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maverick215 · 05-01-2002, 09:18 PM

I was thinking about trying to build an H2O block this summer and I have this nice Silver 1 Oz spot round..
My thought was to take a copper block and mill it out with a drill press etc etc here's my plan
1)Using my odd size drill bits (so to not ruin my common ones) I want to drill several holes in a spiral type design or perhaps similar to Maze3, first off how many drillbits do you think I need to complete a spiral type design? I of course plan to flood with cutting oil...
2)might need to do this first haven't yet decided, drill out a round center for my silver slug to mate up on the cpu, I will then silver solder it in place and sand it down flush.
3) Mill out my design in the silver slug perhaps I will silver solder thin fins of copper to increase SA.
4) How thick of a bottom should I leave on the block? 4-5mm?
5) Aside from the Gwhiz I'm running silver and you're not factor, how much temp gain should I expect over using a solid copper block?
6) I plan to silver solder a thin copper block to the top of the finished unit with tapped holes for barbs etc etc....
Any other thoughts are welcomed..

05-01-2002, 09:18 PM	#1
maverick215 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: North East Posts: 3	Silver Slug core? plan, any thoughts? I was thinking about trying to build an H2O block this summer and I have this nice Silver 1 Oz spot round.. My thought was to take a copper block and mill it out with a drill press etc etc here's my plan 1)Using my odd size drill bits (so to not ruin my common ones) I want to drill several holes in a spiral type design or perhaps similar to Maze3, first off how many drillbits do you think I need to complete a spiral type design? I of course plan to flood with cutting oil... 2)might need to do this first haven't yet decided, drill out a round center for my silver slug to mate up on the cpu, I will then silver solder it in place and sand it down flush. 3) Mill out my design in the silver slug perhaps I will silver solder thin fins of copper to increase SA. 4) How thick of a bottom should I leave on the block? 4-5mm? 5) Aside from the Gwhiz I'm running silver and you're not factor, how much temp gain should I expect over using a solid copper block? 6) I plan to silver solder a thin copper block to the top of the finished unit with tapped holes for barbs etc etc.... Any other thoughts are welcomed..