whole thing together. And after about an hour of checking/fixing leaks I was purdy excited(I've never water cooled before, you should be happy for me too

) So I finished up by putting fittings on today. Like 3/8" ID, so 1/4" fittings or something, I figure the HD don't need too much. The whole project was kinda like practice, cause I've never really worked with metal before, and never soldered plate copper before. (But I have now

Mwuahaha)

Here's how I did it for all who wonder :shrug: :
Prelude: 2 hands are not enough, get a friend to help, thanks Richard

.
1. Get copper.
2. Play around with drilling techniques.
3. Realize I might as well just use the band saw.
4. Cut square pieces out. While realizeing band saw will not do the diameter turns I want it to. Then try to make curved surfaces.
5. Use file to fix the "curved" surfaces.
6. Tin the surfaces that need to be soldered together (put that flux, heat, add solder)
7. Solder together one of the thin "cover" pieces, and the two pieces that make up the channels.
8. Allow to cool and serve.
9. Clamp all pieces together. (Make sure they are in right place

)
10. Heat, serve.
11. Pray.
12. When it did leak I just submersed in water, blew, and found holes. Then added some more solder, clamped some more, and phew no more leaks.
13. Add fittings, and pray you dont make any new leaks.
14. Kick myself for accidentally denting it in a couple places.
(Hope I didn't miss anything)

Serisouly wishing I had pics. If anyone's got any questions, or is trying somethign similar I'd love to hear. Now I'm gonna go try to make it look purdier.

EDIT: Will try to get some pics of finished, but still won't describe the journey

Also I used a propane torch, which was great, cause with that much copper to heat up, anything smaller woulda been... testing my patience. Used rosin core solder (for half after realizing how difficult lead-free solder was to melt).

03-31-2002, 04:56 PM	#1
Khledar Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Vancouver BC Posts: 234	Finished a "block," finally Well after some...procrastination... and lack of ability I finished a HD block. As I talked about in a post a while ago, I used one piece of 1/4" thick copper (I think its was 4"x6" or something around the size of a HD) and two sheets of about 1.5mm thick copper. BTW, please forgive lack of pics, I lost my damned cable to hook my camera up to the computer . The channel resembles BladeRunner's from zerofanzone.co.uk, except the cut is open, rater than closed (where the bladeRunner's drilled holes are mine is just cut). I soldered the whole thing together. And after about an hour of checking/fixing leaks I was purdy excited(I've never water cooled before, you should be happy for me too ) So I finished up by putting fittings on today. Like 3/8" ID, so 1/4" fittings or something, I figure the HD don't need too much. The whole project was kinda like practice, cause I've never really worked with metal before, and never soldered plate copper before. (But I have now Mwuahaha) Here's how I did it for all who wonder :shrug: : Prelude: 2 hands are not enough, get a friend to help, thanks Richard . 1. Get copper. 2. Play around with drilling techniques. 3. Realize I might as well just use the band saw. 4. Cut square pieces out. While realizeing band saw will not do the diameter turns I want it to. Then try to make curved surfaces. 5. Use file to fix the "curved" surfaces. 6. Tin the surfaces that need to be soldered together (put that flux, heat, add solder) 7. Solder together one of the thin "cover" pieces, and the two pieces that make up the channels. 8. Allow to cool and serve. 9. Clamp all pieces together. (Make sure they are in right place ) 10. Heat, serve. 11. Pray. 12. When it did leak I just submersed in water, blew, and found holes. Then added some more solder, clamped some more, and phew no more leaks. 13. Add fittings, and pray you dont make any new leaks. 14. Kick myself for accidentally denting it in a couple places. (Hope I didn't miss anything) Serisouly wishing I had pics. If anyone's got any questions, or is trying somethign similar I'd love to hear. Now I'm gonna go try to make it look purdier. EDIT: Will try to get some pics of finished, but still won't describe the journey Also I used a propane torch, which was great, cause with that much copper to heat up, anything smaller woulda been... testing my patience. Used rosin core solder (for half after realizing how difficult lead-free solder was to melt). __________________ "mooooo" said the cow. ERTW - UBC P4 2.4B @3.01Ghz 167FSB :: Abit IC7 :: 2x256MB HyperX PC3700 :: ASUS 9600XT :: WD Raptor 2x36GB RAID0 Last edited by Khledar; 03-31-2002 at 04:59 PM.