Modding Project: Cheapskate's BAD reservoir ideas --#1 done May 25--

is that a drill press you are using or is it actuall a milling machine?

that pipe looks cool. the green plexi inside makes it even cooler.

 

Thanks everyone.

@EEL - I saved the lightsaber joke for you. I was thinking it too, but the scale is way off. I wanted to mill rings in it instead, but then it would have looked like something far worse than a lightsaber...
My hearing is already bad. One ear took a fatal hit at a Rush concert thanks to a drunken idiot who cupped his hand over my ear and screamed in it.

@talladega - It's just a drill press, and a cheap one at that.

 

i think them components are diode's which make shure the current goes round in the right direction all the time

 

so you just use end mills in it? if so could you link me to some as id like to use my drill press as a mill for some things (huge heavy duty drill press )

thanks

 

I think I covered this somewhere in the BlooBalls log, but what the heck. It would take longer to find it.
http://www.use-enco.com/ Is good for cheap Chinese mill bits with about $9 shipping. I also bought my buffing supplies from them. I bought a lot of nice $3 bits from them on sale.
McMaster Carr has more expensive, US-made mill bits with $5 shipping. Bits here are $8 and up.
cross slide vise -This is the Milling vice I bought. They have larger ones too.
rotary table -This is the bit I'm waiting on. This is the cheapest rotary table I've found. I ordered mine out of the catalog for $75.+a $10 coupon


-I came up with a crazy idea for this 2nd reservoir. The other day I picked up a lava lamp from a vacant house. It was the kind that's full of sequins, and reflects crazy patterns an the wall. What if I put a screen in the front of the tank and fill it with something similar? I already have it set up so the intake flow is directed forwards.

 

I've got an update here and an update for the alumibox...

-New fillcap courtesy of the nearby hardware store. I also have some black vinyl hose for the led wiring.

-It was at this exact moment that I decided to turn the barb on top around to face the back. It looked like I was building Robocop's french tickler.

-I got that stuff printed I was yelling about in the other thread. I made some templates in Illustrator.

-I had to cut these out with a dremel.

-Here they are cut and re-drilled to fit the mounting bolts.

-on a side note... How cool would this be if I had glass green 1/8" plexi?

-Two of the LED plugs are finished.

-Here's one of them bored out to fit the 1/4" black tubing I bought. I used oil when I drilled out the center, so it's clear as glass.

-I found some aluminum mesh, now all I need is some big flake glitter. I'd hate for this to come loose and get glitter in the pump. I doubt it would run very long.

 

I was referring to the "time will tell" portion of the statement since you had mentioned that you build clock movements. It just smelled like an intentionally bad pun.

 

Clocker's wordplay is weapons-grade.

 

Man, Cheapskate. Those plugs look great. That's a really nice res, man! How much farther you have to go with it?

 

I wish I was that clever.

That's the nicest thing anyone's said about me in years.

 

I'm grinding out the 3rd plug today.
I have to solder all the connections on. I'm still filing out the hole for the fillport because I don't have a drillbit bigger than 5/8".
-cut out end caps. I was planning on using the MIA rotary table for this.
-gather enough confidence in my manhood to buy sequins.
-silicone the ends in.
-add LEDs

@Clocker -

 

I didn't know the local veterans' support groups did charity modding, hm.



...Alright, that was a bad joke. Nevermind.

 

really nice res wish I was that good lol

 

Thanks!


I didn't get much done on this stuff. still waiting and working on the alumibox mod.

-I debranded the barbs. I have all the copper parts soldered, but I'm having trouble finding solder for aluminum. The stuff I had is gone. I have some worries about what will happen when I try to solder copper to aluminum. I've already started to call this res 'Professor Leakey'.

-I ghetto lathed the top barb so it would fit into a solder joint neatly.

-Last, I wired up the LEDs and sleeved them with the black tubing. Here I'm using the AlumiBox to test my work.
I also found some proper aluminum window screen.

 

I gave up on the rotary table and did the end caps without the fancy extras.

-The back cap here is polished and ready for LED plugs.

-I drew a flower... to figure out the 3-point placement.

-I enjoyed some noxious solvent fumes... and stared at the flower for a bit longer...

-Later I used the rotozip to cut out the 14mm thick front plug. -More fumes were made because it took a long time and the bit was getting hot.

-Note to self: Don't wear dark clothing when sanding plexi.

-LED tail lights.

-A shot with both caps.

-AAAANNNND in the middle of the photo shoot, an LED burned out.

I'm off to update the alumibox mod. *whoosh*

 

Man, that's really nice looking! LOL @ the led burnout. It happens. Like my braincells.

 

Thanks EEL.
Maybe the LEDs were sniffing the solvent too...

 

either that or the light didnt see the tunnel at the other end *bad joke* lol

 

Ow! I thought my joke was bad!

 

well I cant say for sure since I just met you but your off to a good start * runs from the drill press * anyways on a serious note, sweet azz case I wish I was any good like this