Scratch Build – In Progress Project: Phase 2 Casemodding

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Thanks a lot guys, I actually glued some more parts together just a few minutes ago

 

WOW that is a mint radiator

 

Awsome res! Polished to perfection.

Radiator?

 

I haven't seen a radiator in this topic too, but thanks anyway

 

On the sanding to match the pipe: That trick will make the sanded curve slightly larger diameter than perfect, but it works fine for short sections. You can lathe a bit of PVC down so with sandpaper on it, it matches the OD of the plexi tube.
-Captain Anal Retentive, signing off!

 

Where were we? The last pic in the previous update was of my connection blocks (still don't know how to call em in english, not even in dutch ). I sanded them down first:



I remade one, and started glueing them to the tube. Tribaloverkill has his spongebob, I have my own angry looking plexi-face



By using masking tape, I made sure that the connections would be stuck on even. Glued the last two:



I gave a little thought on how to drill out the holes in the big tube. The best solution was to use the mill bit on my dremel, and it worked like a charm



Just in time, my G1/4" tap arrived Now I have my own, and I don't have to cycle across town to Koradhil to borrow his





I hurried myself to get home, just to find out I don't have the tools to use a tap that big So I still had to go to school to tap those holes. That wasn't very hard:





This picture is kind of weird, it looks like the holes aren't parellel, but facing outwards:



I then glued the big tube to the rest of the acrylic. After that, I applied some more glue to the spots that were leaking, and then mounted the second end piece







Just a pic to show off the inner tube



The next pieces I will be working on will be these 1,5mm steel sheets. They will be mounted to the flat pieces of acrylic:



At this pic I've drawn out two of them, the other two will be like these. I will cut them at school, with the machines Koradhil already showed in his topic



After these parts are mounted, the res will look entirely different, so check out the updates that still have to come

 

looking good.
nice work on the res.
i be keeping an eye on this one.

 

hey, for the tapping thing, got the same problem, i just made my own tap holder out of mdf, drilled a hole in and filed it until the tap fitted in there, works fine

 

That might just be a good idea, but I'll use real wood instead of mdf then One thing I know for sure is that it's cheaper than buying one. Does anyone know how you call those things in english?

 

Looks great, too bad the little mishap you had on one of the pieces is still quite visible. Will the this be masked in the end result?

 

do you mean this gadget?


it's an adjustable tap wrench.............


Alan

 

You can use a 12 point socket wrench if you have a set. My tap fits in a 1/2" socket.
Nice res. I'm hurt you didn't make a big paddlewheel for it.

 

No that will be visible, that has to be visible

Ah, a tap wrench. Thanks

Should have those somewhere They would be metric, so I guess it will fit in an 13mm socket. Have to try that, for now I'm using a normal wrench to tap the holes at home. A paddlewheel looks nice, but I don't think I'll make one

 

OK, not a paddlewheel, but what look cool in that reservoir is an Archimedes screw that turns around the hole. The intakes are already set up to drive it. When running it would look like a barbershop pole.

 

I may do something spinning inside in another version. I decided that I will make more versions of the last res

 

In dutch its called a ''wringijzer'' .

 

Same here, SolidWorks is just super! So easy to learn and work with! =D

Wow! That first reservoir is just fantastic!! 8D¨ So well designed and built, lovin' it!! The second one is looking great so far, I'm eagerly awaiting to see where you're going with it!

Five stars! ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤

 

Thanks a lot You'll see some more solidworks-designed parts in the next update of Cubeleon

@Dekemp, I knew that already

 

Hamster powered! for optimum flow !

Reckon that would sell , reminds me Brink, where did you get all your plexi @ Bouwplastics ?