Mk.6 EMP -Experimental Modular Project-

Great job on the mod so far man! Tops Baby mk.5 by far.

 

I use for them for soldering, crimping, and errant screw retrieval.

I have absolutely no idea. I started planning this case a year ago, I didn't completely finish planning until December, and I have been working on it since February.

 

Likin' the new design, wanna see it finished!!

 

The reservoir is almost done.


I'm having a bad day so I'm glad it's over.

 

ooooooh ahhhh, im starting to understand!!!

 

me to good job Captain Slug

 

This ....... is ..... amaazing...

everytime i see this log i see some ingenious crafted thingy that i dont know what it does until the next post... amazing.

 

Thats exactly the way i feel....

 

Finished with the reservoir.


The flowmeter blades spin around a floating polyester axle (you can barely see it but it's white) which is also free spinning. The ends of the axle butt up against two polycarbonate discs that are solvent adhered in place to make a watertight seal. The flowmeter can get up to a rather significant speed with very little resistance and minimal noise, which makes me happy because I've never made a spinning part before.

 

Unplanned epiphany. I found in my junk box the only good part of an Ultra PSU that finally died on me: The cables.

The stupid things are Female-Female, but since I've figured out how to deboot them I can simply convert these into Molex extensions by replacing one end with a Male plug so I can use them with the plug-bus. Which makes me happy because I hate sleeving cables.
And hey it's recycling.

 

You lazy bum...lol, good recycling effort.

 

Doing your bit to save the planet eh?

Love the idea of the "corner suite" reservoir!

 

I just ordered...

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PCB connectors
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538-15-24-4048  - Male Vertical Molex Crimp Housing 	= 3	$1.71
538-39-29-9243  - 24p mini-fit Vertical Header (male) 	= 1	$2.81
538-15-24-7240  - 24p mini-fit Vertical Rcpt (female) 	= 1	$3.35

538-39-28-1043  - 4p mini-fit Vertical Header (male) 	= 1	$0.99
538-15-24-7040  - 4p mini-fit Vertical Rcpt (female) 	= 1	$1.94	

538-39-28-1063  - 6p mini-fit Vertical Header (male) 	= 2	$2.68
538-15-24-7060  - 6p mini-fit Vertical Rcpt (female) 	= 2	$4.26

575-502001      - Mill-Max 1 Row Socket 50P R/ANGLE 	= 2	$11.40
575-642001      - Mill-Max 1 Row Headers 64P R/ANGLE 	= 2	$13.60
571-17478714    - D-Sub DB9 Vertical PLUG FRNT 		= 1	$3.80

517-647-01-02   - .100" Pin Strip Header 2P STRT 1 ROW 	= 16	$2.88
517-647-01-03   - .100" Pin Strip Header 3P STRT 1 ROW 	= 4	$0.84
517-836-01-05   - .100" Pin Strip Header 5P STRT 2 ROW 	= 2	$0.64

538-22-23-2031  - Molex .100 K.K. VERT PCB HDR 3P TIN  	= 4	$1.48

517-30334-6002  - .100" Low Profile Box Headers 34P 	= 2	$1.16
154-UAR42-E     - Kobiconn USB Connectors RT ANGLE 1R  	= 2	$2.38
806-ST-3120-3B  - 3.5mm PCB STEREO BLK 3P PLASTIC      	= 2	$1.16
593-PCH330      - LED Mounting Sockets HORZ STD MNT	= 8	$5.60

Cable Parts
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538-50-57-9002 	- Molex SL Connectors HSG 2P SINGLE ROW 	= 8	$4.24
538-50-57-9003 	- Molex SL Connectors HSG 3P SINGLE ROW 	= 4	$1.34
538-50-57-9005 	- Molex SL Connectors HSG 5P SINGLE ROW 	= 2	$1.46
538-22-55-2101 	- Molex SL Connectors HSG 5P DUAL ROW   	= 1	$2.13

538-16-02-0102	- Molex SL Connectors Term Female		= 50	$5.00

538-39-01-3063 	- Molex Mini-Fit 3.0 PLUG FREE 6P DUAL 		= 2	$1.38
538-39-01-2060 	- Molex Mini-Fit 3.0 RECEPTACLE 6P DUAL 	= 2	$1.06
538-44478-3112 	- Molex Mini-Fit 3.0 Term Male  		= 30	$6.00
538-44476-3112	- Molex Mini-Fit 3.0 Term Female		= 30	$5.10

Extras
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546-1551KFLBK   - Hammond 3.15 x 1.58 x 0.79 enclosure		= 1	$1.84
107-3036	- Rectangular pushbutn Switch SPST OFF-(ON) RED	= 1	$2.20
107-3038	- Rectangular pushbutn Switch SPST OFF-(ON) BLK	= 1	$2.20
107-3039	- Rectangular Pushbutton Switch SPST OFF-ON SLV	= 2	$5.48

from Mouser.

 

Yay-- mouser = good

 

I'm currently researching a very strange addition to this project. It's not something I will be tackling any sooner than October though because I want to finish the case and plug-bus first.

The block is almost finished. Today I made the top and the milling on the base is 99.5% done. I just have to back to the machine shop tomorrow morning to mill the last few short legs in the channels and then mill the O-Ring groove. I left the block there because I didn't want to have to setup up the depth gauge again in the morning.

Needless to say the base has taken forever. Since I'm milling with a 1/16th" bit I can only cut out 0.05" of depth at a time. Therefore each single "leg" of each channel requires 3 passes to reach the 1/8" final depth. And since there are 88 legs total on the bases that means I've made a total of 264 cutting passes on the base. I've also gone through 5 milling bits working on this block because it took a while to figure out the best setup to avoid breaking them.

 

you cant instantly be pro glad you have it working though
couldnt you invest in some bigger bits or somthing to make it go faster ?

i hope your doing this on a CAM machine, or thats gotta be 1 sucky thing to do

 

The CPU waterblock is done. I just need to take it back to the shop to put it in the ultrasound bath for a while because I've been lapping it all night long so it's all dirty again. I may need to do some touch-up milling on the top as well. All of the hard work is done and I should be able to send this out for some testing by this weekend.
The base alone has involved around 15 hours of work.

Took this picture right before I counter-sunk the bolt holes.

Test-fitting all the parts.

I start workng at the machine shop next week. I hope to get more work done on the case over this weekend.

 

15+ hours of work on a waterblock is alot of dedication. props to you man

 

Its a very sexy waterblock, I can tell you that much.

 

Niiiice sluggy!!! Keep it up!!!