Post pictures of your homebuilt blocks here!

[Arik.G]

Hello, i'm new to this forum but i must say it's the most Proffesional forum in the water cooling feild.
So let me show you my blocks.
This is the first block i ever made:



This is my second block, cross driled:



And here is my latest block which is made using only dremel:





So what do you think?

[migueld]

That last one is pretty nice, nice hardware selection. Question: does water filter out? Your block doesn't seem to have a rubber-band like most do, that is, most copper+acrylic blocks.

[Arik.G]

I guess you are talking about a rubber seal.
I don't have the tools to make a channel for the seal so i used a silicone betwen the
acrylic and the cooper.
seems to hold prety good for a year now.

[ondskehem]

nice

[pierreg60]

Le Milibloc




and the realisation Milibloc

[Captain Slug]

Forgot to post images in here. This is my "Nazca" block design which was made through a tortuous amount of work on a manual knee mill.



And this block was an experiment to see if I could make a modern waterblock for under $10 and under 5 hours of work. The channels were cut with a bandsaw.

[pierreg60]

hello! i made 1 waterbloc
the cooper is copy of the APOGEE and the top is PEHD

the pictures























http://membres.lycos.fr/pierreg60/Black-Block/

[pierreg60]

http://www.cooling-masters.com/forum...slim-bloc.html

[derelict]

Pierre your stuff simply blows me away, do you machine professionally? Any chance I can get some of your cad/solidworks designs? I want to make a block and like what you've done there.

-Question: when people are putting acrylic tops on their blocks, how are they getting them air-tight? Is there some sort of rubber lining going around the copper or acrylic that I don't see?

[derelict]

Other people here also have excellent work too, its pretty awesome stuff

[ben333]

Originally Posted by derelict

-Question: when people are putting acrylic tops on their blocks, how are they getting them air-tight? Is there some sort of rubber lining going around the copper or acrylic that I don't see?

Some do nothing, some use plumbers goop or a similar rubbery glue and the pros mill a grove for an O ring gasket.

[Brians256]

Ben is right on. I've also seem some people use gasket material that you can get at an auto parts store.

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by derelict

Pierre your stuff simply blows me away, do you machine professionally? Any chance I can get some of your cad/solidworks designs? I want to make a block and like what you've done there.

-Question: when people are putting acrylic tops on their blocks, how are they getting them air-tight? Is there some sort of rubber lining going around the copper or acrylic that I don't see?

I used to use clear silicon. Couldn't tell it was there. Then moved onto a CNC mill and milled an o-ring grove.

[derelict]

Cool thanks. Any reason to use on sealing method over another? I'll likely use goop/rubber, not gasket if they'll be equally reliable.

[Xaxim]