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maxim · 09-10-2003, 11:54 PM

ok, i got the copper on monday, here is a pic of what i received, im very happy with the quality of the cuts too:

i bought a $90 drill press from sears, 1/2HP. after im done, i will return it back, so i guess the tools will be free. anyway, this is what i managed to do with it. mind you, it is my FIRST time so i really have no clue what i was doing and had to figure stuff out as i went along. the holes were drilled about 5mm deep, leaving a ~1mm bottom thickness. they are spaced out kinda far because i initially wanted to use a diff bit. i wanna make my next attempt with smalled holes and put them closer together. then i cut out the o-ring (6cm dia) with the same cutting wheel i used on the pins. ended up being sligtly bigger then the o-ring, so i had to JB weld it a little to make it stay. in the end that idea worked out pretty well. here is a pic of the bottom:

top i ened up using true 1/2" piping cuz i found those pieces for 17 cents each! tried to solder it with some stuff i bought that came in a tube, but that didnt work out. so instead of getting some real wire solder, i just JB welded those

i used KWIK JB on this block, bonds in 4 mins! here is a pic of the top:

here is the overall pic of the WB all done:

fired it up, use a thermistor on the bottom of the chip. old WB, which was this awesome monstrosity in the pic, got me 50C full load with 24C room temp. the new one is 43C full load with 24C room. i havent put in any anti-freze in this one yet like i ran the old one. i got a 2C increase with it, so i expect the same here. so basically it's at least 5C better!

im happy with that, it's not even that good yet, i'll deff try to improve it in my next attempt

09-10-2003, 11:54 PM	#1
maxim Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: VA Tech Posts: 111	made my first #rotor ok, i got the copper on monday, here is a pic of what i received, im very happy with the quality of the cuts too: i bought a $90 drill press from sears, 1/2HP. after im done, i will return it back, so i guess the tools will be free. anyway, this is what i managed to do with it. mind you, it is my FIRST time so i really have no clue what i was doing and had to figure stuff out as i went along. the holes were drilled about 5mm deep, leaving a ~1mm bottom thickness. they are spaced out kinda far because i initially wanted to use a diff bit. i wanna make my next attempt with smalled holes and put them closer together. then i cut out the o-ring (6cm dia) with the same cutting wheel i used on the pins. ended up being sligtly bigger then the o-ring, so i had to JB weld it a little to make it stay. in the end that idea worked out pretty well. here is a pic of the bottom: top i ened up using true 1/2" piping cuz i found those pieces for 17 cents each! tried to solder it with some stuff i bought that came in a tube, but that didnt work out. so instead of getting some real wire solder, i just JB welded those i used KWIK JB on this block, bonds in 4 mins! here is a pic of the top: here is the overall pic of the WB all done: fired it up, use a thermistor on the bottom of the chip. old WB, which was this awesome monstrosity in the pic, got me 50C full load with 24C room temp. the new one is 43C full load with 24C room. i havent put in any anti-freze in this one yet like i ran the old one. i got a 2C increase with it, so i expect the same here. so basically it's at least 5C better! im happy with that, it's not even that good yet, i'll deff try to improve it in my next attempt Last edited by maxim; 09-11-2003 at 06:32 PM.